[Cialug] Remove Thermal Paste?

L. V. Lammert lvl at omnitec.net
Wed Apr 3 19:07:01 CDT 2013


On Wed, 3 Apr 2013, Todd Walton wrote:

> How does one go about carefully and efficiently removing thermal paste from
> a heatsink so that it can be re-used on a new CPU?  Any suggestions?
>
If it's a paste, a paper towel & alcohol should work; problem is many
coolers use a pad which hardens over time - have had to use a razor blade
for that.

Get new thermal grease in either case.

	Lee


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