-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/08/08 20:15, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: > On Sat, Mar 08, 2008 at 09:02:20PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> As an "old timer" I would suggest you try what we used to clean the >> contacts of connectors-an eraser. > > But its all over the whole motherboard. I'm wondering if its tobacco > residue.
I'd try rubbing alcohol. Maybe a computer shop or medical supply house will sell it in 95% or 99% concentration. That is, if it doesn't delaminate the mobo! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubbing_alcohol#Other_applications - -- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson LA USA "The kniiife..., the kniiife... The life of the wife is ended by the kni-ife." Stewie Griffin & Eliza Pinchley -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFH01LyS9HxQb37XmcRAgcvAKDlDfhtnbmDKHLq0nOjg4aeLWba5wCgiPVR himLFang223c0N8C4VKo7hQ= =5r4y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]