When that vignette adjustment layer kicks in at around the 0:01 mark 🙃 Really tried to be thorough with this cleaning guide. The PCDC videos are mostly time-lapses of the cleaning processes. I'll try to make one of these for each major PC component, though you'll find that it becomes fairly redundant after a while. IPA is great for PCBs and most plastics. Soap/water is good for radiators, fin stacks, and cases.
@@travlessmarloon6238 Before opening it up, make sure you have the right thickness thermal pads because the original ones might disintegrate. You won't be able to put them back together without the pads.
I would be careful cleaning an amd chip on a table like that as the little gold pins are in the back. Maybe wouldn’t clean it on a table because of my clumsy huge hands.
Great content! Would it be possible to make a video about thermal pads? Like a buying guide for example. And compare the cheap stuff to the known brands. I've been refurbishing some graphics cards and many thermal pads get damaged and need to be replaced. But I'm having trouble finding decent cost effective ones here in Canada... Thanks a lot again for the content!
Soft car detailing brushes work well too for knocking dust off of motherboards too. Just had a vaccum near by sucking up the loose dust you're taking off. Works very well.
Thank you! this was exactly the comment i was looking for. I dont wish to spend 60$ on the electric cleaner at this point in time, but I figured itd still be a good idea to use a brush in tandem with compressed air. Now I have a much cheaper alternative to buy!
I just used a detailing brush on all parts of my mobo and dusted it. I did it without an anti static band. I was getting a boot LED post light after. Kept booting into the BIOS and BSoD if I tried to enter Windows 10. I am not 100% sure what the actual problem was because I finally did a a random action, which was do a system restore and it fixed it. I am not sure if it was static and "released" because resetting the CMOS didn't fix it, but it works now
Greg brake cleaner evaporates like alcohol, but is pretty harsh stuff. I think the safer option we see regularly is actually a multi-purpose lubricant spray, like WD-40. It's non-conductive, as many oils are, so much safer to use on electronics. But a lot messier, definitely prefer alcohol.
To add, most Brake Clean formulas will also dissolve/blister/melt some plastics/polymers and paints/coatings, so it is possible to severely damage computer parts. WD-40 is an option for really nasty/caked up grime, but it will leave the oil residue that will in turn attract more grime, so you have to follow up with alcohol. The best option would be to use CRC brand '05103 QD Electronic Cleaner', which you can generally pick up at a local chain auto-parts store or Walmart (Just search CRC QD Electronic Cleaner). It's a petroleum and alcohol based cleaner, so it not only washes out grime, it also cleans contact surfaces and coats surfaces to further help prevent grime/corrosion build up. Comes in a pressurized can, like Brake Clean or a Canned Air Duster, with a nozzle/tube. Lastly, it is also non-conductive.
ideally you don't want anything that builds up static electricity, as it might jolt one of the components you touch, but i just go with a very dense q-tip since it wont have fine cotton hairs constantly ripping off of it. seems to work fine and havent had any issues
What a great video - thanks Greg. I have a couple of motherboards that I'll now be attending to :-) It would be great to see a short video about how to replace thermal pads rather than reuse the old ones. It can be a challenge to determine what thickness and type of replacement pad to buy in the first place. I imagine they're not easy to measure to find the correct thickness
Hey Mike. Thanks for watching. And part of the reason why I don't bother replacing old thermal pads (unless they're crusty/disintegrating) is because the thickness requirements are so ambiguous.
Just lather that compound on, and bust out your old blockbuster card to get a smooooth surface. Works like a charm. Actually been curious about the thermal pads, will probably give em a try soon
@@LeoInterVir maybe but usually I take photos of everything I do because if anything happens a customer can't blame me .. so some bios photos are good enough
@@LeoInterVir He'll lose the settings if he put the RAM in different slots too, if he (accidentally) swapped them over, as they have different ID numbers. Either way not a big issue, if the customer does not know a thing about PC's, chances are the bios is stock anyway, otherwise the customer knows how to put them back the way they like them.
YES!!! FINALLY i can open bench my own pc build for a while as i save for premium pc case because of this deepcleaning motherboard, THANKS AGAIN GREG!!
