What materials do you use to clean a processor?

[ApacheChief]

I can't find my old eye glasses case... anything else in the common household?

 

[yankeesfan]

acetone, isopropyl alcohol

 

[ApacheChief]

70% good?

And what CLOTH?

 

[Sunner]

I use acetone and regular household paper, has worked fine for me for years 🙂

 

[ApacheChief]

Awesome, thanks 😀

 

[ponyo]

q-tip and 70-90% alcohol works good. Or dishwashing soap and warm water. Both method works well. I usually use q-tip and alcohol to clean and run it under warm water in my sink to rinse off. Then simply use hair blowdryer for about 5 minutes to dry it.

 

[AnotherGuy]

Originally posted by: Naustica
... and run it under warm water in my sink to rinse off. Then simply use hair blowdryer for about 5 minutes to dry it.

Run it under water in ur sink ? the processor? LOL damn r u serious?
I could be a noob but i wouldnt do that even if AMD themselves come to my house n tell me to. 😀

what if just a small drop of water is left within the pins and u plug that in ur mobo... i think mobo would fry in a sec... i wouldnt play with the water...

 

[Zedtom]

I've tried every type of solvent known to modern man to try to clean up Arctic silver and other types of paste. I have found that paint stripper, (like Formby's), takes it off with no effort. Simply put a little bit on a Q-tip and wipe slowly to give it a chance to soak in. This works better and faster than anything I've tried.

 

[BW86]

ive been using rubbing alcohol and a papertowel for years.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Originally posted by: BW86
ive been using rubbing alcohol and a papertowel for years.

 

[formulav8]

Either alcohol or salicylic acid (stuff you use on your face for pimples) They both work well. I think the acid works alittle better for the harder to clean stuff. And I wipe them with paper towels. 🙂


Jason

 

[Sentinel]

i used a thick paper towel and 70% alcohol to clean my sink and proc off today

 

[tk149]

From ArcticSilver.com

Thermal pads can be scraped off with a plastic tool that will not scratch the bottom then the remnants can be removed with a xylene based cleaner, (Goof Off and some carburetor cleaners) acetone, mineral spirits, or high-purity isopropyl alcohol.
Never use any oil or petroleum based cleaners (WD-40, citrus oil based cleaners and many automotive degreasers) on the base of a heatsink. The oil, which is engineered to not evaporate, will fill in the microscopic valleys in the metal and significantly reduce the effectiveness of any subsequently applied thermal compound.

If your heatsink has a thermal 'pad' mounted on it, this pad must be removed before using Arctic Silver thermal compound. Thermal pads are made with paraffin wax that melts once it gets hot. When it melts, it will fill in the microscopic valleys in the heatsink with wax. To minimize the permanent contamination of the mounting surface with wax, the thermal pad should be removed before it is used and melted. Never use heat or hot water to remove the pad, the heat will melt the wax into the heatsink.

Note that common rubbing alcohol is not "high-purity." I recommend tape head cleaner (audio or video).