How To CORRECTLY Deep-Clean a Motherboard

It's time to clean this viewer's disgusting motherboard - so here's a step-by-step tutorial!

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[GregSalazar]

When that vignette adjustment layer kicks in at around the 0:01 mark 🙃

Really tried to be thorough with this cleaning guide. The PCDC videos are mostly time-lapses of the cleaning processes. I'll try to make one of these for each major PC component, though you'll find that it becomes fairly redundant after a while. IPA is great for PCBs and most plastics. Soap/water is good for radiators, fin stacks, and cases.

[MarcoGPUtuber]

When you get to Taiwan, you can teach the viewers how to clean literal corrosion off the scrapyard boards and still have them work ;)

[noah]

Thank you for all the hard work you put into cleaning viewer's builds and this video! <3

[SteezieG]

Instructions unclear, India Pale Ale was consumed and computer component cleaning has been delayed.

[IceBlue]

Great content! Would it be possible to make a video about thermal pads? Like a buying guide for example. And compare the cheap stuff to the known brands. I've been refurbishing some graphics cards and many thermal pads get damaged and need to be replaced. But I'm having trouble finding decent cost effective ones here in Canada... Thanks a lot again for the content!

[therealsilens]

Thought for a second this was a Louis Rossmann video. Man, Louis, your voice sure has changed!

[AliYassinToma]

don't forget removing the cmos battery to minimize any chance of damage to the board

[MyersComputerServices]

Soft car detailing brushes work well too for knocking dust off of motherboards too. Just had a vaccum near by sucking up the loose dust you're taking off. Works very well.

[sanajitdas]

is it necessary to use an antistatic brush for the motherboard cleaning, or I can just simply use a toothbrush or a paintbrush?

[Lines]

i think removing the cmos battery 1st is a must, before applying any liquid cleaner on mobo

[jpryor]

Greg brake cleaner evaporates like alcohol, but is pretty harsh stuff. I think the safer option we see regularly is actually a multi-purpose lubricant spray, like WD-40. It's non-conductive, as many oils are, so much safer to use on electronics. But a lot messier, definitely prefer alcohol.

[Wellibob]

I find Greg cleaning these pc products /systems extremely satisfying.

[masonmiddaugh]

this video clutched up, I was planning to deep clean my entire pc tomorrow.

[nabinmandal]

Swirl marks over the metal are from not changing the Q-tip frequently enough to the carry smudged IPA dust muck.

[EmptyTome]

Do not use brake cleaner on PC parts. Some brake cleaners don't do well with plastic and rubber. IPA isn't that expensive anyways. Keep the brake clean for what it's meant for.

[exhaustor]

Meanwhile techYescity having a shower with his favorite motherboard and rubber duck :D

[theborbz]

YES!!! FINALLY i can open bench my own pc build for a while as i save for premium pc case because of this deepcleaning motherboard, THANKS AGAIN GREG!!

[thuggins]

You mentioned just painting over the chip on the VRM heatsink; would painting the entire thing be an issue for cooling?

[EctopicElm]

What a great video - thanks Greg. I have a couple of motherboards that I'll now be attending to :-) It would be great to see a short video about how to replace thermal pads rather than reuse the old ones. It can be a challenge to determine what thickness and type of replacement pad to buy in the first place. I imagine they're not easy to measure to find the correct thickness

[moimoialba]

Honestly it looks clean even before the deep clean.