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peche · Aug 12, 2016

verycharbroiled said:
I've sprayed and submerged motherboards, cards and audio amp boards with iso alcohol, soapy water, contact cleaner, all sorts of liquids over the years. Let dry for a week or so, or use fans and dehumidifers to speed it up a bit. Haven't killed anything yet.

Also salvaged stuff that's been smoke damaged and sat in water for days.. just needs to dry properly.

i have cleaned an old video card like that, but leave it outside in summer, got dried in 45min, completerly,

Regards,

Bones · Aug 31, 2016

Just to update:
Some one did ask earlier if the card survived the dunking - The card is OK and doing fine.
In the pic there is a line on the monitor screen but the monitor itself is causing that to happen, it's a really old one so I guess that's expected with it. Does it with other cards too so I know it's not the card having a problem. Had to retire the other CRT monitor and this one was just lying around so I put it to good use.

Re-TIM'ing the card was done along with some 3-N-1 oil in the cooler fan and it's off and running again.

xvi · Aug 31, 2016

Bones said:

..aaaaaannnd now I miss my DFI boards. Such good boards. :cry:

Bones · Aug 31, 2016

To clarify - The board shown is an Ultra A.
It's not a bad board and works well but there are boards that clock better including the B variant of course.
My Ultra B is being stored and saving that one for obvious reason.

Mussels · Sep 24, 2016

I am here to hurt your minds, as i found a blast from the past.

I opened up my E-sata enclosure to move some drives around, and found one that's been in there for a good 4 years now.
Short version is a friend and i rented a house off a workmate, and discovered we had extra housemates who had not been previously mentioned who had keys to the house, outstanding warrants for their arrest and a desire to eat our food and steal our shit. They got caught, cops got called - and they did as much damage as they could before they left.

So someone with nothing to lose, wanted to do all the damage he could to a nerd before he got dragged away... so he did this.

Thats right guys - he painted the back of my hard drive. Didn't shake it, drop it, format it, damage the SATA connector... just.... colored the black metal silver to match the top of the drive?

Edit: i opened up the next drive and OH MY GOD NO

its a WD green, i mean seriously what was i thinking when i bought this shit.

Jetster · Sep 24, 2016

He must of been huffin paint while was doing that

Nuckles56 · Sep 24, 2016

What the hell, why would you bother? But I suppose that you should be grateful for it though

Frick · Sep 24, 2016

Mussels said:
I am here to hurt your minds, as i found a blast from the past.

I opened up my E-sata enclosure to move some drives around, and found one that's been in there for a good 4 years now.
Short version is a friend and i rented a house off a workmate, and discovered we had extra housemates who had not been previously mentioned who had keys to the house, outstanding warrants for their arrest and a desire to eat our food and steal our shit. They got caught, cops got called - and they did as much damage as they could before they left.

So someone with nothing to lose, wanted to do all the damage he could to a nerd before he got dragged away... so he did this.

Thats right guys - he painted the back of my hard drive. Didn't shake it, drop it, format it, damage the SATA connector... just.... colored the black metal silver to match the top of the drive?

He pimped your drive.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK · Sep 24, 2016

Mussels said:
I am here to hurt your minds, as i found a blast from the past.

I opened up my E-sata enclosure to move some drives around, and found one that's been in there for a good 4 years now.
Short version is a friend and i rented a house off a workmate, and discovered we had extra housemates who had not been previously mentioned who had keys to the house, outstanding warrants for their arrest and a desire to eat our food and steal our shit. They got caught, cops got called - and they did as much damage as they could before they left.

So someone with nothing to lose, wanted to do all the damage he could to a nerd before he got dragged away... so he did this.

Thats right guys - he painted the back of my hard drive. Didn't shake it, drop it, format it, damage the SATA connector... just.... colored the black metal silver to match the top of the drive?

sorry about that @Mussels

no hard feelings eh?....... :toast:

Mussels · Sep 24, 2016

i edited in the second drive as it has more paint on it. Was the dumbest vandalism ever - they also stole the stock cooler from my 5870 as they thought it was the video card itself.

