cleaning cpu question

paulie

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• Jul 27, 2002

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

 

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jazztrumpet216

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• Jul 27, 2002

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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.

 

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mugambo

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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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Overclockerz

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• Jul 28, 2002

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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

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• Jul 28, 2002

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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.

 

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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

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• Jul 28, 2002

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paulie said:

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

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YES - 91% Isopropyl Alcohol. The lower % bases don't clear quite as well.