Do not use brake cleaner on PC parts. Some brake cleaners don't do well with plastic and rubber. IPA isn't that expensive anyways. Keep the brake clean for what it's meant for.
Thank you! I got an almost 6 year old laptop that I never cleaned on the inside before. It started to get some overheating issues about 2 years ago so I took a look inside and it looks like I used the poor thing as a vacuum lol
Its important to clean your pc from time to time. Depending on your location, sometimes dust and humidity come together, and believe me, you don’t want dust to stick into your components. Thats when sulfate comes into place and those are major problems.
@@RussellTeapot man, sorry for my bad English. I meant corrosion, when copper turns greenish. At least here in Perú we battle a lot with humidity and dust which some times forms “crusts” inside the electronics and starts corroding the copper lanes.
@@diegomorales4028 ahhh ahaha ok, don't worry, I'm Italian, and sometimes the brain goes wherever it wants with foreign languages. Now it makes perfect sense: I suppose the dust acts like a sort of "sponge" trapping humidity, hence the corrosion. Fortunately where I am (South Italy) we don't have that much humidity, but I've seen pretty bad copper corrosion aswell (Side note regarding brain farts while dealing with foreign languages: I originally wrote "bed" instead of "bad", fortunately I noticed it)
@@sijedevos2376 I would say yes. The hardest part is going to be finding a gpu at a decent price. I got lucky and got a 1070ti after the first mining boom died out for $270, but I really don’t know how long it will be with this one...
@@caseyandrews98 yes I know. I did buy it and it works perfectly fine, was able to test it at the sellers house. Will just keep it around and hope for a great gpu deal.
Very informational. My pc sometimes doesnt boot up just powers on but doesnt boot. Followed your instructions and it worked like a charm ! Its perfectly fine now and the heat dissipation was a lot better thanks !
Hi Greg. is it possible to wash motherboards with soap and water and then dry it under the sun and then use isopropyl alcohol to dry it again? thanks for the video. Keep Safe.
No. Do not apply any water to your electronics. They will die instantly since water causes a chemical reaction with the board and it will corrode. Alcohol will not corrode the board if it makes contact and it will evaporate quickly.
Greg, it would be awesome to see you add an ultrasonic cleaner to your equipment. The type of content you create would be taken to a new level… reconditioning the used equipment to like new status would be awesome to see!
For those are brave enough to try, I've successfully deep cleaned probably over a hundred motherboards/GPUs/RAM with water, neutral soap and toothbrush, then let it dry on electic oven at 70°C for about 30 minutes. It looks like brand new.
Touch something metal, like your PC case with PSU plugged into a grounded wall socket, with the PSU in the off mode. Don't wear woolen clothes or cause too much friction before cleaning electronics. Or get an expensive anti-static bracelet that doesn't really help that much. If static electricity kills components, it's not the static electricity you are carrying, but the tools and interaction between them and the electronics.
One of my customers spilled soda inside their case. Don't ask me how, but he did. I managed to get it all off the GPU that wasn't working but now it's clogged in the battery socket which causes me to reset the bios each boot cycle. Sooo, I'm hoping my 99% alky works on this mobo.
good video , i only us 99 percent alcohol since then not diluted with water . i use a spray bottle full of alcohol make a little easier to clean motherboards , what works good to is a horse hair brush dipped in alcohol to scrub grime away since doesn't create static electricity . a large cooking sheet works good lined with blue paper towels to catch crap
Break cleaner without aceton/ethanol will do the job and after that spray it with contact cleaner for good measure, let it sit over night or with air blower/hair dryer only on cold.
Hello dear.... I am from INDIA.... Really appreciate your labour.... Thanks... I have a question... Can I use Synthetic Thinner in stead of iso profile?
@Greg Hey, I was looking at the Electric Duster because I always run out of cans too fast. Some of the reviews are hit/miss on it and wanted your general thoughts on the duster. Also, is it safe to use the duster with everything plugged in w/ power off?
I don't think I saw clearly, but was the nozzle brush touching the card? Is that so? Is there a risk, even a small one, of generating static electricity?
