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) :blink:, 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 :scared:

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.

not too stiff an air pressure or you'll lose some pins too :laughing:

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

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...............:thumbsup:


THANK YOU ALL!

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.

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 ;)