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Marcin
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 Posted: Thu May 25, 2006 1:33 pm Post subject: Get and clean dirt in your collection ! |
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Hi,
Today I got idea to how clean our beauties 
It is end of days of dirty CPUs. Benzine, acetone and other chemicals are often to weak and sometimes to strong. Factory prints are sensitive as we know. Another problem are inscriptions with waterproof marker. I used benzine and after that acetone. I could't remove inscription in 100%. Using acetone is badly thing because ceramic changing shade 
Here are sample chips which I prepared to clean :
What we need at cleaning one CPU ?
1) CIF - cleaning cream what we all know from kitchen and bathroom houseworks. It is fragile for ceramic, metal - it not sketch surface. It cost about 2 EUR biggest bottle and you can clean hundreds or thousands chips.
2) fingers
3) water
4) total 40 s free time
After cleaning dry CPU using hot airgun or drier (to hairs).
That is final result :
Success. My NEC 8085 is so clean and bright as new. When I looking at him I see grey traces inside ceramic and effect like milions shining stars 
You can use CIF safely on print area but not for a long time.
Good luck for all.
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Hippo
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I must admit they look fantastic after cleaning.
The only downside I can see is if the wife spots me with household cleaning products she may expect me to clean more than my CPU's! |
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JAC
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Very nice  |
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FDIV
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Those chips look fabulous but I have never seen that product in the U.S. Could you post what the product lists as active ingredients so that I can try to find a U.S. equivelant.
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slava
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Very nice. I will try that when I have some spare time to get my chips out of their boxes.
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Cpuswe
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| FDIV wrote: | Those chips look fabulous but I have never seen that product in the U.S. Could you post what the product lists as active ingredients so that I can try to find a U.S. equivelant.
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Nice work Marcin!
Did some googling
http://www.unilever.com/ourbrands/homecare/Cif.asp
# Cif is Sold in 51 countries around the globe.
# Cif is the number 1 abrasive cleaner in the world.
# Asia is Cif's fastest-growing market and India its largest.
# Cif is also sold as Jif, Vim, Viss and Handy Andy. <-- These might help
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JAC
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 3:05 am Post subject: |
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| Vim used to be in a powder. |
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Marcin
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 4:55 am Post subject: |
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CIF exist in plastic 300 ml bottle and 700 ml (on photo). If anybody want I can buy and send. 300 ml cost about 1,50 EUR and 700 ml about 3 EUR.
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Borris70
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are they still working after cleaning with water?
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JAC
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 6:58 am Post subject: |
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| Borris70 wrote: | | are they still working after cleaning with water? |
good question.
I cleam my chips in a static free environment with a small cloth. Never had any problems. I also have tested quite a few.
... and speaking of water.......  not a common sight in England! hehe...  |
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Marcin
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| Posted: Fri May 26, 2006 8:14 am Post subject: |
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| Borris70 wrote: | | are they still working after cleaning with water? |
CMOS propably not because touch with fingers destroy them often. I will try on 486 and 8088.
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Marcin
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| Ok 486 and 386 CPUs work after water cleaning Tested on TI 486 DLC 33 and Intel 486 SX 25. I must get time and test 8086 CPU. Will report soon ... |
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... and speaking of water....... not a common sight in England! hehe... |
LOL
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jd
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| Cpuswe wrote: | | FDIV wrote: | Those chips look fabulous but I have never seen that product in the U.S. Could you post what the product lists as active ingredients so that I can try to find a U.S. equivelant.
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Nice work Marcin!
Did some googling
http://www.unilever.com/ourbrands/homecare/Cif.asp
# Cif is Sold in 51 countries around the globe.
# Cif is the number 1 abrasive cleaner in the world.
# Asia is Cif's fastest-growing market and India its largest.
# Cif is also sold as Jif, Vim, Viss and Handy Andy. <-- These might help |
Yes, I use Vim here in Canada, works ok.
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maister
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i would guess that any product that is made for cleaning ceramics in bathrooms etc. would work nicely. Luckily for me they sell this kind of stuff here in norway, but under the name JIF. I know i have a bottle somewhere, maybe il clean some of my chips  |
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