Clean thermal paste from touch contact points on the underside of the CPU
- by Karolinger
I bought an used CPU (Intel "Core 2" E4700) on eBay and it came with the underside dirty with something that seems it´s thermal paste.
Before I send it back, I wonder if it could it still work without cleaning this dirt because the seller supposedly "tested" it to be fully working.
Final, is there a way to clean this dirt without damaging the CPU? Or, is it too risky (or too much work) to do so?
This is the CPU: