How to Remove Liquid Metal from a CPU & IHS

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This video shows how to clean liquid metals from cooler coldplates, CPUs, and heatspreaders. This follows our liquid metal corrosion test video from earlier.
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We've previously demonstrated how to apply liquid metal, but have received increasingly frequent requests for how to remove liquid metal. This video walks through the basics of that. We also revisit the topic of plating copper as a result of ion migration between the gallium and copper, resulting in permanent "stains" on the IHS of a CPU.
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@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

This is pretty basic stuff (and we filmed it about a month ago), but maybe helpful to those who are concerned about 'stains' on the IHS. Watch our liquid metal corrosion test video for more details: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cQaqUyKVIEE.html

@KEITHTB12345 5 лет назад

Pretty easy. Thanks for the video. Hope you get many views and likes. :) ohh and one more thing. Please make a video on how to properly insulate a motherboard for below ambient conditions. Just because it would be a nice video!

@jakegarrett8109 5 лет назад

@@KEITHTB12345 I can do a vid on insulation. I run phase for daily (FX keeps below 0c under load on the core at 1.7 Vcore, block temps peak at -25c at the hottest at 500w load). Do you want a guide for GPUs or CPUs? I need to kill a Titan Xp, so I can do that one, or I already have the CPU insulated, and I'll just do a teardown since I need to snatch its cooler for the Titan (so I can make both videos no problem, but it takes a while to edit, so let me know which one you want first. If you do want me to make that video, sub to "Legit_Overclocking" to the link below and comment on one of the videos (like the FX Cinebench) and just ask for it. Also feel free to mention it several times, I sometimes forget... ru-vid.com/show-UCZp2Om_w_o0ry_FQhAUp-CA I do work a ton of hours, so it may be next weekend before I can film, and then the weekend after that for publishing (I have to drive over to McDonnalds for faster Wifi for uploads...).

@KEITHTB12345 5 лет назад

1.7v 24/7 hmm..

@douglascampbell9809 5 лет назад

Note not all nail polish removers have acetone in them. Couldn't you use a solder removing device to suck up the larger drops of liquid metal?

@jakegarrett8109 5 лет назад

@@KEITHTB12345 Since its October, I think I'll make a Halloween edition build, Titan Xp on phase with ThreadREAPER (was going to be SnowRipper, but I can phase it later for December Christmas Special) Edit: I'm thinking LN2 "fog" rolling over tombstone graveyard on the back of the GPU, and maybe blood red coolant pumping through my 4x GPUs to a skull reservoir with a hand ripping through the "ground" of the case. I just need to program some servos and animatronics to make this thing really legit. I love Halloween. Gotta work on my painting skills (or give it to my mom, she's an extremely good painter and loves Halloween too)

@TechnicalsMatt 5 лет назад

Steve, that's not enough thermal paste in the socket.

@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

WHY CAN'T WE EVER MAKE YOU HAPPY?!

@deaflat1119 5 лет назад

And tacos, throw in some tacos

@greebj 5 лет назад

Should have used the spread method to make sure it was all covered.

@surajsuresh8945 5 лет назад

According to The Verge, it's always good PC building practice to apply more thermal paste than the manual tells me to.

@youtubasoarus 5 лет назад

Best way is to get a credit card and make sure you smoosh it right in there in one swift motion. That way you have the best chance of shorting everything out and then having to go back to the store to buy a new everything. I mean by the time you get this stuff home it's already obsolete anyway so there's going to be some new hotness out when you go back. :) win win... except for your wallet, your wallet is on fire.

@-Duyuc-CA-N 5 лет назад

"or like everytime linus uses liquid metal" wow the shade

@woggleboggle 5 лет назад

Sorry, could you run through the steps for cleaning TIM from a CPU socket one more time? I didn't quite catch it.

@Ascendor81 5 лет назад

Be kind, please rewind.

@Hornbowman 5 лет назад

The bin did catch it ;-)

@krickstone1 9 месяцев назад

I friend just ask me to help him change the liquid metal from his gaming laptop and oh boy I had the perfect video to follow. We had a blast, instead of just cowering in fear in every step we where been careful and everything went pretty well. He only did not try the nail polish as that felt for him too risky, even with the proper explanation. Thank you very much for your hard work and sharing you amazing knowledge!

