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| rjisinspired |
| Posted: Apr 12 2012, 11:55 PM |
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I'm a little nervous using canned air because of possibly spraying liquid coolant by accident, heard about this happening, and also that canned air just blows everything into nooks and crannies so it may not be a viable option to cleaning?. Not sure about a vacuum because of potentially pulling off parts by accident.
Would an anti static brush, very gently, over the board help? The board from inspection does not look too bad but from the side some spots have a very thing layer of dust over it. Should I be really concerned about this? |
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| phaeron |
| Posted: Apr 14 2012, 07:51 PM |
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The motherboard isn't that fragile. People sometimes deliberately spray liquid coolant in order to cool down a chip. Besides, you shouldn't get liquid coming out as long as you keep the can upright. Let the motherboard cool down before working on it, and if you do accidentally spray it, let it evaporate a bit and then just clean it off.
If you've got that much dust on it, I'd first blow out the big dust bunnies, then use a power towel and swabs with rubbing alcohol. Canned air won't really do squat for layers of dust that have adhered, but that's why you use the alcohol. Fans and heatsinks in particular need attention, as they'll have stubborn dirt on the blades and dust bunnies in cracks that you have to fish out. One computer was working on was running really slowly until we figured out that it was thermal throttling and cleaned out the mat of dust between the heatsink and the fan.
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| evropej |
| Posted: Apr 14 2012, 09:32 PM |
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static discharge is the only thing to watch out for. this will toast your board. |
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| rjisinspired |
| Posted: Apr 20 2012, 01:20 AM |
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Thanks guys.
I got most of the dust out and was very careful. Kind of had a fright when I put things back together and received 3 beeps when booting back up. Intel says it's a ram issue but it looks like the slots may not hold the ram securely or is being picky.
I had the ram sticks pushed in, clicked in, with the side levers closing and the board was still beeping at me. I had to re-seat the ram a couple of times until it worked. Possible loose slot maybe? |
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| dloneranger |
| Posted: Apr 20 2012, 06:22 AM |
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Or, the motherboard was bending a bit and the center contacts were not quite in
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| levicki |
| Posted: May 10 2012, 02:27 PM |
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| QUOTE (rjisinspired @ Apr 20 2012, 02:20 AM) | Thanks guys.
I got most of the dust out and was very careful. Kind of had a fright when I put things back together and received 3 beeps when booting back up. Intel says it's a ram issue but it looks like the slots may not hold the ram securely or is being picky.
I had the ram sticks pushed in, clicked in, with the side levers closing and the board was still beeping at me. I had to re-seat the ram a couple of times until it worked. Possible loose slot maybe? |
If you had a dirty mainboard that means that most likely slots were full of dust too and contacts on the ram sticks were dirty as well.
Usually contacts on the stick are cleaned using simple rubber eraser.
For dust I am using smaller painting brush.
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