cleaning cpu question

[paulie]

is it safe to wipe the pcb of the cpu with xylene or rubbing alchohol?

[jazztrumpet216]

Yes. I would recommend rubbing alcohol as it dries fast. It is even safe to soak the entire CPU in a cup of alcohol (I have done this to a few Celerons and a T-Bird in the past, and they all worked fine afterwards). Just make sure the CPU is completely dry before you put it in and it will be fine.

[mugambo]

I've soaked CPUs in both rubbing alcohol and an alcohol acetone mixture. Neither caused problems. (acetone dries faster than rubbing alcohol.)
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Dave

[Overclockerz]

i soaked my geforce 4 ti4600 in water before :) the gpu had crap i couldnt get to underneeth lol its works fine


I use qtips and rubbing alc for my cpu's

[looktall]

dish washing liquid will also work fine for getting thermal paste of the package of the cpu.

for removing paste off the die, i prefer isopropyl alcohol with cotton buds (q-tips). it works well, it works fast and leaves no residue.

[crucial]

when i got some ASIII in between some pins on my old P4 i used some rubbing alcohol and a new toothbrush found lying around, worked fine afterwords

[texasfit]

Originally posted by paulie
is it safe to wipe the pcb of the cpu with xylene or rubbing alchohol? YES - 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. The lower % bases don't clear quite as well.