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Haha! I'll see what I can get.

Thanks everyone! Glad to know I wasn't entirely alone in my first PC cleanup, as lame as it sounds!

You can use pre-made paste other than alcohol. I find the paste better for cleaning as it's more compatible with the thermal paste. 

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Originally posted by Quantum
it's more compatible with the thermal paste

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what?  You want something that'll remove it, not have a relationship with it.

Most of the grease will probably come off with the same type of tissue you used before and then a tiny bit of alcohol on another tissue to remove the residue

What i meant is, it goes on better after cleaning.

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Originally posted by Quantum
What i meant is, it goes on better after cleaning.

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Not if you rub the alcohol off

This Monday I'm taking the tower to get it greased and to see if they can remove the rest of the dust I couldn't remove.

For now, I'm using it for browsing, with a side of the case open, and I got EVEREST to monitor the temperature. Doesn't reach 80ºC.

Unfortunately, there are no resellers in town, so I can't get the grease myself. But I'll keep in mind the advices for when I am able to replace it by myself!

Again, thanks a lot.

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Originally posted by L. Coyote
This Monday I'm taking the tower to get it greased and to see if they can remove the rest of the dust I couldn't remove

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So... what happened?

That error happened to me months ago. I'm 90% sure the reason was my memory card reader's cable that wasn't plugged very well. It was loosen. I removed and put back and had no more problems.

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Originally posted by Chancer
That error happened to me months ago. I'm 90% sure the reason was my memory card reader's cable that wasn't plugged very well. It was loosen. I removed and put back and had no more problems.

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Until I mess inside the case again I guess I'll never be sure what happened. But that error was easily fixed by pressing all the inner cables' plugs.

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Originally posted by davidpolitis
So... what happened?

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Sorry, kind of forgot.

The tech guy applied the grease (and properly cleaned up the fan in the box), and now I'm running at 38-40C.

Tbh, the cleanup fee is way cheaper than getting all the materials. Except for the value of learning, it's really not worth cleaning it up by myself.

Now it's properly solved. ;P

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Originally posted by L. Coyote
Now it's properly solved. ;P

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Nice to hear.