Say you are replacing the heatsink and want to remove this old grey thermal paste from the top of your CPU to put a fresh coat. What is the best procedure to do this?Michael J.WinXP-Home,AMD64 3500+,Abit AV8, Radeon X800 Pro,WD 36GB Raptor,1 GB PC3200 http://www.reality-xp.com/community/nr/rsc/rxp-higher.jpg

For years I used my sisters nail varnish remover which works reasonably well and I had no problems but recently I spent a fiver on a bottle of the proper stuff -http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Onl...terials_27.html

Denatured alcohol is what is used and a Q-tip works fine, do not use nail polish remover as it is mostly Acetone and ketone and can harm the PCB.

Acetone do work but for gods sake make sure it