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| Thread ID: 123789 | 2012-03-16 08:54:00 | What do you use to remove thermal paste from CPUs? | undiejuice (16495) | Press F1 |
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| 1265395 | 2012-03-16 08:54:00 | I've watched a number of youtube clips. Some suggest white spirits, and some alcoholic solution (I don't know the exact name). Because most are US videos, in NZ what are our equivalent solutions to the one's suggested? I have no idea what White spirits are to its equavalent to NZ or AUS. Turpentine perhaps? What do you use or reccomend? |
undiejuice (16495) | ||
| 1265396 | 2012-03-16 09:00:00 | Isopropyl alcohol? | Renegade (16270) | ||
| 1265397 | 2012-03-16 09:02:00 | Isopropyl alcohol on a soft cloth. Also use it for cleaning CD's or DVD's | wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1265398 | 2012-03-16 09:12:00 | isopropyl alcohol You can get a small bottle from the chemists but they may look at you sideways because it is used in the manufacture of drugs. |
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| 1265399 | 2012-03-16 09:20:00 | Methylated Spirits, just contains more alcohol compared to isopropyl. | sahilcc7 (15483) | ||
| 1265400 | 2012-03-16 17:58:00 | Meths is not good for PC components. I use Isopropyl | pctek (84) | ||
| 1265401 | 2012-03-16 18:41:00 | Paper towels and isopropyl alcohol, I bought a CD cleaning kit years ago that came with a squirt bottle of isopropyl I've been using ever since. You need very little. | dugimodo (138) | ||
| 1265402 | 2012-03-16 19:09:00 | Also very handy when fixing RROD xbox 360s | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1265403 | 2012-03-16 19:39:00 | I just use meths from the chemist and a paper towel. You should only be touching the cpu and the heatsink... both are metal so no harm done I believe you can get white spirits from hardware shops; but I may be wrong |
Myth (110) | ||
| 1265404 | 2012-03-16 20:43:00 | Thanks people. Lucky for me I have some in my cabinet. | undiejuice (16495) | ||
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