Greg says he hasn't had any damage in 8 years. It means that that specific nozzle is not subject to electrostatically charging. Do you really only use pressurized air and never clean mechanically? Avoiding using the brush I think is not enough.@@MATDOORS
2 Question, first does the alcohol make any component to crack? I am millwright and when we use alcohol to clean up selector or push button they literally dry twist and crack in second after spraying alcohol on it. And when you push air onto the mobo is there any risk of pushing dust deep into the contact of the Pci-E or un-used ram slot?
I use my 60 gal compressor at 160 psi and blast away. Need to have ear protection. Quick and dirty although it couldn't clean the microscopic surface dusts but good enough.
been cleaning up pcs and upgrading them then selling them for profit since 2015 .. the easiest way i used to clean motherboards were taking them apart washing them with wd40 and a very soft brush .. they come out brand new looking if not better usually
@@LeoInterVir depends on where u live usually .. im in kuwait 🇰🇼 ... most people sell their systems because of getting dirty and having overheating problems .. so I buy the systems as "not working" and they turn out to be overheating because of a dead aio or just because of not enough airflow .. and the people selling them usually don't care and just want the highest end systems possible
@@AliYassinToma Makes sense to take risk on things "not working", never really considered it. However given my luck I'll find those that really are broken.
@@LeoInterVir usually if u have good knowledge and experience u can guess the problem before touching the pc .. so before buying systems with problems make a list of the possible problems and how much it would cost to fix them and deduct that from a similarly SPECd system's price .. I do that to minimise the risk of losing money
You should not be applying downward pressure to a CPU when it is out of it's socket or you risk bending pins. Clean the top when it is still in the socket.
Hey Greg, my AIO CPU Corsair cooler exploded when I was gone for a few weeks, and now I’ve got liquid all over my motherboard as well as the PCIe slots. Some of the liquid has dried inside the slots. What’s the best cleaning options for me?
this amount of detail is too much for someone with actual OCD. just use compressed air to dust it off and be done with it (if you don't smoke or vape next to your PC)
@@tili_ honestly, my system doesn't get too bad. I've got a decent positive pressure setup with mesh in all the main intake areas (case is a Lancool 2) and can actually get away with a good once-over every 3 weeks or so
Can I use lower concentration alcohol? maybe 96% or even 90%? considering the water concentration might be higher, assuming water constitutes the rest of the solution
When that vignette adjustment layer kicks in at around the 0:01 mark 🙃
Really tried to be thorough with this cleaning guide. The PCDC videos are mostly time-lapses of the cleaning processes. I'll try to make one of these for each major PC component, though you'll find that it becomes fairly redundant after a while. IPA is great for PCBs and most plastics. Soap/water is good for radiators, fin stacks, and cases.
any good sites to find a cheap but reliable gpu for gaming? im looking at a evga geforce 1660 ti
most people probably would not have noticed the vignette if you didnt mention it ^^'
can we get a gpu one of these my temps are a lil high when running any game but im a lil sketch about opening it up
@@travlessmarloon6238 Before opening it up, make sure you have the right thickness thermal pads because the original ones might disintegrate. You won't be able to put them back together without the pads.
I would be careful cleaning an amd chip on a table like that as the little gold pins are in the back. Maybe wouldn’t clean it on a table because of my clumsy huge hands.
When you get to Taiwan, you can teach the viewers how to clean literal corrosion off the scrapyard boards and still have them work ;)
Check yo email!
@@GregSalazar I did! Just got into the office.
@@HoloScope haha I understand this I've been to a couple yards and everything is always corroded here
@@gohanmoka
Thought for a second this was a Louis Rossmann video. Man, Louis, your voice sure has changed!
Great content! Would it be possible to make a video about thermal pads? Like a buying guide for example. And compare the cheap stuff to the known brands. I've been refurbishing some graphics cards and many thermal pads get damaged and need to be replaced. But I'm having trouble finding decent cost effective ones here in Canada... Thanks a lot again for the content!
Soft car detailing brushes work well too for knocking dust off of motherboards too. Just had a vaccum near by sucking up the loose dust you're taking off. Works very well.
Don't get the vacuum too close, don't let static stop you.
