Motherboard washing !

[jroger]

Just in case you don't know this tip about old hardware:

If you have an old Mac that just do not boot (even without shime), look carefully at the motherboard, you will probably see some kind of grease leak around the chips.

As you have nothing to loose, get the motherboard out of the chassis and wash it with dish brush and soap.

Then dry it carefully and wait for 24 hours. Put it back into the chassis, power on and ta-daa...

I saw this tip on a french blog and resurrected an IIci and an IIsi that way and now they work perfectly.

Hope this helps [] ]'>

 

[equill]

Welcome to the Army. It was thoughtful of you tp post the link, but be assured that electrolyte (not grease) spillage from failing capacitors is part-and-parcel of our common interest here. 'Capacitor goo' will get you 203 hits. 'MLB washing' gets 116 hits. 'Board washing' gets 1511 hits.

You can readily understand that owners of computers produced during the Grand Electrolyte Formula Theft period of aluminium electrolytic capacitor manufacture are more than the smallest part of this Army's mass mind. And then there's plain old filter-cap failure. You've arrived in the right place.

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[Gil]

See: Thread

 

[jroger]

8-o I would never thought about putting it in a dish machine

Thank you for putting the rights technical words.

As we say in France "Je faisais de la prose sans le savoir'".

 

[equill]

A dishwasher has always struck me as extreme when warm water from a spraybottle is more easily monitored and controlled. But Chacun à son goo ... (Capacitor goo, of course.)

Nul excéde comme l'excès, peut-être?

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[thinkdifferent]

Just in case you don't know this tip about old hardware:
If you have an old Mac that just do not boot (even without shime), look carefully at the motherboard, you will probably see some kind of grease leak around the chips.

As you have nothing to loose, get the motherboard out of the chassis and wash it with dish brush and soap.

Then dry it carefully and wait for 24 hours. Put it back into the chassis, power on and ta-daa...

I saw this tip on a french blog and resurrected an IIci and an IIsi that way and now they work perfectly.

Hope this helps [] ]'>

I had no idea that motherboards could come in contact with water. I always dust off the motherboard with a paper towel after coming across a new computer. On my LC III, there was so much dust coating the inside that I thought apple had gone with a gray motherboard...

 

[Dog Cow]

I still don't want to try this! Is everyone sure that's there's nothing to rust? I'm worried about some components rusting!

 

[thinkdifferent]

A quick wash shouldn't rust the motherboard. I would go for it. Good luck!

 

[Dog Cow]

Phewf.... now I have to figure out which of my Macs is least valuable to try it on... probably the LC, since the ADB port is dead.

 

[Gil]

As long as you let it dry long enough (I let all mine dry at least 4 days), you're really not risking anything.

 

[Dog Cow]

As long as you let it dry long enough (I let all mine dry at least 4 days), you're really not risking anything.

Especially not when the ADB doesn't even work! (I want to get that fixed some day, but I suspect it's due to a bad chip now) :lol:

 

[Mycatisbigfoot]

well could i run mine thought the dish washer (dasie) XD

as i have a few that could use that, do i have to take the ram out? and .ect?

 

[Dog Cow]

as i have a few that could use that, do i have to take the ram out? and .ect?

Yes, that is advisable!

 

[Unknown_K]

TAKE THE BATTERY OUT!

 

[JRL]

TAKE THE BATTERY OUT!

BETTER YET, TAKE EVERYTHING REMOVABLE OUT!

 

[Bunsen]

Don't use dishwasher detergent - it's way too strong. Wash without detergent and switch off the drying cycle on the machine. Let the boards air-dry for several days, somewhere warm. And yes, remove everything socketed.

 

[Mycatisbigfoot]

ok thanks, I have to get the dish washer when its empty then, ok and I am trying to i figur out how to take the fan off and the ram on the mac and the rom and the cheach chip

 

[Bunsen]

Clean the gunk out of your dishwasher's filters, too

 

[joshc]

BETTER YET, TAKE EVERYTHING REMOVABLE OUT!

Good advice, but it isn't very useful without this tip: Before you remove ICs such as the ROM chips (depends on your logicboard, some are soldered on) please note down the exact locations of these ICs in their sockets. Placing them back wrong is a big no-no, which I learned the hard way.

If you're going to let it dry for 2 weeks, then removing ICs and such doesn't actually help a great deal. Even tight spots should be dry after 2 weeks, and you can always use the help of a hairdryer to make sure every spot is completely dry.