Help! Got Artic Silver II on L1-L4

[Kent]

I was taking heatsink off to replace with another and decided to apply a "fresh coat" of Artic Silver II while I was at it. My hand slipped and I got the Silver on the L1-L4. Don't ask me how I did it, but I did! First time for everything I guess. Anyway, I carefully wiped it off the bridges with a cloth, but the Wafer looks like it has a slight coat on it. The bridges look fine, as far as I can tell. Did I just destroy a cpu? I don't think the conductivity of the Silver is very high, is it? What about the Wafer? Thanks, Kent :)

[azhari]

I don't think you've ruined the wafer, yet. You've already cleaned it as much as possible with a cloth. Next clean it with some isopropyl alcohol (I prefer ethanol since I can get it pretty cheap and high purity) to remove the film.

ASII is non-conductive except at high pressures, so you should be ok anyways, but the alcohol cleaning should reduce the chances of shorting things out. Good luck.

[Stephen Castles]

i got some on some bridges and the chip would auto detect at 1050 and 800 ocasionally, so i wiped it off and it worked.

[el]

acetone works great too.

[RangerJoe]

yes, artic silver 2 is not conductive, but it does have a high capacitence. so if the bridges are covered with it, it wont short right off the bat, but if you dont clean it off in time, then it will build up enough power, and will fry the cpu...so just make sure you get all the stuff off...ok

[rivercom9]

Got one question. Does acetone harm the wafer?

[Wa11y]

Originally posted by el
acetone works great too.

I've found acetone works better than alcohol.

As for damaging the wafer, I have no idea.

[TranceBear]

Contact cleaner from Radio Shack works perfect and dries instantly

[rivercom9]

Ive read somewhere that rubbing too much on the wafer with acetone can strip the wafer. Acetone is very harsh though. So is this really true?