Thank you! this was exactly the comment i was looking for. I dont wish to spend 60$ on the electric cleaner at this point in time, but I figured itd still be a good idea to use a brush in tandem with compressed air. Now I have a much cheaper alternative to buy!
I just used a detailing brush on all parts of my mobo and dusted it. I did it without an anti static band. I was getting a boot LED post light after. Kept booting into the BIOS and BSoD if I tried to enter Windows 10. I am not 100% sure what the actual problem was because I finally did a a random action, which was do a system restore and it fixed it. I am not sure if it was static and "released" because resetting the CMOS didn't fix it, but it works now
Greg brake cleaner evaporates like alcohol, but is pretty harsh stuff. I think the safer option we see regularly is actually a multi-purpose lubricant spray, like WD-40. It's non-conductive, as many oils are, so much safer to use on electronics. But a lot messier, definitely prefer alcohol.
I've noticed that WD40 makes things for electric work. I wonder how that would be to clean computers.
To add, most Brake Clean formulas will also dissolve/blister/melt some plastics/polymers and paints/coatings, so it is possible to severely damage computer parts. WD-40 is an option for really nasty/caked up grime, but it will leave the oil residue that will in turn attract more grime, so you have to follow up with alcohol.
The best option would be to use CRC brand '05103 QD Electronic Cleaner', which you can generally pick up at a local chain auto-parts store or Walmart (Just search CRC QD Electronic Cleaner). It's a petroleum and alcohol based cleaner, so it not only washes out grime, it also cleans contact surfaces and coats surfaces to further help prevent grime/corrosion build up. Comes in a pressurized can, like Brake Clean or a Canned Air Duster, with a nozzle/tube. Lastly, it is also non-conductive.
@@kirikayuumura3256 i know this is a old comment but Maf Air Sensor Cleaner will work good also
Thank you for all the hard work you put into cleaning viewer's builds and this video!
this video clutched up, I was planning to deep clean my entire pc tomorrow.
I find Greg cleaning these pc products /systems extremely satisfying.
i think removing the cmos battery 1st is a must, before applying any liquid cleaner on mobo
is it necessary to use an antistatic brush for the motherboard cleaning, or I can just simply use a toothbrush or a paintbrush?
ideally you don't want anything that builds up static electricity, as it might jolt one of the components you touch, but i just go with a very dense q-tip since it wont have fine cotton hairs constantly ripping off of it. seems to work fine and havent had any issues
Instructions unclear, India Pale Ale was consumed and computer component cleaning has been delayed.
What a great video - thanks Greg. I have a couple of motherboards that I'll now be attending to :-) It would be great to see a short video about how to replace thermal pads rather than reuse the old ones. It can be a challenge to determine what thickness and type of replacement pad to buy in the first place. I imagine they're not easy to measure to find the correct thickness
Hey Mike. Thanks for watching. And part of the reason why I don't bother replacing old thermal pads (unless they're crusty/disintegrating) is because the thickness requirements are so ambiguous.
Just lather that compound on, and bust out your old blockbuster card to get a smooooth surface. Works like a charm. Actually been curious about the thermal pads, will probably give em a try soon
Use Mr. Clean and a big sponge
My add was for Mr Clean LMAO
LOL
@@Monocle13 ad
Aight, imma have to stop you right there Grandma...
@@IamJay02 Nice catch on the Ad :)
don't forget removing the cmos battery to minimize any chance of damage to the board
True but you'll lose bios settings. Not an issue if it's your computer but could be an issue if working on someone else's.
@@LeoInterVir maybe but usually I take photos of everything I do because if anything happens a customer can't blame me .. so some bios photos are good enough
@@AliYassinToma yup, always take photos. I also suggest having paperwork and initial besides descriptions.
@@LeoInterVir He'll lose the settings if he put the RAM in different slots too, if he (accidentally) swapped them over, as they have different ID numbers. Either way not a big issue, if the customer does not know a thing about PC's, chances are the bios is stock anyway, otherwise the customer knows how to put them back the way they like them.
Meanwhile techYescity having a shower with his favorite motherboard and rubber duck :D
hes the GOAT in terms of deep cleaning & finding slick deals
YES!!! FINALLY i can open bench my own pc build for a while as i save for premium pc case because of this deepcleaning motherboard, THANKS AGAIN GREG!!
