Areca replacing fan: what to do with thermal grease?

I own a couple of 1882 Areca cards. Most of them are working fine. I would like to replace the fans of all of them, starting with a 1882-8i.

I have removed the fan and the squared metal. I have…

Areca replacing fan: what to do with thermal grease?

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