I put too much thermal compound on my processor so can I reuse my thermaltake heatsink and fan and how should I clean the heatsink from the thermalcompund?
I put too much thermal compound on my processor so can I reuse my thermaltake heatsink and fan and how should I clean the heatsink from the thermalcompund?
What he said. As long as you clean the surface that touches the cpu/thermal paste thoroughly with alcohol. Once the surface is completely dry and shiny, the heatsink is ready to go.
EDIT: Be sure to reapply the correct amount of thermal paste to the heatsink before attaching the heatsink to the CPU. A rule of thumb is a drop the size of a B.B.
Here is an example on an GPU: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thermalgrease.jpg
or if you dont like those ideas
then if you used AC Thermal Paste
they make a cleander specificly made to remove any traces of the paste from the cpu
i guess it just depends on what you want to do