I placed my classic II board in the dishwasher after noticing some leaking from the capacitors. It did okay with the drying off and gentle cycle (I let it air dry). NOT necessarily condoning or recommending this, just saying that I have done it and everything worked perfectly afterwards (knock on wood :) )
Heath --- On Tue, 7/21/09, Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cyrus Griffin <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Safely Cleaning a Mainboard To: [email protected] Date: Tuesday, July 21, 2009, 6:28 PM I've found for dust/dirt/debris our air compressor works quite nicely. Those cans of compressed air work well, but sometimes they spew out liquid if you're not careful... If you don't have a compressor, then I would say either invest in one, they're great for blowing up bike tires, basketballs, car tires, and all sorts of computer stuff. (Air vents, keyboards, insides, cards, connector slots, ETC.) I've *heard* a couple people say on here they heard of people running them through the dishwasher, but I would highly not recommend that, since the water can lead to corrosion, and if you don't turn off the heat drying, you could melt parts of it. Also if the water catches it wrong it could throw it around, knock off components. Hope that's helpful :) -Elliott (Formerly Cyrus) On Jul 21, 2009, at 1:02 PM, Aaron Parker wrote: > Any tips for thoroughly cleaning the mainboard of some of these > older devices? I've got an Apple II Plus and two Apple IIe's that > were not well cared for (yet still power on) that I'd like to clean > up. > > Thanks! > Aaron P. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
