![After removing the cooler my thermal paste looks like this. Does this mean it was applied right? : r/pcmasterrace After removing the cooler my thermal paste looks like this. Does this mean it was applied right? : r/pcmasterrace](https://external-preview.redd.it/y9WbyDOu7OHN7fkMZtEL2y0gneg-p7bqXM_ZmKKjYts.jpg?auto=webp&s=513d79d93e12a19b7dd11de3638aff7c83aa225f)
After removing the cooler my thermal paste looks like this. Does this mean it was applied right? : r/pcmasterrace
![Thermal paste in cpu socket and pin possibly bent. Please help, the pc fans spin for 2 secs, stop then do that over and over. : r/pcmasterrace Thermal paste in cpu socket and pin possibly bent. Please help, the pc fans spin for 2 secs, stop then do that over and over. : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/1w1kp0lx76p11.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=92e3bf49ecb8b4ea0b6fbbc80d4215de036ba99f)
Thermal paste in cpu socket and pin possibly bent. Please help, the pc fans spin for 2 secs, stop then do that over and over. : r/pcmasterrace
![Attempted to remove thermal paste from PS4 cpu (There's paste outside the processor please help!) : r/consolerepair Attempted to remove thermal paste from PS4 cpu (There's paste outside the processor please help!) : r/consolerepair](https://preview.redd.it/f8zkniq3xfl61.jpg?auto=webp&s=d87fcbe55dd5a8f360fa33681f503789e334a9fe)
Attempted to remove thermal paste from PS4 cpu (There's paste outside the processor please help!) : r/consolerepair
![Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace](https://preview.redd.it/629w4g6x1ts61.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ff17d5c92f43eebc0d62e0e71f683cdff7b80f7c)
Nvidia used way too much thermal paste. How do I remove it without damaging the capacitors? : r/pcmasterrace
![My thermal paste just dried up completely. Is it necessary to have or is this what has been causing my pc to crash randomly? Lastly does it damage anything if I run My thermal paste just dried up completely. Is it necessary to have or is this what has been causing my pc to crash randomly? Lastly does it damage anything if I run](https://preview.redd.it/qnkoz5crngd21.jpg?auto=webp&s=03f86f76a71b0280a75f9af3066e0024403b00d1)
My thermal paste just dried up completely. Is it necessary to have or is this what has been causing my pc to crash randomly? Lastly does it damage anything if I run
![First time cleaning up thermal paste. I used isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs, and paper towels and the thermal paste went over the side of the cpu. Tried to clean it and it First time cleaning up thermal paste. I used isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs, and paper towels and the thermal paste went over the side of the cpu. Tried to clean it and it](https://preview.redd.it/gg6cewghdz351.jpg?auto=webp&s=ca4781a98a004d2577f3362163abf2380c264618)
First time cleaning up thermal paste. I used isopropyl alcohol, cotton swabs, and paper towels and the thermal paste went over the side of the cpu. Tried to clean it and it
![I've taken off my CPU cooler as I made a mistake and some of the thermal paste was rubbed off is. Is there enough here or should I get some to apply? I've taken off my CPU cooler as I made a mistake and some of the thermal paste was rubbed off is. Is there enough here or should I get some to apply?](https://preview.redd.it/nl2uj9z1mnx71.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=f9672369bb7964fe0410bc551b6e829cc7c064ac)
I've taken off my CPU cooler as I made a mistake and some of the thermal paste was rubbed off is. Is there enough here or should I get some to apply?
![Thermalpaste spill onto cpu socket!! Is there anyway I can clean this off? Or take the cpu socket apart? : r/pchelp Thermalpaste spill onto cpu socket!! Is there anyway I can clean this off? Or take the cpu socket apart? : r/pchelp](https://preview.redd.it/h3mw72ex11771.jpg?auto=webp&s=c654846e1c368b6b87815623498d55c5a69abf31)
Thermalpaste spill onto cpu socket!! Is there anyway I can clean this off? Or take the cpu socket apart? : r/pchelp
![Thermal paste spilled over the side, I tried to wipe it off but it got in a crack between the grey part and the green plate, will this do anything to the Thermal paste spilled over the side, I tried to wipe it off but it got in a crack between the grey part and the green plate, will this do anything to the](https://preview.redd.it/f62z8j9z75n91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=9ac567bac6eaf157f66034e75da725063a72f56b)
Thermal paste spilled over the side, I tried to wipe it off but it got in a crack between the grey part and the green plate, will this do anything to the
![Used CPU has old thermal paste along the sides and the the bottom (not on the pins), do I clean it? : r/buildapc Used CPU has old thermal paste along the sides and the the bottom (not on the pins), do I clean it? : r/buildapc](https://preview.redd.it/32a7awt3lpz81.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c7a37a0fc16454f9b047d7247ce46251879645a0)