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The smelly PSU problem

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Reply 20 of 23, by Deksor

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That's why I use a hair dryer to dry my old hardware. In 10 min a wet motherboard is dry

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Reply 21 of 23, by appiah4

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Deksor wrote:

That's why I use a hair dryer to dry my old hardware. In 10 min a wet motherboard is dry

I have seen this cause warping on thin pcbs.

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Reply 23 of 23, by appiah4

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Water, dishwashing soap, scrubbing brush and two days of sun later it smells like new. Cables were the hardest part to remove the smell from.

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