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wax in a usb port....

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rise

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anyway to get it out?

i have a lian li with top mounted usb/firewire and my son left a candleburning on top. the wax dripped into a usb port.

any easy way to remove it?
 
Originally posted by: rise
anyway to get it out?

i have a lian li with top mounted usb/firewire and my son left a candleburning on top. the wax dripped into a usb port.

any easy way to remove it?
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qtip with alcohol?
 
Electrical contact cleaner should melt it rite off. I'd turn the case upside down, and douse it liberally (with it unplugged, of course).

Warning: Electrical contact cleaner can melt some plastics.
 
welp, upon further inspection, it's the 1394.

maybe the hair dryer is the best bet...
 
Yep, I use my hairdryer when I'm sleeving cables and want to finish the ends neatly with heat shrink tubing. So I assume it's not going to hurt the connectors.
 
Scrape off as much as you can using a thin flat tip jewelers' screw driver. Then place it upside down and use the hair dryer. Of course, with the unit unplugged.
 
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