well i found a can of acetone in my basement, so i used a spot of that on a gun cleaning pad to clean the processor. of course, when i went to install my new heatsink and fan, it had the wrong mounting bracket. fortunately it came with a 70mm fan so i took it off and mounted it to my old heat sink. but of course, the old fan had built in standoffs to clear the mounting arm and the new fan didn't. i used a few nylon tie wraps to go around the screws to act as spacers. right now the processor is holding at 88* idle and about 92* when i'm doing stuff. so it will do for now until i get a new heatsink with the proper bracket for an am3 socket.