Try getting one of those motorized air blasters. The can of air can get super cold and fuck up something delicate. Rechargeable ones don't, and they can get stupid powerful, based on what I've read
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and they can get stupid powerful,
If anyone reading this is shopping in physical stores and trying how hard it blows, just don't blow it into your face. Unless you have a suffocation kink I suppose.
Yeah it's compressed refrigerant, not air. It will displace oxygen
Iso wouldn't be good for things like thermal pads or thermal paste. You could probably dunk most other things in it (though I wouldn't put fan motors in it).
If you know how to disassemble the graphics card, you could probably do that, save the thermal pads/note where the thermal paste goes and then submerge it. Though the best option for everything is probably a squirtbottle and a tooth/nailbrush. Just give it a day or two before powering it on to make certain that all of it has evaporated.
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I don't think you'll get the results you are hoping for. I'm not sure it would harm it but you'd need some sort of agitation or scrubbing to actually get it clean. I'd propose a soft toothbrush and iso. Or if you're dedicated to dunking it, maybe try one of those ultrasonic tubs
Now all you need is a lighter, which as a smoker I'm sure you have handy! 💥
Disassemble. Use distilled water and a suitable sized ultrasonic cleaner, with one component at a time. Air dry with clean compressed air, canned not compressor. Leave it to dry for atleast a day after. Reassemble, fingers crossed.
ultrasonic cleaner
Wont that destroy every soder connection in there?
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Make sure you use %100 alcohol.
I think that is literally physically impossible. The strongest you can buy is 96-98%, I think. I don't even think it is possible to distill it past about 99%.
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I would highly advise against this! That would be a health and fire hazard waiting to happen. Isopropyl is good for cleaning your electronics but I wouldn't bathe them in it.
If you still want to try submerging your PC in some kind of liquid, you can try mineral oil. This was a trend in PC building back in the early-mid 2010s but seems to have lost momentum around 2017/2018. I've never done this myself so research thoroughly. Other than that, stick to water-cooling.
Also, at the risk of sounding like an asshole, I would advise quitting smoking.
This was a trend in PC building back in the early-mid 2010s but seems to have lost momentum around 2017/2018
From what I recall, it stopped being a fad because outside of the cool factor, it was found to be horribly inefficient (cost/performance) at actually cooling the computer compared to air or water cooling.
I did the math on that a while back, and the one factor I don't hear anyone mention is that you have to cool the liquid/oil as well.
Like, sure, a tank of oil can capture a lot of heat - you could probably max out several GPUs. But once that oil gets hot, it's not going to take anymore heat away from the GPU, and it's going to take a long time for a tank full of oil to cool down enough to provide proper cooling.
You'd basically have to have an additional heat pump unit transferring heat from the oil to the air if you wanted to run things long term (like crypto or whatever). So you're basically just adding in an additional, unnecessary, very messy step.
Maybe datacenters should partner with fast food restaurant and use their waste heat to fry chicken nuggets.
Their post didn't sound like they were going to RUN it submerged in alcohol... Just dunking in the alcohol to clean it off. I don't think mineral oil is going to help clean the parts much.
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How would cleaning your computer by dunking it in IPA cause a fire?
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