Mostly just hilarious, the vandalism was so bad that i didnt even bother cleaning them, i just kept using them as is, til this day. Where i've promptly moved them from an E-Sata enlcosure to a USB enclosure, and still give zero shits about the paint job.

CAPSLOCKSTUCK said:
sorry about that @Mussels

no hard feelings eh?.......

ahah, he was going for the badger stripes!

biffzinker · Sep 24, 2016

Mussels said:
Was the dumbest vandalism ever - they also stole the stock cooler from my 5870 as they thought it was the video card itself.

What the heck Mussels? Sorry Mussels, but I still got a laugh though.

Mussels · Sep 24, 2016

biffzinker said:
What the heck Mussels? Sorry Mussels, but I still got a laugh though.

before the drama hit the fan and we thought they were just visiting the landlord (who was there at the time) they asked about the contents of a bag, and i said it was the broken cooler off a $500 computer part. They clearly missed the 'off' part.

The old story, tragedy + time = comedy... stupidity just speeds up the equation.

Frick · Sep 24, 2016

Failure is the essence of comedyfo sho.

Octopuss · Sep 24, 2016

How much time are they serving and what for, out of curiosity?

silentbogo · Nov 1, 2016

That's already after the first round of cleanup. This crap was everywhere (even on VRAM)! :banghead:

I guess the previous owner was really paranoid about overheating...

Random Murderer · Nov 1, 2016

silentbogo said:
That's already after the first round of cleanup. This crap was everywhere (even on VRAM)!
I guess the previous owner was really paranoid about overheating...
View attachment 80718

750ti?

biffzinker · Nov 1, 2016

Random Murderer said:
750ti?

Probably from this post? https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...ur-purchase-thread.225885/page-5#post-3545953

silentbogo · Nov 1, 2016

Random Murderer said:
750ti?

Yep. Palit 750Ti StormX Dual.

biffzinker said:
Probably from this post? https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/...ur-purchase-thread.225885/page-5#post-3545953

Exactly!

jboydgolfer · Nov 1, 2016

peche said:
For that i use wet wipes, alcohol or also some contact cleaner...on keyboards i also use a blower, i got one on the office, so when my keyboard needs a deeep clean i have to take it to the office,

Also for cleaning most hardware i use this:

Anti-static PC brushes, for most parts, PCB's or whatever you need to clean, pretty cheap on ebay by the way,

Regards,

U can get those brushes for less than a dollar at a barber/salon supply store. They are used to clean hair out of electric hair clippers

They also come with most clipper sets that ive bought.....but i just use a med to small. Size paint brush, 2-3" wide type.

manofthem · Nov 11, 2016

It had been a while since I cleaned out my pc, and it was overdue. CPU load temps went down quite a bit back to normal, and it's easy to see why. I should have take a pic of the kitchen floor after cleaning out this nasty dust build up.

natr0n · Nov 11, 2016

manofthem said:
It had been a while since I cleaned out my pc, and it was overdue. CPU load temps went down quite a bit back to normal, and it's easy to see why. I should have take a pic of the kitchen floor after cleaning out this nasty dust build up.

Best to do it/clean outside while still daylight. The dust is just gone with the wind.

manofthem · Nov 11, 2016

natr0n said:
Best to do it/clean outside while still daylight. The dust is just gone with the wind.

Ha, that's what my wife "told" me, after the fact!

Problem is, my rig is stupid heavy and pretty difficult to move easily. I slid it on the tile to the kitchen, and I try not to have to lift it much. the 900D case is heavy alone but fully loaded up, it's killer on the back :laugh:

FYFI13 · Nov 11, 2016

HP laptop heatsink...

Mussels · Nov 11, 2016

i've cleaned out 5-10 HP laptops this year, and they ALL look like that. It looks like felt with cat hair mixed in doesnt it?

Frick · Nov 11, 2016

Mussels said:
i've cleaned out 5-10 HP laptops this year, and they ALL look like that. It looks like felt with cat hair mixed in doesnt it?

And they are retarded to take apart.

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Memory	C.R.S.
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