@Danmandingo 5 лет назад

*Actually got a SMALL SPOT of thermal paste inside of the CPU recently.* *I was SO GRATEFUL, that I was able to slowly get it out.*

@marklamutt 5 лет назад

Loved the stream last night, Steve!

@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

Thank you! Lots of fun for that one.

@andrewesquivel 5 лет назад

Steve really knows how to trigger PC enthusiasts in a matter of seconds. That intro got me like damn

@Jason-nj8dn 5 лет назад

IHS in cup of hot hot water with a little rubbing alcohol and blue shop rag ? Love the content keep up the good work!!

@BatmanDaFreak 4 года назад

Thank you for posting. Helped me a bunch man. Appreciate it.

@rars0n 5 лет назад

If you want to get the surface really clean and smooth, I found a secret weapon: Weiman Glass Cook Top Cleaner and Polish. This stuff is used to finely polish glass top stoves and it works well on IHSes and cooler surfaces. I was actually looking around for some metal polish and didn't have any handy when I realized I had some of the Weiman stuff so I tried it and it worked very well, much better than just alcohol alone. You'll still have some of the staining unless you REALLY go at it for a long time, but I found that it got the vast majority of the job done in a fraction of the time. It has the added benefit of polishing the surface smooth.

@james2042 5 лет назад

Your intros never cease to amaze

@guyincognito566 5 лет назад

0:17 Oh good I have a similar problem... 0:21 Oh dear.

@BothHands1 5 лет назад

John Hutchins 😂

@mibo747 Год назад

Many thanks for PERFECT explanation

@llyd6433 3 года назад

fanastic practic guide about clean of LM, i dont have buy LM why was worried for this, thanks

@perspicacity89 Год назад

Great video, thank you Steve!

@stash420uk9 5 лет назад

Hey Steve! Just wanted to let you know there is a method to dispense liquid metal compound from the applicator / syringe without the danger of it squirting everywhere. All you have to do is place your finger or thumb of your other hand between the collar of the syringe and the plunger, as you press down on the plunger it squeezes the thumb of your other hand as it goes down and this stops the plunger shooting into the barrel and the gallium shooting out. You can also put a collar around the plunger made of rubber tube or electrical wire insulation or paper tower, I even used cotton wool wrapped around the plunger stem once because it compresses at a steady rate. All the best to all of you guys at gamers nexus, from StAsh420UK.

@johnmachter40 Год назад

can approve that. done it the same way

@SebVEVO Год назад

First time I ever needed a tutorial about cleaning xD

@zfenty 5 лет назад

i wanted to see you guys try to fix that motherboard so bad

@spencerwitte5616 5 лет назад

Still waiting on that pixel art Steve! keep the great content coming.

@Impractical_Engineer 5 лет назад

This video immediately makes me think of Jason from Byte my Bits. He was so worried when delidding his CPU

@Sly94 5 лет назад

You threw the motherboard in the bin? what a terrible method. I use the superior suction of my Dyson® vacuum to suck all the thermal paste out of sockets, works like a charm and only costs 5x the price of the motherboard, bargain!

@giovannip.1433 5 лет назад

Thanks for the education. Hopefully when I do 'go nuts' and OC the crap out of my gear I won't destroy it by following your - and others- advice in how to mitigate issues and problems with liquid metal etc.

@shellashock 5 лет назад

Can't you just put your mobo in the dishwasher to remove that thermal paste from the socket? If it works for Vaseline, it prolly works for thermal paste too :D

@devtank 5 лет назад

Im sure someones already commented on this; for alcohol use "99% Pure isopropyl alcohol". RUBBING Alcohol has impurities and more oil percentage. 99% is a little harder to find, you may be able to get it online also if you live remotely.

@unitedhybrid187 3 года назад

Walmart

@CoalitionGaming 5 лет назад

Hmmmm. Interesting info on the copper application.

@euga5653 5 лет назад

10/10 Intro!! 😂

@demonwares 5 лет назад

Ok, now do one on how to remove Liquid Metal from a thermometer

@MadClowdz 3 года назад

I used thermal grizzly liquid metal between cpu and air cooler...gonna upgrade my MB this week...looks like alcohol and nail polish remover will be enough. Works well, though, no complaints. Most likely will re-apply after installing new MB.