Do not use brake cleaner on PC parts. Some brake cleaners don't do well with plastic and rubber. IPA isn't that expensive anyways. Keep the brake clean for what it's meant for.
Thank you! I got an almost 6 year old laptop that I never cleaned on the inside before. It started to get some overheating issues about 2 years ago so I took a look inside and it looks like I used the poor thing as a vacuum lol
Swirl marks over the metal are from not changing the Q-tip frequently enough to the carry smudged IPA dust muck.
Its important to clean your pc from time to time. Depending on your location, sometimes dust and humidity come together, and believe me, you don’t want dust to stick into your components. Thats when sulfate comes into place and those are major problems.
What do you mean by "sulfate"? I know that's a sulphur/oxygen anion (SO4--), but what it has to do with the combination of moisture and dust?
@@RussellTeapot man, sorry for my bad English. I meant corrosion, when copper turns greenish. At least here in Perú we battle a lot with humidity and dust which some times forms “crusts” inside the electronics and starts corroding the copper lanes.
@@diegomorales4028 ahhh ahaha ok, don't worry, I'm Italian, and sometimes the brain goes wherever it wants with foreign languages. Now it makes perfect sense: I suppose the dust acts like a sort of "sponge" trapping humidity, hence the corrosion. Fortunately where I am (South Italy) we don't have that much humidity, but I've seen pretty bad copper corrosion aswell
(Side note regarding brain farts while dealing with foreign languages: I originally wrote "bed" instead of "bad", fortunately I noticed it)
My pc just had a big electric shock on the motherboard, do you think this was the cause?
I would like to know if adding a silica gel bag inside the rig would at least eliminate some of the humidity forming inside?
Something about cleaning pc components feels relaxing.
Everyone needs to see this! Even if you say you don’t, you do!!
You mentioned just painting over the chip on the VRM heatsink; would painting the entire thing be an issue for cooling?
Honestly it looks clean even before the deep clean.
You still can't beat the THE YES MAN ..!!!!
use a dishwasher without detergent [der8auer]
For the entire mobo?, i don't even know why i'm asking.. i don't have a dishwasher :(
Yes ... perfect to deepclean it after LN2 oc because of the vaseline
using that same motherboard right now :p have been wanting to move on from my 5820k tho, so maybe for not much longer. Love these cleaning videos :)
I’m gonna pickup a pc today with a asus x99-a, i7 5820k, Antec case and 120mm Alienware aio for €175. Is that a good deal?
@@sijedevos2376 I would say yes. The hardest part is going to be finding a gpu at a decent price. I got lucky and got a 1070ti after the first mining boom died out for $270, but I really don’t know how long it will be with this one...
@@caseyandrews98 yes I know. I did buy it and it works perfectly fine, was able to test it at the sellers house. Will just keep it around and hope for a great gpu deal.
@@sijedevos2376
Those are pretty good prices. Last year picked one up for $250.
Thanks I am planning to clean mine the next weekend
Cleaning you own dust caked PC: 👎
Watching a youtuber clean other peoples PC: 🔥
Love it , i have the same board it has last for 4 years now am gonna follow this step to make a deep clean on it , Uraaa💪👍
A content that I have been waiting for!!
Hi Greg, 99% alcohol is illegal in my country, the most I can get is 70%, are there any alternatives?
"disgusting motherboard" oh you sweet summer child
Very informational. My pc sometimes doesnt boot up just powers on but doesnt boot. Followed your instructions and it worked like a charm ! Its perfectly fine now and the heat dissipation was a lot better thanks !
I have that same tool kit! My dad got it for me for Christmas
Sometimes, we use the eraser of a pencil to clean the contacts of the memory/RAM and it works.
Same here. Learned from Navy Basic Electronics school =)~
thats what i do even when i had wat was a so called bad stick of ram i used an eraser on the contacts front and back and the ram came back to life
How do you deal with the whitening when the alcohol dries?
Hi Greg. is it possible to wash motherboards with soap and water and then dry it under the sun and then use isopropyl alcohol to dry it again? thanks for the video. Keep Safe.
