nooo :(   i forgot to look when I got home!  booo!  what do you plan on using instead of Vaseline? 

jumbo kneaded rubber eraser
seems to come up fairly easy.

but IN the socket?!  Vaseline has no equal (speculation of course)

no sir...NOT in the socket...if it's covered...no need for pj.
so im told...but getting it flat enough is we're the work comes in...

You are protecting the contacts from condensation which is from moisture in the air.  you displace that air with Vaseline in the socket.  When you seal off the socket, there is still moist air in that socket (albeit small amounts-but its there regardless)

Always put that stuff in the socket.  cleans up will with a hair dryer, just up-end the board and heat.  most will melt off.  and acetone on Q-Tipps will help with the rest. 

I tried the eraser, and the thing I didn't like was it did not all stick together like it went on.  tends to stick to the motherboard in area's but I only tried it once, maybe twice.  and it was a while ago. 

that stuff sticks, it's just the molding part. i put it on and took it off fairly easy, but i had it stacked on to high for my block...i got a bit overly excited..lol so have to redo, but trying to work it out  in between my foam cutouts. so maybe a little around the cpu socket, then over the top....still testing ideas to see what works. i a new idea...pm'd it...

You guys going big time on me, huh?

nate has been bigtyme for quite sometime...im just starting to get my feet wet in that department...

me?  bigtime?  nahh..  you and Q do far better with hotter equipment.  YOU guys are the stars.