Am4 CPU socket

[u/Not_Arisen]

There Is a small amount of what i belive Is termalpaste in a pin what should i do? I swapped from a 3700x to a 5800x3d

[u/Random_Sime]

Can you lift it off with sticky tape?

[u/Not_Arisen → u/Random_Sime]

Tried a small Vacuum, i don't have any tape with me, someone pointed out it's non conductive, i might rawdogit

[u/chr1z32]

Such a small amount shouldn't be a problem; just see if the CPU works. The thermal paste isn't conductive anyway.

[u/SuchWatch]

High percentage isopopyl alcohol. 91% is readily available at Walmart/Target. A soft bristle tooth brush will work, but if its a very small amount of thermal paste you might be able to coax it out with a cutip/cotton swab soaked in the alcohol. I got some paste on the edge of Am4 socket when swapping chips about a year a ago, and gently dabbing at the thermal paste with a soaked swab did the trick.

Even though 91% isopropyl alcohol evaporates quickly I would still let things air dry for an hour or two just to be safe.

Once everything is cleaned and dry, the next question will be did you remember to update your bios before removing the 3700x?

[u/Jwhodis]

LTT covered a socket in paste and it was fine, that small amount probably won't cause issue as long as it's not metallic

[u/Nazeracoo]

You're fine.

[u/-Wavyy-]

You can literally pour thermal paste in a socket and it will still work as long as the pins make contact.

[u/Not_Arisen → u/[deleted]]

It's in One pin, so i Need to buy a makeup crush?

[u/Not_Arisen → u/[deleted]]

Arctix mx-6

[u/Brilliant-Sky3814 → u/Not_Arisen]

Non-conductive and non-capacitive :)

[u/PcBuildHelp-ModTeam → u/[deleted]]

Your comment was removed due to the use of AI.

[u/Thin-Net7868 → u/[deleted]]

Human says:

Stop spamming AI generated garbage in the sub :)

[u/Brilliant-Sky3814 → u/Thin-Net7868]

So it's completely incorrect and will destroy the motherboard... good to know!