So I have TUF Z390 mobo with a bit of the grey thermal paste in the LGA 1151 socket right near one edge. probably from when the clamp was fastened down without a CPU fitted, and there was a bit of paste on the clamp.
The motherboard actually works fine (you can see there is no thermal paste on the ends of the pins themselves), but it would be nice to clean it out.
I've done a bit of googling and found suggestions from using this stuff....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arctic-Si...EAAOSwAOBd2~4T
To using Rubbing Alcohol, Isopropyl, and WD40 (followed by Isopropyl)
I guess electrical contact cleaner/switch cleaner would also be a possibility, though I didn't see that suggested anywhere
I'm thinking someone else here already does this - so what do you use to flush the paste out? Also do you remove the metal surround from the LGA socket first to make it easier to get to the pins at the edge?
The motherboard actually works fine (you can see there is no thermal paste on the ends of the pins themselves), but it would be nice to clean it out.
I've done a bit of googling and found suggestions from using this stuff....
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Arctic-Si...EAAOSwAOBd2~4T
To using Rubbing Alcohol, Isopropyl, and WD40 (followed by Isopropyl)
I guess electrical contact cleaner/switch cleaner would also be a possibility, though I didn't see that suggested anywhere
I'm thinking someone else here already does this - so what do you use to flush the paste out? Also do you remove the metal surround from the LGA socket first to make it easier to get to the pins at the edge?
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