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Shuttle STINKS

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EnderW

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hey I bought a shuttle system off eBay and it reeks of cigarette smoke

any ideas on how to get rid of the stink?
 
Febreze(sp)? Worked on a friends system that reeked of reefer.
 
get a bucket thats big enough to hold the thing... and then pour rubbing alcohol into it until the thing is completely submerged. cheap stuff... like 25 cents a bottle.

soak it in there for an hour or so, and then take it out and let it dry for a day or two in a well ventilated area.

rubbing alcohol will evaporate VERY quickly and it does not conduct electricity so it will not ruin any parts.
 
cmosdos said:
get a bucket thats big enough to hold the thing... and then pour rubbing alcohol into it until the thing is completely submerged. cheap stuff... like 25 cents a bottle.

soak it in there for an hour or so, and then take it out and let it dry for a day or two in a well ventilated area.

rubbing alcohol will evaporate VERY quickly and it does not conduct electricity so it will not ruin any parts.
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the entire system? hard drive, ram, cd-rom, psu?
 
EnderW said:
what about the components?
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It didnt hurt anything. Just make sure its unplugged, power supply unhooked (I also taped his up). I cleaned everything first with canned air, then sprayed it lightly with Febreze "Antimicrobial" and let it sit for a few hours. No more stinky reefer smell!
 
Well, you definitely don't want to do it with the HDs IMO,you should be able to get away with isopropyl (edit: thank you BBS) alcohol on the other stuff
 
EnderW said:
the entire system? hard drive, ram, cd-rom, psu?
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HD = no... its supposed to be air tight, but you could just wipe it down with an alcohol soaked cloth if that is stinkin too.

ram wouldn't be bothered by it. psu should be okay if its well ventilated. cd-rom... ehh.. same case as the HD. just wipe it down. just make sure to take the case off and do that separately. the mobo, ram, cpu, etc will be fine. the alcohol will evaporate quickly because there's no place for it to be trapped like the cd-rom drive has.
 
ok, so take it apart and do everything seperately?

minus the cd-rw and hard drive?
 
...tsk, tsk. You all should know better by now.....:rolleyes:

There's "rubbing" alcohol, and there's real isopropyal alcohol. You do NOT want to use rubbing alcohol unless it's life or death. Rubbing alcohol typically has water and fragrance in it (read the label). Not good at all for electronic use.

You can get small cans of very pure Iso in the paint section of places like Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. It's cheap, and very much worth it.

Good luck - B.B.S.
 
BlindedByScience said:
...tsk, tsk. You all should know better by now.....:rolleyes:

There's "rubbing" alcohol, and there's real isopropyal alcohol. You do NOT want to use rubbing alcohol unless it's life or death. Rubbing alcohol typically has water and fragrance in it (read the label). Not good at all for electronic use.

You can get small cans of very pure Iso in the paint section of places like Lowe's, Home Depot, etc. It's cheap, and very much worth it.

Good luck - B.B.S.
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thanks BBS
 
Don't put anything with MOVING PARTS (fans, drives) in the alcohol, it will clean away lubrication which will ruin fans, etc. You probably also don't want to submerge anything which has hollow parts that will hold alcohol in them after you take them out.
 
Back on topic about giving the whole machine a "bath".....

Critofur is exactly right - Iso will ruthlessly clean out every bit of lubricant it finds. As such, it's not suitable for things with motors, fans, bearings, etc. in it.

You could just dunk the thing, but I think there's a "safer" way. What I would do would be to get ahold of some commercially available cleaning compounds made just for electronics. Something like this stuff. Notice where it says "safe on most plastics"...that's important. I'd think with this stuff you could pretty ruthlessly hose out the whole inside of the system, and as long as you did it outdoors, and didn't get things too soaking wet (let the cleaner dry a bit now and then), I think you'd be good to go.

Good Luck - B.B.S.
 
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