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Hey, guys. Is it a good idea to dunk PC parts in isopropyl alcohol? (infosec.pub)

submitted 3 days ago by Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I’ll be straight with it. I’m a smoker, I smoke inside, I have a PC that is also inside. I want to clean my PC thoroughly to buy it a few more years. I know about the q tip method, and the compressed air, and general methods of cleaning out gunk and junk from PC parts. But this boy is way too gunked up for a regular cleaning. So, I reckon, the easiest way to clean it is to dunk the dirtiest parts in a bath of isopropyl alcohol. I was considering acetone at first, but it’s way too strong of a solvent, and alcohol should be better at dissolving organic residues. Is this a good idea?

I hereby submit this query to the council, and await judgement.

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[–] Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If it was acetone I would believe it. Were you alone? Are you sure nobody drank it? Half a litre of alcohol won't evaporate in just a few minutes from a bottle. Evaporation is related to surface area and temperature. So unless it was 40 Celsius or the thing was in an open container (not bottle) then it would literally be impossible. Unless it was for several hours, but it sounds like you just left it for a couple minutes.

[–] radiouser@crazypeople.online 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It was more like half a day and I'm sure it was a warm day but you're probably right, I'm also painfully unobservant and chances are I'd only just noticed the bottle was half empty.

[–] Young_Gilgamesh@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Okay, half a day is more believable.