No. Do not apply any water to your electronics. They will die instantly since water causes a chemical reaction with the board and it will corrode. Alcohol will not corrode the board if it makes contact and it will evaporate quickly.
Greg, it would be awesome to see you add an ultrasonic cleaner to your equipment. The type of content you create would be taken to a new level… reconditioning the used equipment to like new status would be awesome to see!
For those are brave enough to try, I've successfully deep cleaned probably over a hundred motherboards/GPUs/RAM with water, neutral soap and toothbrush, then let it dry on electic oven at 70°C for about 30 minutes. It looks like brand new.
When it comes to cleaning electronics, IPA is your best friend.
How do u prevent static electricity from build up on hand before cleaning
Touch something metal, like your PC case with PSU plugged into a grounded wall socket, with the PSU in the off mode. Don't wear woolen clothes or cause too much friction before cleaning electronics. Or get an expensive anti-static bracelet that doesn't really help that much. If static electricity kills components, it's not the static electricity you are carrying, but the tools and interaction between them and the electronics.
20:50 try resetting CMOS too
Very good informative input about mother board parts
is it a good idea to use a brand new soft baby toothbrush with IPA to clean the MOBO instead of using qtips only?
You know, I was just thinking about this a few days ago, the timing could not be better. Greetings from Chile Greg
What should you use if you dont have an electric duster? Could any brush work?
How often should we clean mother board? (I'm a beginner)
Once every 2 months or so.
Love that I did everything you did, was extra careful. And now my pc won't even turn on, fans do nothing, no rgb lights, nothing
You should do a video on how to deep clean a ssd!
One of my customers spilled soda inside their case. Don't ask me how, but he did. I managed to get it all off the GPU that wasn't working but now it's clogged in the battery socket which causes me to reset the bios each boot cycle. Sooo, I'm hoping my 99% alky works on this mobo.
Thanks for the video i wanted to clean my motherboard tomorrow
How often would do you do a deep cleaning like this?
Cant wait for the next episode!
good video , i only us 99 percent alcohol since then not diluted with water . i use a spray bottle full of alcohol make a little easier to clean motherboards , what works good to is a horse hair brush dipped in alcohol to scrub grime away since doesn't create static electricity . a large cooking sheet works good lined with blue paper towels to catch crap
where did you get the anti static brush from? does it come with the Opolar?
Your vids are such a great help. Rock on dude. 🤘🏻
Whats your opinion about the der8auer dishwasher video? Seems pretty effective...
Sometimes we get dusty rears. Please keep all of your rears clean thank you very much. LOL Love your videos. Keep your pcs clean. I do
Break cleaner without aceton/ethanol will do the job and after that spray it with contact cleaner for good measure, let it sit over night or with air blower/hair dryer only on cold.
I don’t think there’s anything else we can reasonably remove.
Unreasonable me: Pulls out soldering iron.
Hello dear....
I am from INDIA....
Really appreciate your labour....
Thanks...
I have a question...
Can I use Synthetic Thinner in stead of iso profile?
I use domestos mixed with water it cleans everything well i cant use board for a day but it cleans everything really fast
is regular paint brush good for cleaning ?
NIce video. Curious if this a quad channel mb - won't you need ram in a pair of slots on each side of the cpu?
@Greg Hey, I was looking at the Electric Duster because I always run out of cans too fast.
Some of the reviews are hit/miss on it and wanted your general thoughts on the duster.
Also, is it safe to use the duster with everything plugged in w/ power off?
Great job on the video! Do you have one that covers cleaning an AMD cpu?
Yeah mine’s definitely dirtier than that. Lots of dust. 😅 Thanks for the info. I’m gonna give it a good clean now.
I think you didn't peel of the protective transparent piece over the ram sticker.
Lol here's me just blasting the entire pc with isopropyl spray then hammering it with a large hand brush like it owes me money
I did this now my mb won't turn on lol
I don't think I saw clearly, but was the nozzle brush touching the card? Is that so?
Is there a risk, even a small one, of generating static electricity?
Nylon bristles. And in super humid FL. Hasn't happened to me in over 8 years.
