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.
How could one get their pc cleaned in a video. Recently purchased a pc that needs some minor repairs and a cleaning. Blew out an insane amount of pet hair from it but there’s some ports and fans not working.
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!
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
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.
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
@@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.
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
Can someone help me overclock my cpu. Its a ryzen 5 3600xt 3.8 gh base 4.5 max at stock. Motherboard is msi b550 a pro latest bios update. Running stock cooler (stock thermal paste I have thermal grizzly kryonout but not applied) and PBO and 750 wats power supply Cooler Master. Pc is 4 months old.
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)
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.
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.
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
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!!
BAD IDEA: (in perpetration to sell) There was a fingerprint on the bottom of my motherboard. Thought it would be a good idea to dab at it with 91% ipa... took the shine off of the board. Waited, tried wiping again, and it seems like it had a reaction. Went ahead and did the whole bottom of the board to make it match. As the one spot looked like adull blotchy grey vs shiny black. Now the whole thing is dull, but also looks blotchy. Now it will look suspicious and someone will probably think it's heat damage 😖
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.
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.
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.
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.
so far so good but please dont bother cleaning a thermal pad, they are sticky af and i strongly advise to just get replacements before you take things apart. ask a watercooling guy/ a friend of yours if he has some spare thermal pads. but cleaning a thermalpad? comon dude :D
I can't understand why anyone would ever need to do this. I build the PC, blow it out maybe twice in it's lifetime, then toss it for the next motherboard.
@@GregSalazar Entitled? I earn my money. Maybe you should crack and book and understand what entitled means. I'd knock the shit out of you if you said that to me in person.
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!
Ok, this video was interesting till the part where you acually clean the motherboard PCB. I didn't see you do any deep cleaning, just some detailing, but none of your steps can remove heavy cigarette smoke residue. Skipping to another video for that... As long as you don't completely SOAK the PCB and all parts in soap and water, it's by me not concidered "deep" cleaning. Technically good video though, great image and audio quality and a lot of explanation. Thumbs up for that.
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
Please respond to this question bro..I have a PS3 slim that I have cleaned with nail polish remover and a toothbrush because when I would try to turn it on, it beeps and doesn’t function. The disc drive doesn’t open, the system won’t boot and nothing happens with the video output. When I took it to a junky electronic repair shop, the guy said he cleaned it but here I am with a motherboard COVERED in roach eggs and some rust on the metallic edges. Is there a good chance that the motherboard is R.I.P. or is it recoverable? THIS PS3 is loaded with games and I spend a lot of money on tools/supplies. I am a repair dude and not scared to try anything to save myself more money here. If I have to, I will go looking for a PS3 slim motherboard but it would be inconvenient. They aren’t easy to find for me.
Pardon the stupid question but it's difficult finding 99.9% isopropyl alcohol, I live in a third world country. Would isopropyl alcohol of a lower concentration than 99% also work?
You are wasting a lot of time. Take the battery off the board, give it a shower of hot water and dish washer soap. next stage is deep dry process , you can use kitchen stove at 70 degrees Celsius with turbo fan on, for 120 minutes. than place it to sleep in a well ventilated place for 24 hours, and that's it. This is the easiest and most efficient cleaning process and be surprised, it is safe. water them selves do not ruin the board. the ruin process is if, you do not fully dry it and try to run electrical current in it. as long as you make sure no water are there before reconnecting the board to power, you are safe. done it many times, also Brian from yes tech city, and no damage. Brian tend to splay the board with multi propose spray (something like WD40 family of sprays), to give it a shine, and protection layer from the elementals.
I have had my Gaming PC coming up to 4 years now and haven't opened it until just now never cleaned it and it's dusty as a barn I was surprised no chicken ran out 🤔
clean your pc regularly or else spend hours on the phone with kumar or sandeep troubleshooting it😅🤣🤣 and you'll still end up in one of Jim Browning's videos
how does one do a deep clean wwhen you have 0 knowledge? cuz someone helped me build the PC, if im gonna dismantle it my self it will be impossible to put back together
yeah, its safe remember to use gloves tho. alcohol dries your skin (if you already have dry or allergic skin alcohol will make it worse). but yeah 70 % iso is fine to use. edit: but it has a bit more water than 99 % so dont pour alot at once. my sugestion is waitting till the iso evaporates before poyring more. do not pour straight on the computer parts. either soak cotton balls or cotton sticks. or pour in a seperate smaller container where you can drop single drops of alcohol from.
from google: -Just use very little of it and wipe it clean with a coffee filter. 70% is fine. You will only get into trouble if you dump it on and it trickles into stuff that you can't see. You are doing it wrong if you are using more than a tiny dribble. -Most people I've ever met use Isopropyl Alcohol - usually 99% or 70%. These are 100% safe to use on computer components, and are safe to use as long as you don't get it in your eyes, or swallow it.