@Mr.P.Griffith 5 лет назад

To remove the remaining "black staining" I would suggest using "silvo" . its designed to bring impurities up and out. As a detailer by trade i see that color in metals all the time and a couple applications of silvo should bring back to a chemically neutral state. Correct me if I'm wrong though.

@TheBinklemNetwork 2 года назад

After three years of no correction in the comments... I will try :)

@ElSkeppo Год назад

@@TheBinklemNetwork Only thing i'd be worried about is how it gets those impurities out, is it bringing up a layer of metal, or just removing stuff on the surface? If it removes a layer of metal then that's some issues for cooling afterwards

@HarunAlHaschisch 5 лет назад

thinking about roughness of the surfaces, would it make a considerable difference to have the CPU/IHS at a specific roughness? If you used some sandpaper of different grit sizes would you achieve different cooling results with liquid metal?

@rjd659 5 лет назад

The opening joke got me :D

@eliadbu 5 лет назад

Hi Steve some times the IHS it self is not perfectly flat , der8auer lapped his cpus and IHS to get better contact so it can remove the thin coat but as he said cpu lapping should not be done since it might damage the cpu it self.

@912cal28son 5 лет назад

The first 25 seconds grasped me for the entire video.

@Dudimies 5 лет назад

i was wondering about the ic graphite thermal pad. I'd like to see video about it made by gamers nexus where the pad would be tested in between the silicon and ihs as well as in gpu.

@EricErnst 5 лет назад

Great hook on the intro. Lol

@j_a_e_r 5 лет назад

... and everytime Linus uses liquid metal... Shots fired 😂😂😂

@MeaDz2 5 лет назад

Hahaha, that intro....I almost died while drinking coffee and couldn't stop laughing :D

@supaapple 5 лет назад

That Harris Teeter brand nail polish remover, Mr.Fancy over here lol

@BothHands1 5 лет назад

Lol big spender

@elijahmedrano9217 5 лет назад

RIP motherboard f

@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

It actually ended up framed for wall art!

@mynameisozymandias811 5 лет назад

you can put your hardware in the dishwasher, Just take out the battery from the mainboard and you're good.

@MICH43LZ 4 года назад

I use the 2000 grit then 1000 grit, 300 grit, 80, then re apply method, works like a charm!

@abb0tt 3 года назад

lol...that grit stepping is not advised, unless you're doing rust removal on something you plan to throwaway!

@AaronGoodrich77 5 лет назад

Read a forum once in the last few months, searchable by google and they recommended a chemical which ended up being in Lime Away Toilet Bowel Cleaner. I tried it, it worked better at lifting the left overs alcohol left behind. So yeah hope it helps? It did work for me.

@AaronGoodrich77 5 лет назад

www.overclock.net/forum/63-other-cooling-discussions/1588116-thermal-grizzly-conductonaut-73-w-mk-11.html

@AaronGoodrich77 5 лет назад

and then this guy who you trust Steve: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2SrIamuQjeA.html

@rayray00204 2 года назад

just a tip here What could be easier? Simply palm of your hand and let the warmth of your body heat do the work! The melting point of gallium is 29.76 C (85.57 F), so it will readily melt in your hand or in a very warm room. Expect this to take around 3-5 minutes for a coin-sized piece of metal. or You can supercool liquid metal and then collecting it with a vacuum cleaner or gentle scraping

@SuperTrippygamer 5 лет назад

This is slowing becoming my favorite tech channel. Its certainly the realist

@peterpaul195 5 лет назад

INTRO = ABSOLUTE MAD LAD STEVE! RIP Asrock 😆

@playmaka2007 5 лет назад

You see Steve, that's what happens when you use TOO MUCH THERMAL PASTE!!!! JKJK, love the deadpan humor, keep it up!

@tullgutten 5 лет назад

don't know how common it is to get tim in the socket but Der8auer claims he is cleaning of Vaseline from motherboards by washing in the dishwasher, if it is not usable it could be an idea to test ( dry it with hot-air before powering and take out bios battery)

@carlunaden 5 лет назад

Steve, you said that it is not advisable to use nail polish on the dye due to the presence of other chemicals in it. How about if one were to use pure acetone?

