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Is this the proper way to clean a gpu? I'm asking for a friend!

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If you think so, please try it.

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If by cleaning, you mean killing, then yes, absolutely, certainly will that method clean your graphics card :D

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Just water and soap. Quite safe unless youre new to this.

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4 minutes ago, Computers_And_Tech_Is_Cool said:

If by cleaning, you mean killing, then yes, absolutely, certainly will that method clean your graphics card :D

Actually that's a pretty interesting point.

 

Theoretically, if there's no residual power in the card then there's nothing to conduct and short out. Following that, if you properly dry the GPU out so there's no water or soap left on the card, it should be fine.

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add a tide pod for extra cleaning

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8 minutes ago, Crunchy Dragon said:

Actually that's a pretty interesting point.

 

Theoretically, if there's no residual power in the card then there's nothing to conduct and short out. Following that, if you properly dry the GPU out so there's no water or soap left on the card, it should be fine.

Interesting. What about the capacitors though, could they get damaged by the water?

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4 minutes ago, aezakmi said:

add a tide pod for extra cleaning

Nah, save that for (not) snack!

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ive done this to multiple graphics cards but it was disassembled.... and they all work fine to this day. 

 

Edit: stripped card that was completely dead of power, straight in the sink with soap, gave it a through rinse, on a radiator for a couple of days... worked perfect....

 

the only reason i did this was because it was an older card that was pulled from a system, and a friend managed to spill a cup of tea on it. At the same time a motherboard was also cleaned and still works perfectly to this day. 

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If some of u old farts didn't know I was being sarcastic but thank you for the feedback ????

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1 hour ago, Computers_And_Tech_Is_Cool said:

Interesting. What about the capacitors though, could they get damaged by the water?

They could be, but it's a risk worth taking!

 

14 minutes ago, remo said:

If some of u old farts didn't know I was being sarcastic but thank you for the feedback ????

Going by the feedback, I'd say most of us were being sarcastic too haha

 

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2 hours ago, Hatchlius said:

ive done this to multiple graphics cards but it was disassembled.... and they all work fine to this day. 

 

Edit: stripped card that was completely dead of power, straight in the sink with soap, gave it a through rinse, on a radiator for a couple of days... worked perfect....

 

the only reason i did this was because it was an older card that was pulled from a system, and a friend managed to spill a cup of tea on it. At the same time a motherboard was also cleaned and still works perfectly to this day. 

soap is mainly to dissolve fats/ oil. Why would there be oil on PC components? if there are, they may be lubricant which its better to let them stay.

 

however i have seen some people recommend wd40 like products, so perhaps there isnt oil on PC comp...

 

 

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3 hours ago, Hatchlius said:

ive done this to multiple graphics cards but it was disassembled.... and they all work fine to this day. 

 

Edit: stripped card that was completely dead of power, straight in the sink with soap, gave it a through rinse, on a radiator for a couple of days... worked perfect....

 

the only reason i did this was because it was an older card that was pulled from a system, and a friend managed to spill a cup of tea on it. At the same time a motherboard was also cleaned and still works perfectly to this day. 

Tea is mostly just water, so just having it dry out after you spill tea should be enough. Unless there was milk and / or sugar in the tea.

 

On topic: As long as you dry the card before using it again, I dont think this would really cause any damage. Unless you are scrubbing the thermal paste from under the heatsink, or scrubbing so hard it damages the components on the PCB.

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2 minutes ago, maartendc said:

Tea is mostly just water, so just having it dry out after you spill tea should be enough. Unless there was milk and / or sugar in the tea.

 

On topic: As long as you dry the card before using it again, I dont think this would really cause any damage. Unless you are scrubbing the thermal paste from under the heatsink, or scrubbing so hard it damages the components on the PCB.

yeah im from the UK so... loads of full fat milk and a couple of sugars,

 

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