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# From the looks of it
That looks like a square of thermal grease. If this is the case you can either use that grease and not bother with the artic silver or remove it with some appropriate solvent then use the Arctic silver.

(PS I accept no responsibility if this goes horribly wrong and ends up blowing up your computer)

Edit: I presume there is no clue in the instructions with the heat sink
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:25, archived)
# I have just purchased some
Isopropyl Alcohol (Propan-2-ol, IPA) will that be sufficient?
edit : there are only instructions on which way to point the fan, ei hot air out the back... thank you captain obvious instructions..
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:27, archived)
# umm I don't honestly know
Last time I used mouthwash as it was the only thing I had in which I can't imagine is good for the processor.

Edit: from a quick google found this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Svdr-hnLzSM

which says don't use any solvents

Edit2: Other places on the internet say to use solvents so it is you call really which to believe
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:30, archived)
# oh arse biscuits
so i bought that for nothing? waah!
edit : artic silver website says to remove the grease pad, but now i'm confused how to clean my processor
:(
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 21:38, archived)
# Sorry wasn't meaning to confuse you
When I last changed a heat sink I cleaned off the old thermal paste with a solvent (such as the isopropyl alcohol) then made sure that there was no solvent left on the processor/heatsink so it doesn't dissolve the new thermal grease then applied the new thermal grease and it worked fine.

So I personally would use the isopropyl alcohol but other internet sources say don't use solvents as it can leave residues.
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:02, archived)
# I read about the leaving of residues
thats why i went for the purest form of achocolol i could find :)
So
remove pad
remove old artic silver (and old pad cos my pc genius mate is a muppet)
apply a blodge of artic silver (as recommended on the webshte)
reinstall and away i go?
Thank you btw :D
(I helped save b3ta! SkUG >_O i got a couple of stitches in my eyeball... ow, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:06, archived)
# Yeah
That sounds correct

good luck

:)
(I helped save b3ta! Bobby Bob Bob also available on http://jbobw.deviantart.com/, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:10, archived)
# sounds about right to me too
though I'm lazy and left the heatpaste on there too. AMD sempron64 or something, ran non-stop for nigh-on a year with no issues at all, heat or otherwise. still runs, but replaced the box it was in with something a bit quieter now :)
(I helped save b3ta! evilstevie misses the Orange Place of late, Tue 17 Jun 2008, 22:32, archived)