@@RandiDev no probs. hope cleaning goes well. also dont scrub too hard you are mainly trying to get duat of. you might accidentaly wipe of circuits or something. cheers
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
How could one get their pc cleaned in a video. Recently purchased a pc that needs some minor repairs and a cleaning. Blew out an insane amount of pet hair from it but there’s some ports and fans not working.
Deep clean a fatherboard next
Instructions unclear, India Pale Ale was consumed and computer component cleaning has been delayed.
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 :)
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!
Meanwhile techYescity having a shower with his favorite motherboard and rubber duck :D
hes the GOAT in terms of deep cleaning & finding slick deals
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
And... BOOM it won't turn on
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
Thought for a second this was a Louis Rossmann video. Man, Louis, your voice sure has changed!
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
"disgusting motherboard" oh you sweet summer child
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.
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
You mentioned just painting over the chip on the VRM heatsink; would painting the entire thing be an issue for cooling?
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
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.
Honestly it looks clean even before the deep clean.
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
i think removing the cmos battery 1st is a must, before applying any liquid cleaner on mobo
Cleaning you own dust caked PC: 👎
Watching a youtuber clean other peoples PC: 🔥
Can someone help me overclock my cpu. Its a ryzen 5 3600xt 3.8 gh base 4.5 max at stock. Motherboard is msi b550 a pro latest bios update. Running stock cooler (stock thermal paste I have thermal grizzly kryonout but not applied) and PBO and 750 wats power supply Cooler Master. Pc is 4 months old.
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?
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.
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.
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
Something about cleaning pc components feels relaxing.
Hi Greg, 99% alcohol is illegal in my country, the most I can get is 70%, are there any alternatives?
A content that I have been waiting for!!
that is nasty??? lol it looks SUPER CLEAN compared to my motherboard... lol
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!!
I don’t think there’s anything else we can reasonably remove.
Unreasonable me: Pulls out soldering iron.
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
BAD IDEA: (in perpetration to sell) There was a fingerprint on the bottom of my motherboard. Thought it would be a good idea to dab at it with 91% ipa... took the shine off of the board. Waited, tried wiping again, and it seems like it had a reaction. Went ahead and did the whole bottom of the board to make it match. As the one spot looked like adull blotchy grey vs shiny black. Now the whole thing is dull, but also looks blotchy. Now it will look suspicious and someone will probably think it's heat damage 😖
2 years later... try some WD40 or their contact cleaner for the "Shine" factor. See Tech Yes City their account
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.
Swirl marks over the metal are from not changing the Q-tip frequently enough to the carry smudged IPA dust muck.
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.
You still can't beat the THE YES MAN ..!!!!
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.
we are all still waiting for the how to deep clean your case :)
How do you deal with the whitening when the alcohol dries?
Or you can blow it out. Save damaging your board. I dunno. Just a thought.
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.
so far so good but please dont bother cleaning a thermal pad, they are sticky af and i strongly advise to just get replacements before you take things apart. ask a watercooling guy/ a friend of yours if he has some spare thermal pads. but cleaning a thermalpad? comon dude :D
"Hey, if you have professional level grade products, where you spend more than the PC is worth, then you, too, can improve your PC!"
K.
I can't understand why anyone would ever need to do this. I build the PC, blow it out maybe twice in it's lifetime, then toss it for the next motherboard.
You can't understand because you've never had a board get this bad. Most folks aren't upgrading every year, either. Pretty entitled POV, if ya ask me.
@@GregSalazar Entitled? I earn my money. Maybe you should crack and book and understand what entitled means. I'd knock the shit out of you if you said that to me in person.
Thanks I am planning to clean mine the next weekend
I will replace the CMOS battery for sure. Dirt cheap and a refresh of another few good years.
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?
I find Greg cleaning these pc products /systems extremely satisfying.
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!
You should do a video on how to deep clean a ssd!
Cant wait for the next episode!
Ok, this video was interesting till the part where you acually clean the motherboard PCB. I didn't see you do any deep cleaning, just some detailing, but none of your steps can remove heavy cigarette smoke residue. Skipping to another video for that... As long as you don't completely SOAK the PCB and all parts in soap and water, it's by me not concidered "deep" cleaning.
Technically good video though, great image and audio quality and a lot of explanation. Thumbs up for that.
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
where did you get the anti static brush from? does it come with the Opolar?
is it a good idea to use a brand new soft baby toothbrush with IPA to clean the MOBO instead of using qtips only?
Hell brake cleaner uses a residue. Def wouldn't recommend that!
If only you were in va. I'd bring you my pc to clean. and maybe overclock lol.
