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While I was living in someone's basement apartment for couple months (no it's not my mom's) I haven't realized how dusty that place was until I was moving out and opened my case and noticed my whole case looked like a disaster after nuclear fallout. It was covered in white dust!! What's worse, it took more than just a little agitation with lint-free cloth dipped in electronics cleaner to wipe off.
(I may have a problem worrying more about cleaning my computer than my lungs lol)
I've tried canned air, CRC's electronics cleaner(in a red can), but failed, so I was about to go get 5 gallons of 99% isopropyl alcohol to dip the whole thing and use soft painting brush to get to little crevices such as in between fins of motherboard heat sink, in between CPU cooler fins, etc. but then realized it might not actually fight the greasy dust very effectively. So I asked a friend of mine who is automotive enthusiast, he told me to take a look at TCE cleaner degreaser because that's what cleans the best and used on most sensitive electronic parts.
Google search showed me that it is indeed a good solvent and cleaner that dries clean. But also a toxic material so I have to use it outside (duh) and can harm acryllic parts. I learned that I should start using this thing for cleaning guns, but I didn't want to learn it the hard way how it works on computer parts.
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I was not sure if motherboards (or computer components in general) have any acryllic parts in it before I ordered couple cans of the said magic cleaner.
I plan to use it for
* CoolerMaster 212 cooler
* Rosewill Capstone power supply (spraying inside and draining)
* Whole motherboard (Z77A-GD55)
* Case fans (I'm worried about it touching the bearings. They're not hydrostatic)
* EVGA GTX 670 sig2 fans & heatsink & fins. I will keep the card upside down (board up, fans down) and spray it upward so it drips down and avoid messing up the thermal compound
This forum got me started in building my computer. Now it always reassures me this forum's got my back whenever I run into a problem that I can't solve myself.
Thanks in advance.
While I was living in someone's basement apartment for couple months (no it's not my mom's) I haven't realized how dusty that place was until I was moving out and opened my case and noticed my whole case looked like a disaster after nuclear fallout. It was covered in white dust!! What's worse, it took more than just a little agitation with lint-free cloth dipped in electronics cleaner to wipe off.
(I may have a problem worrying more about cleaning my computer than my lungs lol)
I've tried canned air, CRC's electronics cleaner(in a red can), but failed, so I was about to go get 5 gallons of 99% isopropyl alcohol to dip the whole thing and use soft painting brush to get to little crevices such as in between fins of motherboard heat sink, in between CPU cooler fins, etc. but then realized it might not actually fight the greasy dust very effectively. So I asked a friend of mine who is automotive enthusiast, he told me to take a look at TCE cleaner degreaser because that's what cleans the best and used on most sensitive electronic parts.
Google search showed me that it is indeed a good solvent and cleaner that dries clean. But also a toxic material so I have to use it outside (duh) and can harm acryllic parts. I learned that I should start using this thing for cleaning guns, but I didn't want to learn it the hard way how it works on computer parts.
--------------------------------------------------REAL QUESTION-------------------------------------------------------
I was not sure if motherboards (or computer components in general) have any acryllic parts in it before I ordered couple cans of the said magic cleaner.
I plan to use it for
* CoolerMaster 212 cooler
* Rosewill Capstone power supply (spraying inside and draining)
* Whole motherboard (Z77A-GD55)
* Case fans (I'm worried about it touching the bearings. They're not hydrostatic)
* EVGA GTX 670 sig2 fans & heatsink & fins. I will keep the card upside down (board up, fans down) and spray it upward so it drips down and avoid messing up the thermal compound
This forum got me started in building my computer. Now it always reassures me this forum's got my back whenever I run into a problem that I can't solve myself.
Thanks in advance.