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

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.

gdjacobs wrote:

retardware wrote:

washing the thing in IPA

This would be my answer.

I had no idea I could wash components in this 😲

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.