Artic silver on the cpu?

[Trinity]

Is it ok to get a little artic silver on the cpu around the core. I tried to take most of it off with rubbing alchohol but there is very small traces of it left. Is that ok?

[Placid]

Yes.

[Trinity]

Thanks.

[TranceBear]

Just don't let any of it get on the bridges or little diode looking things on the top (I am not an elect. genius), remember that artic silver is conductive.

[sifu quoc]

i think artic silver is supposed to be NON conductive... but still be carefull....

[William]

yeah, I would try to avoid the bridges. Artic Silver is supposed to be entirely non conductive except under extreme pressure in extreme cold. But a good idea to keep it away anyways.

[Trinity]

What is a good way to get it off. I tried rubbing alchohol but it doesn't seem to work very well.

[!-=sky=-!]

i couldnt get it off my friend's cpu either....i had to use force but that bent some pins....luckily it didnt snap or else i owe him a new 1200 proc........
it's ok to get onto the things that stick out next to the core but i dun think it would be a good idea for it to be around/on the bridges

[Colin]

Dawn dishwashing liquid works. Just be sure the CPU is dry before you put it back in the socket. You may be interested in reading the instructions at Arctic Silver's Web Site. (http://www.arcticsilver.com)

[ShOfiXti7218]

First of all, arctic silver is not conductive.
The way I get it off is w/ liquid soap. Put some on a q-tip and away you go, then put a drop of water on the q-tip and just clean up the soap.
Dial Anti-Bacterial Liquid Soap is best since some bacteria can get on the CPU and conduct between the L1 and L4 bridges, sometimes overclocking your CPU and sometimes frying it.

Btw. Alcohol doesn't work since its polar (hydrophyle), and arctic silver is hydrophobic, but since a detergent like liquid soap is a phospholipid it works on both.