So, fucking idiotic of me I know, but I am currently building my PC and got some thermal paste on my fingers without realizing it, then proceeded to put my CPU in the socket. After I noticed it I quickly realized that I also to touched my CPU with said fingers, quickly took the socket out, and noticed some paste in the socket. There's also some on the pins as well, but only the sides of them, not the tip, what do I do? I don't have my 90% alcohol lying around, I don't think, so I'm completely at a loss here. Will use it the way it is frying my CPU/motherboard? Or should I be fine since I got so little in there? Pictures would help but don't have an Imgur so if you need some I cam just DM you hopefully Thermal compound is MX-4 non-conductive
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