How to Fully Clean a Desktop PC Motherboard – Isopropyl Alcohol Bath

Motherboard is a main part of your computer case and its need to clean once in a year to work and perform better. Dirty motherboard can be the reason for its damage because the dirt sit on the chip solding and when it moist they creates a minor shorting and it will make your computer dead.
Cleaning a board can be trick it can only be done by who which knows how to disassemble a computer, if you don’t know i suggest you to see this video below to learn how to apart a computer.

So let’s see

Things you need

1. Screwdriver
2. Air Blower or Compressed Air
3. Tooth Brush
4. Isopropyl Alcohol 90%

Basic cleaning

Step 1 – Power Off
Turn off or shut down your computer if it’s running. Unplug the main power cord from the back side which was attached to your computer’s SMPS.
Step 2 – Disassemble
Now dissassemble your computer and take off your motherboard from the computer’s cabinet.
Step 3 – Cleaning (Basic)
Now put your motherboard on a flat surface and remove the processor fan and the process also. Cover the process socket with a piece of paper like a picture below

Now give an air pressure to the motherboard and that will remove all the dirt off to your board. After that clean the ram socket with the help of toothbrush and give an air pressure again into the socket. Now, the basic cleaning is done you can assemble back your motherboard into the computer case and power on your computer to test it.

Hard cleaning

Using isopropyl alcohol is very effective cleaner because its clean all the chemical dust like carbon and the solding junk. Giving an alcohol bath to your motherboard is fully safe and it’s the common way to save a dead motherboard. Mostly all the repair shops giving an alcohol bath to the motherboard just to make it start.
For hard cleaning we are using isopropyl alcohol because it’s non-conductive and it’s also dries fast. I suggest you to use 90% alcohol because 60-70 % contains more water than 90% and it’s harmful for your computer and also creates electric shorting.

 

 

 Source:- deskdecode