@Atemu12 5 лет назад

You can remove the stains on nickel plating using a highly concentrated hydrochloric acid, Der8auer did a video on it recently

@spookyghost7837 5 лет назад

Kind of a random question but did your shipping cost on the mod mats ever settle back down or are you still paying extra from when the tariffs were announced?

@Pgcmoore 5 лет назад

good to know! ;)

@amzaryusuf386 5 лет назад

aside from arcticlean, zippo lighter fluids works like a charm to clean them too

@deathward990 3 года назад

Can you apply thermal paste between copper aio and cpu if was earlier treated with LM.

@francross6134 2 месяца назад

Essa porra parece mercúrio de termômetro, otimo video . Vlw

@jasonsmini 5 лет назад

pls benchmark thermal paste vs liquid metal inside the socket thanks

@iFrancesco007 2 года назад

do you think it is better for me to apply the liquid metal between the cpu and the heatsink in my 5800x? I have a noctua d15 heatsink with obviously noctua thermal paste and while I play I always remain around 70/75 degrees c.

@JonProce 5 лет назад

Have you considered using a solder sucker?

@kokunaijin 5 лет назад

Don't throw that away! According to Derbauer you could have just chucked it in the dishwasher!

@eliadbu 5 лет назад

lol yea I heard it and I was like WTF ?

@kokunaijin 5 лет назад

@@eliadbu blew my mind. In my mind was always: water+electronics= never.

@Fragxecutioner 5 лет назад

TRUE! PCBs are aleo washed in special dishwashers when produced... just use a CLEAN Dishwasher, special cleaning stuff and demineralized water, and off you go. Also, i used to clean chandeliers (yeah we had old ones in the house we bought) in the dishwasher... make sure everything is ABSOLUTELY dry afterwards and switch it back on.. :)

@guser436 4 года назад

It was already dead

@pieterrossouw8596 Год назад

I find tiny bits that don't want to stick to the que tip is a pain. I just use some electrical tape to lift those then go with alcohol to remove any stickyness

@LacasseEric 5 лет назад

Hi Steve, Which kind of isopropyl alcohol are you using? The 70% or the 99% variant? Personally, I'm worried about the 30% of water in the 70% variant. Is this something I should be worried about? Thanks!

@raikoh05 5 лет назад

When using on the CPU or mother board, the higher precent alcohol will dry the water or other fluids faster. If you have a lower precent alcohol you might want to let it dry for longer after cleaning. Or use a hair dryer. It's how Linus gets away with making a big mess.

@exe16 5 лет назад

Liquid metal on laptops: good idea or not? Any chance it could slip into the motherboard when carried in a backpack?

@cemsengul16 2 года назад

Some people say that Liquid Metal can last for years but I wonder how many applications it takes before the sponge effect stops?

@SafarWIP 4 года назад

how about the Xeon X5690 after delidding, as that has some special liquid metal way more stubborn?

@ivaneitor79 4 года назад

Hello, I'm Spanish, and I don't know English, I'm writing to you using a translator. To clean the copper you use acetone, but I don't know what you use for the CPU, what is it?, you can use acetone too? Thank you.

@gertjanvandermeij4265 5 лет назад

Yeah , a video NOT about RTX ! Finally !

@ivanrodriguez5130 4 года назад

I see more videos of people removing Liquid Metal than the other way around.

@BatmanDaFreak 4 года назад

Hey noobie here. After a year would you just replace the copper IHS being that they are $13? At what point would you be worried about the condition of the copper IHS?

@EnnTomi1 5 лет назад

use the sucktion tool that when you want to desolder stuff. i think that is useful tool. ppl doing delid probably all have that.

@sportsfamily77 5 лет назад

I'm sorry, I lost it. 🤣🤣🤣

@5cottzdezine895 5 лет назад

you can remove thermal paste from inside the socket using brake cleaner

@thehacksaw778 5 лет назад

Hey Steve, in your experience is liquid metal any more water resistant than say a more traditional thermal interface material at sub-ambient temperatures? Asking for a friend.

@rubenfasola5402 5 лет назад

it's metal, it probably is waterproof, i wouldn't recommend using it in a subzero environment tho

@mortache 4 года назад

Is it okay to use denatured ethanol instead of isopropyl alcohol?

