As far as the horizontal pins go, I have used both green and dry, both with good results. Probably dry is better so you introduce less moisture and movement into the wall as it dries. On the other hand, you want the sticks to be quite flexible, not brittle, or they may break when ...
Maybe if you can find some hard Styrofoam and cut out the exact shape of the processor and put the processor inside of the hole of the Styrofoam in a tight fit. That should protect the pins and the processor. But first find out if AMD wants you to RMA the processor. You can also as...