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Default No touch Thermal paste removal?

I know its easy to do, under normal conditions............... I have a not so normal condition.

I have a 680 board(got it cheap) , the pins on the CPU looked fine but the board was bought with a no boot condition. Upon closer inspection, I found thermal paste(conductive) on several pins in the CPU socket. So my question is this, how do I dissolve it without touching the CPU pins? I can see the stuff is down around the pin bottoms where the pins are seated.
I want to totally dissolve the stuff, I have no issue washing the board after wards I have done that many times without any issue's. Right now I'm soaking the socket with 90% alcohol, but I don't think it will totally remove the conductive stuff around the pins base.
Best Ideal I have had is to use nail polish remover, let it soak in, Rinse and spit
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I know its easy to do, under normal conditions............... I have a not so normal condition.

I have a 680 board(got it cheap) , the pins on the CPU looked fine but the board was bought with a no boot condition. Upon closer inspection, I found thermal paste(conductive) on several pins in the CPU socket. So my question is this, how do I dissolve it without touching the CPU pins? I can see the stuff is down around the pin bottoms where the pins are seated.
I want to totally dissolve the stuff, I have no issue washing the board after wards I have done that many times without any issue's. Right now I'm soaking the socket with 90% alcohol, but I don't think it will totally remove the conductive stuff around the pins base.
Best Ideal I have had is to use nail polish remover, let it soak in, Rinse and spit
Soaking it is good. It loosens everything up. Blow with compressed air. Not 'canned' air either. I mean with a real air compressor, with a good amount of pressure. Stuff will come out clean. Watch your eyes.
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not too stiff an air pressure or you'll lose some pins too
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Found to be ineffective for virus removal ..........
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Soaking it is good. It loosens everything up. Blow with compressed air. Not 'canned' air either. I mean with a real air compressor, with a good amount of pressure. Stuff will come out clean. Watch your eyes.

This worked, I used nail polish remover, then let the compressor build a nice high PSI, boom! GONE! Kept soaking it till it just all flew off the pins...............


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Found to be ineffective for virus removal ..........

Ive used this before, and it works well on gentile. I don't have one now where I'm living, so its all hand washing with a socket cover and dish soak.
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use a soft toothbrush and alsohol.... Brush only in the same direction as the pins...


it works.... hell i did it alot to save some people on this very forum with RMA's
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