@cheveyo2403 2 года назад

mine wasn't liquid anymore and alcohol did nothing. (i had to send my mb back to be replaced) and unfortunately ther was hardly anything left in the tube of Thermal Grizzly Conductonaut. its not great now hits hot weather and it hits 95C in prime with the Noctua NH-D15. guess i have to sand a little. for now i am happy i have a computer after weeks it took them to replace the motherboard. maybe for long term its is better to go with a more "normal" paste

@TheBallisticSerb 5 лет назад

How do you remove liquid metal from the cpu DIE for reapplication after a year or so?

@vfplayer 5 лет назад

Denatured alcohol? Not no silicon itself, but on anything metal it should work like a charm.

@ggood003 3 месяца назад

Mr. Nexus, TLDR: Steve, try Fitz Polish to remove old liquid metal on nickel-plated copper (maybe copper too) Old, caked-on liquid metal comes off of Nickel-plated copper pretty well using "Fitz Polish." You might already know of Fitz Polish If you've ever gotten a delidding kit from Rockitcool, since they include it for cleaning off the die once all the solder is off. Acetone (which works well on liquid metal that's not all dusty looking & old), isopropyl alcohol, rubbing compound (ya, for a car--derp), & even scraping it off with a razor blade did not work well for me. Well, the razor blade removes the LM for the most part but scratches up whatever you were trying to get LM off of in the process. It also makes a big mess of dark gray dust. Anyway, I can only vouch that it works on nickel-plated copper--I haven't tried it on copper. It might be worth your time to check it out if you ever wanna revisit this.

@mynameisozymandias811 5 лет назад

00:18 you can put your hardware in the dishwasher, Just take out the battery from the mainboard and you're good.

@orcwordlaugh1360 5 лет назад

He mentions the kit is 70% alcohol "same as what we just used". I've been using 99.8% Isopropyl for thermal paste, is that too strong? I have another bottle diluted to 50% with demineralised water for more general cleaning.

@BothHands1 5 лет назад

99% is fine

@5naxalotl 5 лет назад

afaik metal doesn't dissolve in acohol, so i suspect what's going on is the rubbing alcohol keeps everything clean, and super clean liquid metal has much more ability to wick into paper

@axe_rocker 5 лет назад

have u tried to use autosol product from Germany to clean the black mark? i think that might help alot

@dosgos 5 лет назад

Would the "clay" used by auto paint detailers remove some of the embedded contaminants?

@FeintMotion 5 лет назад

They aren't embedded, they're chemically bonded. Detailing clay is just fast tweezers.

@EricGibson1 5 лет назад

I bought the copper ihs for my 7700k and wanted to do liquid metal between ihs and cooler. Yeah it didn't want to spread and spilled into the socket on my z170 mobo 😱😡🤬. Mobo has been through hell as my wife accidentally dropped something on the socket and bent like 12 pins right after I just got done cleaning the liquid metal out of it. Must of got it all cleaned up and pins straight as everything still works fine going on for about 8 months now.

@EricGibson1 5 лет назад

@@frankzappa3156 3 times really as I found a bent pin when I switched from the 6700k to 7700k in my main system. I have a new z270 mobo to replace when and if I need to. It's definitely a survivor, so I've kept it so far. Lol

@BothHands1 5 лет назад

Frame it when it finally dies 😂

@Tsiikki 5 лет назад

How in the hell you spilled it to socket? Did you take the CPU out and applied it over the MB? Tell us how it is possible!

@EricGibson1 5 лет назад

@@Tsiikki nope cpu was in socket. When I went to spread it with the non lint qtips it just wasn't spreading, more or less moved like liquid (water) and dripped right into top of socket. Only thing I'm thinking it could've been was the surface of the copper IHS from rocketcool. Not sure if it needed to be prepped or something a certain way but I'm never trying that again with that IHS. The stock IHS worked fine with it spreading on the top. The underside of IHS spread perfectly just like normal.

@Weaver_Games 5 лет назад

I just hope AMD sticks with solder and intel goes back to it as rumors claim. Delidding is a huge pain in the ass.

@Frietpan Год назад

i tried acetone but it really didnt work... it was on there for a few years tho.. i had to use a razor blade and a scotch brite.... it would not come off. (yes the ihs now looks like a old vinyl record)

@Jtawadro Год назад

Try a magnet wrapped in a microfiber cloth. Works great.

