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Thermal paste removal

Postby ColaBoy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:18 pm

Ive got some old AMD chips i want to put on Eaby but they are covered in old,dried thermal paste. How do I go about removing it all and what precautions should I take?
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Postby Gecko » Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:36 pm

You can us rubbing alcohol to clean the paste off.
I use a fake sample credit card to scrape if needed, just make sure you don’t scratch the surface
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Postby ColaBoy » Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:04 pm

Thanks Gecko. I can buy that type of alcohol in a chemist can't I?


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