![FML... 8 month old stock thermal compound glued my 3900x to the heatsink... CPU Came off with the prism, won't budge... miraculously the pins seem ok... tried to apply some isopropyl alcohol FML... 8 month old stock thermal compound glued my 3900x to the heatsink... CPU Came off with the prism, won't budge... miraculously the pins seem ok... tried to apply some isopropyl alcohol](https://i.redd.it/unkek25d9ih51.jpg)
FML... 8 month old stock thermal compound glued my 3900x to the heatsink... CPU Came off with the prism, won't budge... miraculously the pins seem ok... tried to apply some isopropyl alcohol
![How do I remove this old, super tacky thermal paste from around the CPU and GPU? Using Iso to at least clean off the top, but I'm unsure of the sides. Thanks! : How do I remove this old, super tacky thermal paste from around the CPU and GPU? Using Iso to at least clean off the top, but I'm unsure of the sides. Thanks! :](https://preview.redd.it/6rvyn0h5aao71.jpg?auto=webp&s=f3729c404f32d37f97b6b14aed14757d8bff9696)
How do I remove this old, super tacky thermal paste from around the CPU and GPU? Using Iso to at least clean off the top, but I'm unsure of the sides. Thanks! :
![Finally removed the old pink sticky thermal paste from the cpu and cpu (it was impossible with isopropyl alcohol so I used sticker remover). It turned really well. :) : r/originalxbox Finally removed the old pink sticky thermal paste from the cpu and cpu (it was impossible with isopropyl alcohol so I used sticker remover). It turned really well. :) : r/originalxbox](https://i.redd.it/dh2if2d0qzm61.jpg)
Finally removed the old pink sticky thermal paste from the cpu and cpu (it was impossible with isopropyl alcohol so I used sticker remover). It turned really well. :) : r/originalxbox
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