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The actual old cooler moved as soon as I loosened the third screw so the paste on it was not holding anything
It was the old cpu mounting bracket on the back of the board that was the most fun to get off :)
I'm talking about the second little vented aluminum block directly under the cpu cooler I believe it's the chipset I cleaned and repasted it.
The new cpu mounting bracket is a lot different than the old cpu mounting bracket,
The old one that was glued on is flat and did have a double stick tape pad on it but they also glued it too
The new mounting plate only touches the back of the mother board where the bolts go though it
Cooler master didn't supply anything to be between the 2 surfaces so I just cut the corners off the old rubber pad and use it.
So no I did not use thermal paste on the back mounting plate