Oops hope it still works!

[christian151]

I tried cleaning the top of my CPU because it was a little bit dirty so for some reason i thought it would be a good idea to use a q tip and a drop of water on the q tip.....im wondering if it will still work or should i return it i have till the 17 and i would try it out my self but motherbored isnt here yet.please help!

 

[Motopsychojdn]

Make sure it dries off for a few days and you should be fine, in future use isopropyl acohol and Q-tips to clean electronics
Moto

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

^ A few days? That's a bit excessive to me unless he threw it in the sink, lol.

 

[christian151]

i just put a drop on the q tip and cleaned it and used the other side to dry it

 

[christian151]

and i was also thinking about buying http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835100010

 

[DJDeCiBeL]

i just put a drop on the q tip and cleaned it and used the other side to dry it

I'm assuming that you just cleaned the heatspreader and not the contacts on the bottom. If that's the case, you're totally fine. A small bit of water on a Q-Tip couldn't hurt the IHS (or anything else on the CPU). The contacts are slightly different, but again, unless you drowned them in water, it's fine.

As far as what you linked, you don't need that. Just use 91% Isopropyl alcohol.

Edit: Just realized that I assumed that you had an Intel CPU, so the contacts thing wouldn't even apply if you have an AMD CPU (well, it would have pins, but I doubt you would try to clean those).

 

[Benthon]

Unless you touched the contacts on the bottom, cleaning the IHS of the CPU (the top, metallic part) with water won't hurt anything. Propyl alcohol works better for next time!