Male Speaker: This video is a how to on removing thermal compound from a heatsink and your CPU. First, what you'll need is some rubbing alcohol, preferably 70% plus and you'll also need some kitset, preferably sterilized. What first you want to do is apply a little bit of the rubbing alcohol onto the kitset. Then, you want to brush the kitset back and forth across the surface of the heat sink.
As you can see, that's bringing up all of the thermal compound. As the alcohol sets in, they'll start to dissolve the compound. You want to continue this process until it's all removed, so you may need to use other kitset or use the other side, depending on how much compound is on your heatsink or CPU. Doesn't need to be perfect, there is going to be a little bit of residue left over afterwards, but you just want to get most of the solid dried up compound off your heatsink. It should look like that. If you want to spend more time in the cleaning, that's fine as well. It's not important for this one. But afterwards, just go over with a dry kitset and let the alcohol dry before reapplying any new compound.
The same thing goes for your CPU; only this time you're going to want to be a little more gentle and apply a little less pressure and see you don't damage any of the components inside the CPU. It's a good idea to do this process on new CPUs and new heatsinks and to avoid touching the surface of the heatsink or CPU to prevent your oils from your skin getting onto the CPU, which can prevent proper cooling and actually dissolve some thermal compounds. Doesn't need to be perfect but just get most of the residue off and it should work fine.
Reapplying this multiple times can get a better result or you can also purchase kits online to remove thermal compound though iceberg, alcohol works just fine. Hope this was helpful and feel free to ask any questions.
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