Can you wash a PC motherboard? - And How To
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- Hi everyone and thank you for 13 minutes of your time. In this video, I have shown how to wash a PC motherboard. I made this video because I frequently I got equations about: Can I wash the motherboard? And yes, the motherboard can be washed, but this is recommended only if the motherboard is too dirty and there is no other choice. To wash the motherboard is recommended to use de-mineralized water or de-ionized water. The degreaser spray that I used is the usual one, for cleaning the kitchen or some other oily parts and surfaces, and I used 96% Isopropyl alcohol ( 90%+ ) is recommended.
The motherboard pins can be repaired in most cases, except if the pins are physically broken and missing.
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This is how I have done this for the last more than forty years:
Take it apart mechanically as much as possibly.
Wash parts in a solution that can dissolve whatever dirt is present, sometimes ordinary liquid hand soap can do the trick, other times you have to go with more aggressive solvent, basic or acid contains, but it all depend. Not all components/parts may like this treatment, some may loose their printed information, some may be permanently damage (some components can handle diesel/gasoline/acetone well, but not water!).
Immediately after washing, rinse with plenty of clean water.
The parts are blown off with compressed air and placed in a hot air blower oven at 50-70 degrees centigrade for at least 2-3 hours or just until the next day.
Assembly/repair, test and done.
The tricky part is to find what can dissolve the dirt that is present, many household cleaning solutions can often be used. Sometimes you may have to use different cleaning agents to remove different kinds of dirt on the same part, plus you may need to clean off old flux residue too with IPA there is not a one-stop solution to the cleaning.
I admire your skills and patience, Andrew. Watching you do this is very educative and relaxing, but doing it... it's whole another story ;)
I would be stressed like crazy trying this 😂😂
Very good job! The first time I ever wash electronic equipment was in the military. I was so surprised to know this could be done! You are very patient when you work and this is displayed in your results.
Thank youu :)
Love these videos, Andrew. Awesome to hear the outro song back again, I was waiting for it to return! Great job
Thank youu
3:24 Before disassembling the chipset block, it is useful to heat the block a little. Sometimes there is resistance on it and it may break.
Yes you are correct bro, but this block has already separated
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I wanted to give tips for future projects for you and the audience.
Immaculate work as always! Love your attention to detail in every video, cheers.
Great job 👏 I’ve done this before and it’s really satisfying.
Very useful video, thanks a lot Andrew. It's always a pleasure see your video!
Thank you Andrew! Very helpful video. Hope you keep up the how-to videos.
I will do more videos, I mean more from "how to" series
Thanks bro, finally I can wash my motherboard on which I spilled orange juice!!
Great video! I use the same method for all kind of electronics.
i'm very glad that you have used your earlier songs... ☺
Everything and anything you touch become new and shiny.. always impressed with your wonderful work buddy keep up the great content ❤
Another good one. 👍
Maravilloso, quedó como nuevo.
I just washed one before I noticed this video lol 😂 except that i washed it with soap and tap water which is not recommended, and then bake it under the 38°c sun and blowing all the components that might still have water underneath such as CPU socket and PCH with compressed air for every hour. The motherboard still works and I haven't seen any issues yet.
Wow,great job!👌
Thanks dude im from mexico and all of your videos are incredible, i learn much about you and your techniques, thanks for surprising me🙌🏻
very good sir !!
Great work as expected, you're real gem
if i were you're country, i defenately work with you
God bless you bro
ficou tão limpa a placa mãe parabéns Andrew !
Thank you :)
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keep posting more, thank you
This is first comment and I am 5th viewer of this video 😂😂😂
you fucking awesome, love your calmness
Yes, you can wash PCBs with water - pretty much any electronic equipment you have bought for at least the last 10 years will have been put through an aqueous cleaning system and they were in use (although less common) long before that.
Super video!
This kind of video is very satisfying.
Thank youu :)
Very good.
Good video!
Hey i missed this song, on the end, nice
❤❤ nice guide
Amazing !
good work
i used to was motherboards with hot tap water soap and a very soft brush..left it off to dry afterwards and looked like brand new...also working normally..
yes u can, i already wash my asrock z77 extreme 3 2 times and still works :)
Z77 chipset 🥰🥰 My precious 🥰🥰
I washed electronics with tap water (with dishwashing soap) many times and all works fine to this day. Thoroughly drying is a key to success - it takes 12-18h near heater in the winter or 48h in the summer. Don't forget to remove all soap with a lot of water. Air compressor should help even better than only washing and drying. You won't see any corrosion if there isn't any current through this time.
I have tried the same, tap water is okay as well, but it depends where do you live. To some places in the world tap water isn't clean as many claim to be, full with minerals and other things, hard water. In place where I live the tap water is good. By the way, once even I clean motherboard using nitro thinner. One guy brought asus formula ( back in a day when these were new ) covered with paint and nitro thinner has done a good job :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew Generally water in most of Europe is fine, of course there are still many places where is bad or something, but not that dirty like Ganges. EU puts pressure on ecofriendly life - water purification, less fumes from cars, recycling and reusing policy etc., so I am not afraid in terms of water quality. I hope people all around the world follow the example, because Europe alone can't make a huge difference... and water will be then clearer and healthier :)
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew and you mentioned nitro thinner... I know it is useful for cleaning hands from paint for fences, but I've never think about cleaning motherboards. I must try it one day! :D
Next time try sea water .
Thank you for the tutorial! This is why I hate tech from smokers' homes!
