new heatsink

[claudius]

Hey everyone.

I just got a new zalman heatsink for my cpu and I was wondering something.
I also purchased some arctic cooling thermal paste.

What should I use to scrape the current paste off of my cpu?

 

[Bbq]

If it's caked onto there, scrape it with a credit card or a business card. Then wipe it down with a papertowl, then clean it with rubbing alcohol. Same with the heatsink. Then apply a bb sized drop of thermal paste onto the middle of the cpu heatspreader, squish down the heatsink, and lock it.