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I just swapped out a motherboard, and when I transferred the CPU to the new board, I had scraped off all the thermal compound on the top of it with my fingernail to read the part #. I just assumed there was still some left on the heat sink, so I didn't add any. Do I have to go back and add some compound, or am I ok to leave it as is. Thanks, Ed

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