What happens if you get thermal paste on the pins? Will the computer just not boot or will it destroy the CPU and/or motherboard? - Quora
ASUS Republic of Gamers - *Cringe* Putting thermal paste on the CPU socket then cleaning it off with a towel isn't the best idea. What was your biggest fail? pic: u/Naedtrax
![Thermalpaste spill onto cpu socket!! Is there anyway I can clean this off? Or take the cpu socket apart? : r/pchelp Thermalpaste spill onto cpu socket!! Is there anyway I can clean this off? Or take the cpu socket apart? : r/pchelp](https://preview.redd.it/h3mw72ex11771.jpg?auto=webp&s=c654846e1c368b6b87815623498d55c5a69abf31)