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I'm trying to clean some hardened thermal paste off my NB, the problem is this is no ordinary hardens thermal paste. it's almost completely unaffected by alcohol and it's almost as hard as epoxy, i can barley even peel off minute amounts with my metal razor blade. (and not it isn't epoxy the NB has a metal lid)
EDIT: i'm wondering if the previous owner didn't epoxy the nb heat sink on. when i scrape it, it has an almost metallic finish, and there is a generous amount of this stuff on both the NB and SB.
EDIT: i'm going to try heat.
EDIT:EDIT: Okay here is the solution, take two square cotton pads, like the ones you use to clean your face. Stack them on top of each other, place on the area (heatsink/chip) and pour fingernail polish remover (acetone) into the cotton pads, get them nice soaked. Now find something to cover the cotton pads with to keep the moisture in and let it sit for an hour or.
EDIT: i'm wondering if the previous owner didn't epoxy the nb heat sink on. when i scrape it, it has an almost metallic finish, and there is a generous amount of this stuff on both the NB and SB.
EDIT: i'm going to try heat.
EDIT:EDIT: Okay here is the solution, take two square cotton pads, like the ones you use to clean your face. Stack them on top of each other, place on the area (heatsink/chip) and pour fingernail polish remover (acetone) into the cotton pads, get them nice soaked. Now find something to cover the cotton pads with to keep the moisture in and let it sit for an hour or.