Thermal paste cleaner is typically a very nice solution, but all you really need is isopropyl alcohol. With over-application or old/crusty stuff it can cause little bits of paste to flake off and ...

While at my friend's house last Friday, I noticed one of his CPUs (a 750Mhz Duron) had a lot of excess paste around the core. I tried to use a wooden toothpick to scrap it off, but it just smeared ...