How to Clean Heatsinks

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Dave McMahon



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 5:06 pm    Post subject: How to Clean Heatsinks Reply with quote

Hello got some Akasa TIM cleaner today and works very well with some TIM residue. But not ALL what other chemicals should i try (tried Bleech and white spirit no good (but only left for a few minutes) What can i use on the CPU DIE i am trying to do a good job on this CPU

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skold



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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

just pick up a normal every day bottle of rubbing alcohol.
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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 7:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you can't clean it with alcohol try acetone - it usually works faster. Acetone won't damage the die or plastic pga/bga processor chip soldered on the Slot 1 board. Do not use acetone to clean plastic case of Slot 1/Slot A processors - you'll ruin it!

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PostPosted: Tue May 10, 2005 9:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

ive never had any problems with cleaning slot processors with acetone

the only damage ive ever done with acetone is disolving the glue that holds the foam pads on athlon chips on, and having those fall off.
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 9:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

skold wrote:
ive never had any problems with cleaning slot processors with acetone

I found the processor -



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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 9:33 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Take that, Skold! icon_pelvic_thrust
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PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 10:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

well, ive cleaned a bunch of athlons and p2/3s with acetone and never had that kind of damage

maybe the acetone im using is diluted or something but it works fine.
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 7:42 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

skold wrote:
well, ive cleaned a bunch of athlons and p2/3s with acetone and never had that kind of damage

maybe the acetone im using is diluted or something but it works fine.


Maybe I need to be more gentle when cleaning the processors Smile I tried really hard to clean that Athlon.

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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:03 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I had the same problems with acetone...
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PostPosted: Tue May 17, 2005 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

oh well, rubbing alcohol works good for me .. i havent used acetone in a while, but since im running out of rubbing alcohol ill probably use it again. guess ill steer clear of using it on cartridge chips tho

rubbing alcohol is safe for most chips anyhow, ive left a bunch of them bathign in it overnight with no problems
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 30, 2005 11:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the problem with acetone is that it eats plastics, i personally use white-spirit to clean my cpus, i only use acetone to remove things that idiots wright on the cpus
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 31, 2005 5:18 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

gshv wrote:
skold wrote:
ive never had any problems with cleaning slot processors with acetone

I found the processor -



Gennadiy


Yes that is bad looking job with aceton Sad It does not have a sense to use aceton. Extract benzin have same clearing power and it is more friendly to processors packages or description (ink)

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