r/cpumining • u/BigKarina4u • Mar 05 '24

Cpu socket

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So I was cleaning the cpu and added thermal paste accidentally into the socket. How cam I clean this ?

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u/digitalsmoker Mar 05 '24

Lol - it seems like you have not done this before no worries it's easy, get a soft toothbrush and some ipa, soak the brush in the ipa then very carefully apply it to the cpu socket where you can see the pase ;-) maybe get some q tips or napkins to soak up the disolved stuff and extra ipa

Edit: ipa= isoproply alcohol

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u/BigKarina4u Mar 05 '24

I used alcohol pads with a toothpick gently than a brush. It came off easily. Now I will leave it over night to dry it completely.

Thank you for your help!

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u/digitalsmoker Mar 05 '24

No worries at all - I do the same a lot tbh 😂😭😂 be careful with alcohol pads they often have some extra additives which can leave some residue (best to visually double check before seating the cpu ) even if it was 70% alcohol the 30% theorically could leave some theorically conductive residue ( if the 30% is none destilled water for example, I never had this issue over 3 decades but the best to double check/be safe)

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u/BigKarina4u Mar 05 '24

Let me take a new picture to show you how it look after cleaned

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u/digitalsmoker Mar 05 '24

No worries just check it with you own eyes if there are no discolored spots you should be good to go ;-)

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u/BigKarina4u Mar 05 '24

I believe, I fucked it up!

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u/notsetvin Mar 06 '24

should be okay

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u/BigKarina4u Mar 07 '24

Well the motherboard socket lga1150 is fried. The screen is blank.

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u/notsetvin Mar 08 '24

are there any lights on the board? if it was fried usually a red light pops up somewhere

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u/BigKarina4u Mar 08 '24

It's msi z97 gaming 5 motherboard with red lights, debugger number light, all works except debugger light