Please respond to this question bro..I have a PS3 slim that I have cleaned with nail polish remover and a toothbrush because when I would try to turn it on, it beeps and doesn’t function. The disc drive doesn’t open, the system won’t boot and nothing happens with the video output. When I took it to a junky electronic repair shop, the guy said he cleaned it but here I am with a motherboard COVERED in roach eggs and some rust on the metallic edges. Is there a good chance that the motherboard is R.I.P. or is it recoverable? THIS PS3 is loaded with games and I spend a lot of money on tools/supplies. I am a repair dude and not scared to try anything to save myself more money here. If I have to, I will go looking for a PS3 slim motherboard but it would be inconvenient. They aren’t easy to find for me.
How often should we clean mother board? (I'm a beginner)
Once every 2 months or so.
Pardon the stupid question but it's difficult finding 99.9% isopropyl alcohol, I live in a third world country. Would isopropyl alcohol of a lower concentration than 99% also work?
You are wasting a lot of time. Take the battery off the board, give it a shower of hot water and dish washer soap. next stage is deep dry process , you can use kitchen stove at 70 degrees Celsius with turbo fan on, for 120 minutes. than place it to sleep in a well ventilated place for 24 hours, and that's it.
This is the easiest and most efficient cleaning process and be surprised, it is safe. water them selves do not ruin the board. the ruin process is if, you do not fully dry it and try to run electrical current in it. as long as you make sure no water are there before reconnecting the board to power, you are safe. done it many times, also Brian from yes tech city, and no damage. Brian tend to splay the board with multi propose spray (something like WD40 family of sprays), to give it a shine, and protection layer from the elementals.
I have had my Gaming PC coming up to 4 years now and haven't opened it until just now never cleaned it and it's dusty as a barn I was surprised no chicken ran out 🤔
Everyone needs to see this! Even if you say you don’t, you do!!
clean your pc regularly or else spend hours on the phone with kumar or sandeep troubleshooting it😅🤣🤣 and you'll still end up in one of Jim Browning's videos
I think you didn't peel of the protective transparent piece over the ram sticker.
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💪👍
Don’t smoke (that includes weed) in the same room as your electronics. I know, it’s hard, but don’t do it! 😂
how does one do a deep clean wwhen you have 0 knowledge? cuz someone helped me build the PC, if im gonna dismantle it my self it will be impossible to put back together
Whats your opinion about the der8auer dishwasher video? Seems pretty effective...
Hello anyone could help me my b450 mortar max cannot be shorted at the jfp1 power switch but when i do bios update it will cycle the power
Cleaning motherboard is painful a bit because i try cleaning it with dry cloth and it wont start
How often would do you do a deep cleaning like this?
*USING DETERGENT AND TAP WATER* - can we wash the board with detergent and tap water?
can i use ISO 70% instead of 99% ?
ISO 99% a little bit rare around here in my place :/
yeah, its safe remember to use gloves tho. alcohol dries your skin (if you already have dry or allergic skin alcohol will make it worse). but yeah 70 % iso is fine to use.
edit: but it has a bit more water than 99 % so dont pour alot at once. my sugestion is waitting till the iso evaporates before poyring more.
do not pour straight on the computer parts. either soak cotton balls or cotton sticks. or pour in a seperate smaller container where you can drop single drops of alcohol from.
from google:
-Just use very little of it and wipe it clean with a coffee filter. 70% is fine. You will only get into trouble if you dump it on and it trickles into stuff that you can't see. You are doing it wrong if you are using more than a tiny dribble.
-Most people I've ever met use Isopropyl Alcohol - usually 99% or 70%. These are 100% safe to use on computer components, and are safe to use as long as you don't get it in your eyes, or swallow it.
@@axusuvitieoliveiraooh i see, thanks for the info ...
@@RandiDev no probs. hope cleaning goes well. also dont scrub too hard you are mainly trying to get duat of. you might accidentaly wipe of circuits or something. cheers
Thanks for the video i wanted to clean my motherboard tomorrow
Meanwhile me :"Yep brake cleaner and blower after works like a charm"
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
how about 7 years man i dont know how to clean my pc
am i the only one cringing watching him vigorously rub his chip, pins facing down on the table?
Very good informative input about mother board parts
i Greg , some guys in youtube clean the MB whit water (bath MB) , no battery, good or not ..
can you give me, recomend thermal paste for notebook plis... i don't have pc
I have that same tool kit! My dad got it for me for Christmas
Can you steam-clean a motherboard with distilled water?
do you know why fluid like substance leaks from the motherboard heat sink?
Ooh yeah give that motherboard some Tech YES lovin... err wrong channel
Will using 70% isopropyl alcohol, or 75% grain alcohol, cause harm?
What's the best way to clean my cpu cooler?
is regular paint brush good for cleaning ?
Very random, (awesome vid btw) what mic are you using? Thank you!
Some say Greg's middle name is "Deep Clean"
Won't static electricity from the brush destroy the components
Uff... my PC needs cleaning but I'm afraid to look.
How about just spraying it with wd40 contact cleaner
That's a dirty motherboard? ... ok don't even look at mine now monkas