I’ll be straight with it. I’m a smoker, I smoke inside, I have a PC that is also inside. I want to clean my PC thoroughly to buy it a few more years. I know about the q tip method, and the compressed air, and general methods of cleaning out gunk and junk from PC parts. But this boy is way too gunked up for a regular cleaning. So, I reckon, the easiest way to clean it is to dunk the dirtiest parts in a bath of isopropyl alcohol. I was considering acetone at first, but it’s way too strong of a solvent, and alcohol should be better at dissolving organic residues. Is this a good idea?
I hereby submit this query to the council, and await judgement.
you can straight up wash it with water + a bit of mild detergent and isopropyl. scrub with a hard bristled toothbrush and rinse it all of. careful with lga pins.
and no, i’m not trolling. as long as you remove the cmos battery and discharge the bigger capacitors before washing and make sure its BONE DRY for a few days before plugging it back in. looks like new afterwards.