Thermal Grease On Processor?

Question

I've been building a computer and i'm pretty broke but ive spent about 500$ already. I have my mother board, processor, processor fan, and power supply. I'm missing a case, a hard drive and RAM. When i was putting my processor and fan together i accidently got thermal grease on the processor pins (about 3) on the corner. I wiped the grease off with a rag and you cant notice it but i'm worried i might've screwed up the processor and i can't get a refund. It's a Socket 775 Intel Core 2 Extreme. I put the peices i have together and started it and it started which means the processor must be working. I put the hard drive from this computer in it and started it and the hard drive started so i figured it must be working, plus i used the start button from my dell, and when the processor is fried it usually gives me an orange light but i got the green one instead. I'm pretty sure it's fine but what do you think?

Answer 1

If the thermal grease was not Arctic Silver 5, nothing to worry, they are mostly non-conductive silicone grease. However, AS5 is electrically conductive and could potentially short those 3 pins.

Try a bare set up with at least one stick of RAM. Even w/out HDD, FDD and CD/DVD, PC should beep once, display POST and be able to display BIOS menu.

Answer 2

can you apply oficlean, i don't know how you name it ther, but is a solution of a cold florurocarbon solution that removes static from you electronic devices, apply it then wipe it with a soft brush, so you can be sure there will not be overheating on those pins