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So I have to RMA my motherboard but in the meantime, I want to store my CPU safely. How can I do this?

 

 

 

 

Also a quick sidenote, there was this really funny story on Tom'sHardware and this guy had left his CPU out overnight in a cardboard box, had it rain, and the CPU was drenched. He cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and let it dry and it still worked :-P Sounds too good to be true xD

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So I have to RMA my motherboard but in the meantime, I want to store my CPU safely. How can I do this?

 

 

 

 

Also a quick sidenote, there was this really funny story on Tom'sHardware and this guy had left his CPU out overnight in a cardboard box, had it rain, and the CPU was drenched. He cleaned it with isopropyl alcohol and let it dry and it still worked :-P Sounds too good to be true xD

ziplock bag in a carboard box in a safe place

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put it in the original box?

 

and a CPU is completely sealed...you can put it in water for a week and it will be perfectly fine

what kills a CPU is running it while wet, which would short it

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yeah as long as the CPU isnt left out for a few days it should always work. Anyway store your cpu in a non condunctive anti static box/card board box 

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ziplock bag in a carboard box in a safe place

 

umm... static???

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I store my spare CPUs on a shelf heat spreader side down. But then again the most powerful CPU I have on my shelf is a Pentium D 950.

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umm... static???

not on a ziplock

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yeah as long as the CPU isnt left out for a few days it should always work. Anyway store your cpu in a non condunctive anti static box/card board box 

Also, how should i pack my motherboard? I don't have the antistatic bag or foam packing that came in the box.

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Card board box for everything! maybe some bubblerap to stop it getting damaged

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Card board box for everything! maybe some bubblerap to stop it getting damaged

 

Okay thx! I am going to order some antistatic bags now

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In the original box/plastic that they come in. On a shelf high enough where no cats/dogs/little siblings etc can get too.

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