Thermal grease removal

[rikgale]

I am swaping CPU coolers and I was wondering how to remove the old thermal grease? My mate suggested nail polish remover. Would this do the job without damaging the CPU die?

TIA

Rik

[Treeman]

Artic Silver has a new product for just this type of problem.

ArctiClean

Best,

Treeman

[Lost Soul]

id neve heard of useing nail polish on a cpu id stay clear from that stuff and go with a more respected choice and besides fingernail polish is flamable even in its dried state

[rikgale]

Thanx guys

Rik

[eyeXpose]

I have always used alcohol. Works great for me and never had any problems. Found out about it by just googleing it.

good luck

eYe~

[Mekrel]

Ive used loads of stuff,

Any pure alcoholic bases soltuion will do the trick. Ive used nail polish remover before however it depends on the stuff you use.

Normally I use white spirits

[clavicle]

All nail enamel lovers, nail polish remover contains weak acetone solution and that will badly damage your mobo is used carelessly. It can even bite through the plastic based markings or prints on mobo etc. So better avoid it. Alcohol can be corrosive to but on the lighter side.

Simply wiping the h/sink portion of cpu with wet-squeezed cloth can help.

btw little traces of thermal compound don't matter as upon heating all gets even!

[cyprod]

back in my days of hardware manufacuring for HP we always used rubbing alcohol with ultra fine cotton swabs when we had to clean processors, connection points, pads, pretty much everything.

[Xable]

isopropyl alcohol and a soft, lint free cloth does the trick for me