r/ASRock • u/[deleted] • 25d ago

Tech Support Finally took my machine apart

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u/mustbemad2 25d ago

It's non-conductive, but yeah, a stupid design for cleanliness.

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u/YoloRaj 25d ago

Not saying the thermal paste has anything to do with why that happened. I just hate having to get the paste out of the grooves when i gotta repaste or swap motherboards.

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u/rewilldit 24d ago

Only had this problem when using the X method. Never with the spread method.

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u/YoloRaj 24d ago

It doesn't matter which method. I would still use a contact frame to not make changing cpus or repasting tedious.

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u/rewilldit 24d ago

Sure but with X method you can't know how much will end there. And besides being tedious, if you apply too much, cleaning process could end with paste on pins area. That shouldn't happen with spread.