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Long time [H] reader Matt Cary sent in this "how to clean your video card" tip. I'll have to try this out later.
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Long time [H] reader Matt Cary...
Fail^2...anti-bacterial soaps don't kill biological viruses either.You all laugh, but I've seen people do worse.... told a guy his computer was full of virus and that he should get that cleaned...
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he at least used antibiotic soap...
Sigh..
You could use water and soap, ultrasonic cleaning and get good results. You just need to make sure you displace and/or evaporate the water before even thinking of plugging it back in. I went to a cellphone repair class that showed us how to do exactly that. The hard part is making sure the water gets out. The instructors told us to leave the electronics under a heating bulb to evaporate the water.
rice is supposed to work well also I have heard
Won't water warp the wood that Jakobs cards are made of?
Matt you lightweight... ... when I want to clean my video card, I go down to my local self-serve car wash and use one those high pressure hoses. The water really gets the dust out of the heat sink fins.
I know this is an april fools joke, however I *HAVE* washed dirty components, including video cards, let them dry for a few days, and continue using them no problem.
I use my shop vac on reverse as a leaf blower to clean my computer, fins are bent on the heatsinks and actually cool better thanks to staggered fins.
i use a Kirby 2nd gen, sucks/blows/carpet cleaner, blows that shit outta the PC like no tomorrow
No thanks I think I'm ok with a can of compressed air.
....so much ruined decent hardware in this thread.
I'll be over there. In the corner. Crying.
i use a Kirby 2nd gen, sucks/blows/carpet cleaner, blows that shit outta the PC like no tomorrow
....so much ruined decent hardware in this thread.
I'll be over there. In the corner. Crying.
Well, if you felt the need to tempt fate that way a bag of dessicant is about $5 from a craft store (they use it to dry flowers) ... putting a wet cell phone or other damp electronics in it for a couple days will definitely soak the moisture out ... rice is supposed to work well also I have heard
I personally prefer an air compressor. Yes it does spray a bit of very fine water (can't see it) but because it's so fine it evaporates pretty instantly.
My main PC is terrible for catching dust, I'd have to clean it every day, but I aint got no time for that.
When I redo the power for my home server room it will require me to shut down all my servers, I'll probably take that opportunity to also clean them. Will probably be very nasty and wont surprise me if there are spider webs with bugs and spiders in them.