Xbox 1 cleaning

[Ricechrispy0527]

So I bought a pre-owned Xbox one and for the first 4years of owning it I haven't had any problems. Until recently it had started slowing down. So I decided to start with the easy cheap fix first, cleaning it. And upon tearing it down, I discovered that apparently someone had set a candle on the vents and there is candle wax all over the inside. I just want to find the safest way to clean it off without damaging the board. 

[bezza...]

scrape it off?#

[BiotechBen]

Separate as many of the pieces as you can that have the wax on them, and then if you have a hair dryer: that will melt the wax off without getting hot enough to damage any components.

[bmx6454]

What part of the board is it on? It doesn’t conduct electic afaik, might just be better off leaving it there if it’s not anywhere that blocks heat dissipation.

[Ricechrispy0527]

46 minutes ago, BiotechBen said:

Separate as many of the pieces as you can that have the wax on them, and then if you have a hair dryer: that will melt the wax off without getting hot enough to damage any components.

Thank you, I was hoping that would work. Just asked broadly to not limit the kind of answers I would receive. 

[Ricechrispy0527]

Thanks to everyone who answered. I appreciate it. 

[BiotechBen]

3 hours ago, Ricechrispy0527 said:

Thank you, I was hoping that would work. Just asked broadly to not limit the kind of answers I would receive. 

I would say that when doing that, whatever had the wax on it, put upside down so the wax drips off instead of running across the board.