this was a comment i made but it explains my situation
"praying that this channel is still active with their comments, im panicking.
when cleaning the thermal paste after removing the GPU n CPU from the motherboard i. cleaned the thermal pads off the heatsink without thinking much of it, only realizing now that mightve been a horrible idea, will my PC be okay?"
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Do you mean you cleaned off the thermal paste off the gpu or cpu? Or did you actually mean thermal pads? There’s only thermal pastes for the cpu and the GPU has both. I’m guessing you mean CPU and yes it’s important as thermal paste helps heat transfer from the cpu to your cooler and without it, it’s going to overheat. I’d suggest not using your computer until you order a small tube and recommend Artic Silver for the brand. Look up a video on how to apply it and you should be good to go. If not, a pea size application on the CPU will do the trick.