Just wondering if Isocol Rubbing Alcohol is pure enough to clean heatsink goo off an Athlon CPU?

er, your worried about putting water on it.. aren't cpus compleatly seeled? so aslong as you don't let the water/ whatever stay on it (rust) it should be fine

Isocol isn't water you idiot.

PS - I can't think of any reason it would do harm, but I am not an expert and your CPU might be expensive.

last edited by fpot at 11:06:35 15/Jun/05

f*** off fpot. if you had half the brain you claim you have, you would atleast f***ing be able to put what im saying together. i know its not f***ing water. but a "damp cloth" should be safe as far as cleaning cpu crap. so isocol should be fine as well?

last edited by WhiteWolf at 11:12:15 15/Jun/05

Yeh, rubbing a damp with water cloth over the CPU is exactly the same as applying a water free rubbing alcohol to a CPU. Well done again d*******.

Whitewolf what in the f*** are you talking about? He's not worried about water or dampness... he's wondering if the alcohol is pure enough to clean it well.

What % is it? If it's over 70 I'd say it should be fine. But yeah I'm no professional.

no, im saying its alot worse, but still would be fine, therefore alcohol should be fine

Some discussion about it here from people who seem to know what they are on about.

Seems you need to get it 99.7% pure.

last edited by fpot at 11:21:12 15/Jun/05

I'd use something like shellite. (Cheap from a hardware or kmart type store)

You want as little extra stuff in yoru alcohol as possible, so when the alcohol evapourates its a clean surface.

Go the eucalyptus oil

Thanks fpot :)

use acetone, it's cheap.

Stop being a pussy Gimpy and just go across the road and buy some nail polish remover.

Sure the pharamcists will laugh and sn***** at you, but just say its for your night-time life and they quickly button up.

Okay FINE! And I'll pickup a box of EXTRA SMALL condoms while I'm at it.

I'll just say they aren't for me and not make eye contact. Yep, it's all going to be fine.

Rofl orbitor I thought you said to use acetame because he's cheap!

I reckon Acetame could own that annoying goo for u gimpy!

If you're really worried, go to Mitre 10 and buy some Isopropyl Alcohol. Should cost about $8.

I've been using it for a year without problems.

ive compeletly soaked cpu's and video cards in metho to clean the s*** off them just use a soft painting brush and be getntle with it.

be wearly of static also make sure your grounded when you do this, prefrably go out and buy a antistatic strap from dick smith :)

If you're really worried, go to Mitre 10 and buy some Isopropyl Alcohol. Should cost about $8.

I got mine from my local pharmacist (asked at the prescriptions counter). They had a large bottle of it which they used to fill a small dropper-sized bottle for me. I had a lot of crap on my 1600+ but isopropyl alcohol did the trick.

Use nail polish remover. Thats what my antec thermal paste said to use. And use a plastic bag inbetween the serface of your finger and the cpu/heatsink.

Use anything that evaporates fast... metho is a good choice.

The reason you want something like metho/acetone is for the quick evaporative properties. So it will wash away the poo and evaporate fast and wont short circuit anything when electricity is running through it.

You COULD use water or hell your own piss to clean it if you really wanted to! You'd just have to wait a lot longer to be sure it was alle evaporated and safe to use without shorting it out and killing it.

i use isochol to clean cpus all the time

minimal amount on a cotton bud and ull be fine!

throw it in the dishwasher*












































this advise may break your shizzle

Yeh, rubbing a damp with water cloth

lol :p

Yeh, rubbing a damp with water cloth

lol :p

Don't knock it till you've tried it :P

/me pats bottle of pure isopropanol alcohol.

eucalyptus oil is what i have used on cpus if i dont have any electric cleaning solvent laying around.

you can pick a can of cleaning solvent from jaycar

I ended up using acetone which did the trick. The pharmacy didn't sell pure Isopropyl Alcohol. (no hardware stores were open)

btw semen apparently works well as a thermal interface material. Some weirdo overseas tried it on a water-cooled system. Bizzare.

btw semen apparently works well as a thermal interface material. Some weirdo overseas tried it on a water-cooled system.

Sounds more like he was whacking off to some Star Trek porn and accidentally 'soiled' a CPU...

HEy the best this to use to clean any electronic part is ZIPO fule it leaves no residue and doesent need to be dried plus it is dirt cheap

why would u waste alchole like that