How I cleaned it
so folks
this is how i cleaned it:
mobo:
used Kontakt60, refer to pdf. couldnt find the solvents as suggested by panther and erocker.
thought the kontakt stuffs came pretty close. did checked out Dano's suggestion about carburator
cleaner - though panther cautioned otherwise. anyway, the stuff did contain blah blah blah c02 -
as far as i can make out in german - which sounded like a similar substance mentioned in the
solvents suggested by erocker. but it also had perfume and didnt mention any other substances.
anyway, used instead the K60 sets. it disolved the thermal grease nicely - and i dont think it's
oil based - it did also evaporate quickly. then i used kontakt wl as a rinser. it worked almost
like a shower rountine - ala neptune - k60 as soap, kwl & alcohol (kontakt ipl - 99% al) as
water and Kontakt61 as 'moisturiser'.
basically i kept on switching between k60 and kwl with the occasional kipl. the spray each had a
straw feature and so it was like hosing your car. i dabbed in the beginning with coffee filter
paper, as neptune suggested. for tiny areas around the sockets, i covered the q tips and
tweezers with the paper so to get to those spots where my fingers could reach. the kwl was more
effective than alcohol in rinsing the dissolved grease away. towards the end, i did rotate with
a bit of alcohol for liquid volume when there was only residue grease left. i also then used a
vacuum cleaner simultaneously as i hosed the sockets with the solvents. it was like the dentist
drilling through your cravity.
i then used compressed air to clear the sockets holes and force out any little bits left under
the sockets. then again i rinsed it with alcohol and kwl until when there was no residue left.
it helps also to tilt the board a bit with a thin cd cover towards to power unit, so that the
liquid would not drain down south.
cpu
based did the same, only i soaked it in the solvents and squished it around, using the static
bag as base. it didnt need any poking, the grease just dissolved so it was much easier than the
mobo.
i didnt do the dish washer/ shower option - but could be worth an experiment. though my grease
was very gooey so i not 0-psure if it would dissolve so readily without powerful water jet or
extremely hot water. my grease was to sticky and was not powderish so it was definitely more
stubborn.
i put the parts all together and do note gentlemen, that i have used the paste very
conservatively - choose zalman this time (read somewhere it was better than ceramique and else
where that ceramique was better than acid cleaner 5 - now dont bombard me otherwise you fellas
with your specialty loyalties). anyway, found lots of ways to distract myself before switching
the devil on...
stay tune, see the pickies first...
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