I know that a good amount of people that bought the Asus Crosshair IV Formula had issues with the NB overheating. So i thought i might check it out on mine, and sure enough the stock thermal pad wasnt even touching the heatsink. I keep reading in places that by thermal paste touching the circuitry around the NB chip can create a short circuit. Now as long as i clean it off before i power the board up, ill be fine right? The board has not even been connected to power yet.