Thank you. @@GregSalazar
nope it will definitely staticly charge it
Greg says he hasn't had any damage in 8 years. It means that that specific nozzle is not subject to electrostatically charging. Do you really only use pressurized air and never clean mechanically? Avoiding using the brush I think is not enough.@@MATDOORS
Very random, (awesome vid btw) what mic are you using? Thank you!
2 Question, first does the alcohol make any component to crack? I am millwright and when we use alcohol to clean up selector or push button they literally dry twist and crack in second after spraying alcohol on it. And when you push air onto the mobo is there any risk of pushing dust deep into the contact of the Pci-E or un-used ram slot?
Ooh yeah give that motherboard some Tech YES lovin... err wrong channel
I use my 60 gal compressor at 160 psi and blast away. Need to have ear protection. Quick and dirty although it couldn't clean the microscopic surface dusts but good enough.
been cleaning up pcs and upgrading them then selling them for profit since 2015 .. the easiest way i used to clean motherboards were taking them apart washing them with wd40 and a very soft brush .. they come out brand new looking if not better usually
commented before i watched the video fyi
Where are you sourcing good deals?
The used market around me is slim.
@@LeoInterVir depends on where u live usually .. im in kuwait 🇰🇼 ... most people sell their systems because of getting dirty and having overheating problems .. so I buy the systems as "not working" and they turn out to be overheating because of a dead aio or just because of not enough airflow .. and the people selling them usually don't care and just want the highest end systems possible
@@AliYassinToma
Makes sense to take risk on things "not working", never really considered it. However given my luck I'll find those that really are broken.
@@LeoInterVir usually if u have good knowledge and experience u can guess the problem before touching the pc .. so before buying systems with problems make a list of the possible problems and how much it would cost to fix them and deduct that from a similarly SPECd system's price .. I do that to minimise the risk of losing money
Don't those electric dusters cause static electricity? Legit question BTW, as I'm wanting to buy them so I can regularly clean my system.
my thoughts exactly
Do you think I could dip a q tip in hand sanitizer and it would work since I don’t have isopropyl alcohol
You should not be applying downward pressure to a CPU when it is out of it's socket or you risk bending pins. Clean the top when it is still in the socket.
He’s cleaning an intel cpu in this video, intel cpus don’t have pins on the back. Amd CPU’s do.
your insane bro! keep up the good work
Noticed on the shell.
Is that deepcool water colling?
If it is are they any good?
Hey Greg, my AIO CPU Corsair cooler exploded when I was gone for a few weeks, and now I’ve got liquid all over my motherboard as well as the PCIe slots. Some of the liquid has dried inside the slots. What’s the best cleaning options for me?
do you know why fluid like substance leaks from the motherboard heat sink?
just asking if there are any possible sutitutes for 99% isopropyl alcohol if our household has any, what else could we use instead?
Very useful video. Quick question, canI use a WD-40 instead of the iso alcohol?
Hell no
I wanna make sure to do maintenance one day for my folks. :)
Won't static electricity from the brush destroy the components
One thing with isopropyl - do not use it on/in acrylic/plexi, it will crack it. I ruined a block that way.
we are all still waiting for the how to deep clean your case :)
Pirates of Silicon Valley : Revenge of Gery Salazar 😂😂😂
Can I use for cleaning very soft toothbrush?
Very nice. Shitty for my OCD though. Now I have to do this every week or I’m gonna go nuts...
this amount of detail is too much for someone with actual OCD. just use compressed air to dust it off and be done with it (if you don't smoke or vape next to your PC)
@@tili_ honestly, my system doesn't get too bad. I've got a decent positive pressure setup with mesh in all the main intake areas (case is a Lancool 2) and can actually get away with a good once-over every 3 weeks or so
And... BOOM it won't turn on
Can I use lower concentration alcohol? maybe 96% or even 90%? considering the water concentration might be higher, assuming water constitutes the rest of the solution
I have a question why you don't use contact cleaner?
How do i know what thickness thermal pad is needed for my board?
What if you get trace thermal paste residue in the CPU socket or thermal paste wipe pad cleaning solution into the socket?
Bro, question can I use slime to clean my mobo or is slime conductive ?
0:55 my dream case