How to clean Liquid Metal from under CPU?

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  • silver60618
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    • May 2021
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    How to clean Liquid Metal from under CPU?

    Hi all, Im working on a board, that my customer brought to another shop, and smeared liquid metal all over the board.
    The laptop powers on, then shuts off. I noticed traces of Liquid Metal near the edge of the CPU, but I fear some maybe underneath.

    Has anyone ever tried Ultrasonic cleaning, or compressed air to remove or agitate the liquid metal?
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