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   Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 05:15:21 JST Ben Ramsey

   My son jumped the gun and started assembling his PC without my help. He accidentally applied thermal paste to the CPU socket. 😕

   Does anyone know the best way to clean/remove it, or is the board damaged beyond repair?

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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 05:15:19 JST snacks

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     @ramsey if it's am4 i'd assume it's fine. otherwise, good luck
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     snacks (snacks@netzsphaere.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 05:17:13 JST snacks

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     @ramsey the socket. Am4 is for amd cpus up to 5000 series
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     Ben Ramsey (ramsey@phpc.social)'s status on Thursday, 26-Dec-2024 05:17:14 JST Ben Ramsey

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     @snacks What does “am4” mean?