@MrGeesikser Год назад

sand papers, 800, 1200 or 1500 and 2000.

@spikev5842 5 лет назад

Hey Steve - any possibility of using a magnet ... I haven't tried it yet but seems logical You know - etch-a-sketch theory

@tehdave192 5 лет назад

wow, now that I joined the discord I'm getting youtube notifications, emails and announcements.

@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

You sign up for YT notifications, so that's not us. We don't send email notifications, so also not us. Announcements in the Discord are in the Discord only, they aren't pushed.

@tehdave192 5 лет назад

sorry you mistook my comment, I'm glad I'm basically unable to miss GN videos!

@GamersNexus 5 лет назад

Ha, got it. Thanks! Sounded like you were annoyed with notifications and wanted to make sure you knew it wasn't us doing it!

@tehdave192 5 лет назад

Far from that, I'm glad every time notifications from GN pop up!

@miriam1337 5 лет назад

Someone once told me I was hot so I washed myself in liquid metal to cool down and I've been very shiny ever since.

@-Duyuc-CA-N 5 лет назад

*somebody once told me*

@React2Quick 5 лет назад

the world was going to roll me

@tarfeef_4268 5 лет назад

I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed

@Nicolas-zo6rg 5 лет назад

she was looking kind of dumb

@BothHands1 5 лет назад

Looks like i'm the only one for whom the phrase "Someone once told me.." is followed by "the grass was much greener.. ..on the other side" Anyone watch As Told By Ginger in the 90's?

@chincemagnet 5 лет назад

It's times like this that remind me that the nerds at GN don't work much with tools. Lol If I had a part that was separate or safely segregated, I would blow off all the liquid metal with compressed air. The canned stuff won't cut it here, get a compressor. And if I really was upset about corrosion on my IHS, I'd take my Dremmel to it with a wire brush tip or a polishing tip. Although I wouldn't waste my time since nobody is going to see it.

@puppypuppy1448 5 лет назад

For the IHS lids at least, you might try an ultrasonic cleaning unit.

@PainterVierax 5 лет назад

it can't work since gallium made an alloy with copper and ultrasonic cleaning can damage metal plating.

@puppypuppy1448 5 лет назад

@@PainterVierax Not talking about the gallium alloy which of course I already understood, but rather removing surface contaminant. Having cleaned plated parts many times this way, don't know what damage you're talking about.

@PainterVierax 5 лет назад

plating can be removed with ultrasonic cleaning, even manuals for small (quite ineffective) consumer devices warns about that for jewelery cleaning. At work, we have worn chrome plated pieces with that method.

@alu2387 11 месяцев назад

Acetone didnt work for me to remove the black stains.. I had to user car polisher . Meguiar's swirl x did the trick. :)

@alialy210 5 лет назад

If you cool the ihs could you then chip the liquid metal off?

@Shadow-tr7rf Год назад

So i want to clean liquid metal from my laptop Can i use any cleaning alcohol or no?

@aflyingmodem 5 лет назад

“And that is easily done by........”*Throws away the whole board*

@greebj 5 лет назад

10:45 if that doesn't work take it outside, spray a bunch of alcohol on it and blast with compressed air

@johnd.7606 5 лет назад

can you t pose for ten seconds

@-Duyuc-CA-N 5 лет назад

Steve please t pose

@seek3n Год назад

The liquid metal scratched the surface of my chip. Is no longer mirror smooth. What should I do?

@bray7677 5 лет назад

So I went and put the MB into the trash, not sure I did right. Please Advise

@roam3r690 5 лет назад

Is it possible to damage or completely destroy a cpu by scratching it or pressing too hard directly on the die? What kind of precautions do you take? I feel like if I use any kind of paper towel or something like that will scratch or damage the cpu. If GN or someone else responds, thanks a lot.

@bengrogan9710 5 лет назад

The simple answer is yes, however it takes more force than you would expect. At that point its less scratching, more gouging - not something you are at heavy risk of if you apply some common sense limits.

@rubenfasola5402 5 лет назад

don't worry about scratching the die, it's quite hard to scratch, and if you are pushing hard enough to crack it you already snapped the motherboard in half :D