Asking about transistors on gpu

[moody1s]

Today i was cleaning my gpu processor from extra thermal paste and i am afraid that if i did damage to some of transistors near the gpu processor
I used a q-tip and the plastic thing that used to put the thermal paste to clean between the transistors but it didn't clean much and i wasn't putting pressure on it
Is that ok ? Will anything happen to the gpu ?

 

[delshay]

First of all, they capacitors not transistors. As long your not to aggressive when cleaning your fine. Thermal paste will get stuck in & around the capacitors. Most of the time you can leave it there if it's the standard manufacture paste. I use Isopropyl by Servisol, but any Isopropyl will do the get rid of all the paste including paste that get stuck. ..& no you have not damage your GPU unless you turned it on without replacement thermal paste or without heatsink not attached.

EDIT: As for personal preference, I use a small paint brush dipped in the Isopropyl, I just don't like the idea of fibre from buds breaking off, which it sometimes does.

 

[Ruru]

Basically if you don't use too much force when cleaning the GPU die and around it, the caps should be fine and safe. I've never managed to have damaged or removed a SMD cap when cleaning a GPU, on older (not so valuable) hardware I've even used screwdriver (of course carefully) and still nothing has ever broken.