Great Video. I am somewhat confused on the degreaser. Would "Simple Green" be ok. I don't know very much about kitchen degreasers. Maybe someone could reccommend a brand. Thanks for the video.
Awesome
Among many tutorials on how to wash a motherboard, this is the most professional
Thank youu :)
today I am thinking to clean my x79 mobo and this video appear , good
Hi Andrew! Could you please share the exact proportions or mixture ratio of isopropyl alcohol to kitchen degreaser that you used in your cleaning process?
You can wash anything at least once. Vinegar is great for removing tobacco residue and a lot cheaper than high test ISO. Contact cleaner would have been the best choice for that chipset thermal compound. Acetone probably would work too but I wouldn't get acetone anywhere near PC components because of all the ABS. Demineralized or distilled water is a good idea so you don't leave anything behind but it isn't for conductivity reasons because you're gonna have it 110% dry before you power it up.
I cracked up laughing when you said to rinse off the demineralized water with ISO to prevent corrosion because ISO is a stronger corrosion promoter than water and is hygroscopic. Nothing is going to corrode if you let the water air dry. Use a hair dryer to speed it up or put it in an oven set to 'warm' if you are that concerned. I would make sure you have it in the middle of the oven and have a sheet of foil underneath it on a rack so it isn't getting hit directly with convected and radiated heat from the heating element or burner and pre heat the oven. 170F is as low as mine goes and that's about 76C which is safe for any component on that board.
I am a certified aviation maintenance tech so corrosion and solvents are in my professional area of expertise, along with general materials science. Your OCD is showing.
That is a very nice explanation, and it's going to be useful for many, even for me
To remove that kind of pink bubblegum-like thermal paste it's best to use some sort of oily solvent in my experience. I usually use wd40, but kerosene or even diesel would probably work aswell.
Alcohol does work, but with oil it's a lot faster
Use a sewing needle to straighten pins. Strong and a smaller diameter. Use with needle nose pliers if your needle is to small to hold. But a bigger needle is best. Take care.
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Can i use disel instead of alchol and normal tap water instead of deminralized one
When you say kitchen de greaser, are you referring to normal dish detergent or dish soap? And what's the ratio you used for alcohol to degreaser?
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96% isoproyl alcohol
I use isopropyl alcohol.
A few years ago while I was in my internship period (I've placed in IT Department) the office had so many used PC spareparts, like motherboard, processor, monitor, some ram sticks, etc...even some good gpu (i think its an AMD and some Nvidia graphics card, but forgot which series)
Then I asked my boss why they only store it, not do any cleanup, or restoration...my boss only answer 'well even If I want, we don't have spare time to do that'
Imagine if all that spareparts used to build a gaming pc..atleast the employee can use it to do some gaming while resting 😅
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6:29 It is most logical to use the hair dryer only in cold blowing mode because heat can damage the structure of the soldering
Makes sense Andrew went bald when his hair dryer goes up to 200°C
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The heat from the hair dryer is about 60-70C this is okay :D
Bro am getting bald without hair dryer, I don't even use hair dryer :D I have 8 strands of hair in 9 rows :D
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How did you make sure that the bent pins weren't going to bend back again after fixing the bent pins?
Just a glance to be sure that they're straightened up like a military formation it's enough.
Mostly will not bent again, but I test that with placing the CPU multiple times until all it's fine
I just use my washing machine with the motherboard washing mode. Works just as well with minimal effort.
That's good as well, but this is an old school method :D
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I think the OP is making a joke - which, I must admit, did amuse me.
I have the Broken not work Motherboard from HP S3000 Series try to re connect the power
I'm not sure about this motherboards, these were available with AMD and Intel 775. One series uses standard PC power supply but the other have charger. I'm not sure is this motherboard worth repair, because you can find the same factor motherboard for a cheap
Guys you can wash motherboard with the water. Just need a good dry
Keyboards and mainboards can be cleaned in the dishwasher on a cold program without detergent. This is no joke, seriously. There are a lot of videos of this on CZcams and I have already washed my Razer Black Widow Chroma keyboards 3 times in the dishwasher.
I have tried but I damage few motherboards like that :D anyway mostly no problems at all
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew You also need to dry them in the microwave after cleaning! :D (Please don't do that, that was a joke! But the dishwasher has always worked so far).
I use to have the same motherboard And sadly it's very bad in this subject
Looks like new again
Ever use an ultrasonic cleaner?
Yes, but I have done this on simple way because most people tat will search for some solution don't have access to ultrasonic cleaner or no reason to someone buys ultrasonic cleaner for one use. This is for how to do at home in simple and cheap way
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew cool!
I think most PC motherboards would be too big for a "standard" ultrasonic cleaner anyway.
u used make up brush ?
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I can't find some your video, you hide it?
When you clean motherboard with water don't pour water of the socket
That was just like my Motherboard!
*now it's not working anymore!.*
another electronics that doesnt go to the landfill ... Nice
i put mind in the tub ab wash them that way
never tap wash motherboards otherwise it might get badly damage..
No why you don't give it to me I need it 😂
I already return the motherboard bro :/ mostly the tech that I repair or restore isn't mine, I just take, repair, restore make video about and return
@@ComputersAndTechAndAndrew I know you very well I know you well repair it :)
Yeah, we already know your name, dont mention it again 😂
Damn dude, a few seconds of intro bugging you that much?
What’s his name though?
Nice work !
I just think about that, maybe I should skip that in my next video :D
But does anyone here know your name? Clearly he has his own reasons and he doesn't need your permission to do it or not...