can i clean my gtx 660 with water

[shreklover09]

can i clean my gtx 660 with water i just want to know my gpu doesnt work i want to try to fix it and yeah 

[Zando_]

Not the best course of action, the highest % isopropyl alcohol you can get (usually 90%, sometimes only 70%) is recommended. 

[shreklover09]

2 minutes ago, Zando_ said:

Not the best course of action, the highest % isopropyl alcohol you can get (usually 90%, sometimes only 70%) is recommended. 

i tryedd wd40 didnt work i heard you can use taht but what happends if i let it dray wikll it be ok?

 

[Zando_]

Just now, shreklover09 said:

i tryedd wd40 didnt work i heard you can use taht but what happends if i let it dray wikll it be ok?

 

Uh... that's probably worse than water. WD-40 is oil and some solvents, the opposite of what you want on PC components. It won't really... dry, because it's oil based, but so long as it's non-conductive and the penetrative agents in it (it's meant for water displacement and busting stuck bolts) don't mess up the PCB, it should still work. 

[shreklover09]

Just now, Zando_ said:

Uh... that's probably worse than water. WD-40 is oil and some solvents, the opposite of what you want on PC components. It won't really... dry, because it's oil based, but so long as it's non-conductive and the penetrative agents in it (it's meant for water displacement and busting stuck bolts) don't mess up the PCB, it should still work. 

i want it to heat gun it but dont want tto set it on fire i must of got the wrong wd40 but if i use soap and water will it go away 

 

[Zando_]

2 minutes ago, shreklover09 said:

i want it to heat gun it but dont want tto set it on fire i must of got the wrong wd40 but if i use soap and water will it go away 

 

Were you using WD-40, or one of the cleaning products they confusingly sell under the WD-40 brand? What's the full name of the product on the can?

Washing it carefully with soap and water does work AFAIK (you'd probably want a soft dish brush and use care not to knock off any of the more gangly little components soldered to the PCB), you just have to make sure it's 100% dry before you run any power through it. You'd have to strip it down to the bare PCB before doing so. 

Why are you trying to heat gun the thing? 

[emosun]

If its a raw pcb you can use water and dish soap and a toothbrush but it has to be very dry before reassembly

[shreklover09]

2 hours ago, emosun said:

If its a raw pcb you can use water and dish soap and a toothbrush but it has to be very dry before reassembly

ok

 

 

[8tg]

Dishwasher 

As long as you fully dry it

[Blue4130]

41 minutes ago, shreklover09 said:

i tryied basically every thing 

 

If it is already broken, then you have nothing to loose.

Curious, Why did you think WD40 was a good idea?

[shreklover09]

1 hour ago, Blue4130 said:

If it is already broken, then you have nothing to loose.

Curious, Why did you think WD40 was a good idea?

because i saw someone did it was techyes city 

[shreklover09]

how long should i leave my gpu dry i just washed my gpu because it doesnt work and i want to see if that would work but how much days would it take 

 

[BlueChinchillaEatingDorito]

3 minutes ago, shreklover09 said:

how long should i leave my gpu dry i just washed my gpu because it doesnt work and i want to see if that would work but how much days would it take 

 

.... did you at least use isopropyl alcohol to wash said GPU? 

[shreklover09]

Just now, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

.... did you at least use isopropyl alcohol to wash said GPU? 

 

 

\tap water and soap good soap and i probed it up to dry if this doesnt work it didnt work before i am not really losing anything 

 

1 minute ago, BlueChinchillaEatingDorito said:

.... did you at least use isopropyl alcohol to wash said GPU? 

[GuiltySpark_]

Off to a good start. Your last step was to rinse it with alcohol though to wash away the minerals left over by evaporating tap water that can kill the card if you power it up, right?

[lafrente]

If that water went inside the fan lubrication, not good.

 

I'd wait 2 days at 20c environment. Don't keep your hopes up though. Washing won't fix it.

[shreklover09]

1 minute ago, lafrente said:

If that water went inside the fan lubrication, not good.

 

I'd wait 2 days at 20c environment. Don't keep your hopes up though. Washing won't fix it.

i know after that i will blow draw it because i tryed wd40 i herd you can do that it kinda worked but it was oily and no display it was laging my pc but i clean it up with the soap that gets rid of oil and yeah its what ever i guess

 

[matt4realz]

Honestly can't tell if this is a troll post or not.

Perhaps he's referenced this video by Linus

 

[Blademaster91]

18 minutes ago, shreklover09 said:

i know after that i will blow draw it because i tryed wd40 i herd you can do that it kinda worked but it was oily and no display it was laging my pc but i clean it up with the soap that gets rid of oil and yeah its what ever i guess

 

I've seen videos of parts getting cleaned with WD40 or some kind of water displacing lubricant, but I wouldn't recommend doing that unless the GPU got spilled on or was already affected by corrosion. Washing it off might help but the spray also could have damaged the gpu.

 

[shreklover09]

8 minutes ago, Blademaster91 said:

I've seen videos of parts getting cleaned with WD40 or some kind of water displacing lubricant, but I wouldn't recommend doing that unless the GPU got spilled on or was already affected by corrosion. Washing it off might help but the spray also could have damaged the gpu.

 

it kinda help but no display 

 

[shreklover09]

8 minutes ago, Blademaster91 said:

I've seen videos of parts getting cleaned with WD40 or some kind of water displacing lubricant, but I wouldn't recommend doing that unless the GPU got spilled on or was already affected by corrosion. Washing it off might help but the spray also could have damaged the gpu.

 

i was going to wash it off then heatgun it 

 

[BondiBlue]

Just now, shreklover09 said:

i was going to wash it off then heatgun it 

Using a heat gun to revive a GPU is not a magic spell. It doesn't always work, especially on cards that are damaged elsewhere. Based on the things you've done to this card I don't know that you're going to be able to get it running again. 

[shreklover09]

2 minutes ago, BondiBlue said:

Using a heat gun to revive a GPU is not a magic spell. It doesn't always work, especially on cards that are damaged elsewhere. Based on the things you've done to this card I don't know that you're going to be able to get it running again. 

it does work kinda but not really with the wd40 it kinda worked but no display but it slowed down my pc forsome reason but i know its not going to work all the time but its worth a shot i guess