Cleaning PCBs

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Retardo

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will cleaning the board of a video card/sound card w/ a small brush hurt the card in any way? ex. Brushing the dust off of the board.
 
Use canned air. Depending on the material, it is possible for some brushes to hold a charge. It will probably be okay, but you MIGHT kill something.
 
canned air doesnt get all the dust off though. theres some dust that is stuck onto the board.
 
I like using a somewhat thick paint brush and isopropanol (rubbing alcohol). That does wonders and it doesn't wreck the motherboard or PCB of any other components, allow time to dry though just incase =).
 
Retardo said:
will cleaning the board of a video card/sound card w/ a small brush hurt the card in any way? ex. Brushing the dust off of the board.
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Will work fine. Just make sure for extra power use soapy water.
 
Rubbing alcohol works wonders. It breaks down oils (if you smoke, or touch your PCB's alot) and evaporates away alot faster than water. Also, it won't oxidize any of the traces, and is much better than water IMO. But really, anything is good, as long as you're not using wool or something that builds alot of static charge. :)
 
Sieravor said:
Rubbing alcohol works wonders. It breaks down oils (if you smoke, or touch your PCB's alot) and evaporates away alot faster than water. Also, it won't oxidize any of the traces, and is much better than water IMO. But really, anything is good, as long as you're not using wool or something that builds alot of static charge. :)
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I second that. I use rubbing alcohol all the time. I usually use a q-tip to get into tight spaces, I have never had a problem with ESD, but YMMV.
 
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