Heard a buddy's cheap scanner miss a bad O2 sensor?

Celebrate every win, man. I see it with my students all the time, small rewards keep them going for the big test. Totally agree with @noahhernandez, that early boost is everything.

Man, I gotta ask though, is this stress even worth it? CPUs have thermal protection and most paste methods end up working fine once you clamp the cooler down. You're probably causing yourself more worry than the paste could ever cause your computer. What's the worst that happens, you see a slightly higher temp and redo it? It's not like the whole system melts. Why do we treat a tiny bit of paste like it's some kind of high-stakes surgery?