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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 7:17:25 GMT -5
Bones May I ask for your services?? Have an old board here that needs a face lift. Willing to do it myself with your guidance, *But would actually prefer sending it to you instead! I don't think this is something I can accomplish in an evening. As you can see the board needs a DEEP cleaning. It was used with sub zero before I ever got it. Then I did some action with it. Was a bit unstable last time. Pulled it out because of this thread, And saw some bulging caps. The last runs probably did them in. It's a working board that I'm willing to put some time/money into. Can you help me out? View Attachment You should be able to take care of it with ease. All I'd do is remove the chipset cooler and CPU cooler collar and pop it into the diswasher on high-temp wash with a standard Cascade dishwashing pod. You can use the heavy duty cycle if you want or just set it for pots and pans. No need to let the washer dry it too but do make sure it gets the "Good" rinse cycle. Once done, take it out and prop it up so the water drains from it for at least overnight. Then you can bake it for about 2 hours in the oven, set for about 170f or just anything that would be less than 90c period. Let it get to temp and once you cutoff the oven don't take it right out, let it cool as the oven itself does. You can even figure in how long after it's cut off you can leave it in and save a little power, I'd have to say at least 90 to 110 minutes in you can cut it off and let the residual heat take it the rest of the way. OR..... Let it sit for a couple of days so water can drain from it and place a small fan on it during this time, at least overnight to make sure it's dried out but won't hurt to let it go for about 48 hours with the fan. Once done in either case, you can then just recap the board where needed and test. OK sounds like fun. I'll get started on it today. |
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Post by Bones on Mar 28, 2021 7:42:18 GMT -5
I believe you'll do fine.
Just make sure the board is DRY before attempting to apply power, that's why I suggest a few days drying time. If baking the board that helps but even in that case I'd still place a fan on it overnight before baking it.
You want to give the water every opportunity to get out before powering on.
Caps for a DFI can be of a different value than you'd commonly find, the odd ones are 10v. They can be found if you need those but know they may not be found as commonly as the standard value caps can be, best just robbed from a dead board if you have one.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 8:14:30 GMT -5
I believe you'll do fine. Just make sure the board is DRY before attempting to apply power, that's why I suggest a few days drying time. If baking the board that helps but even in that case I'd still place a fan on it overnight before baking it. You want to give the water every opportunity to get out before powering on. Caps for a DFI can be of a different value than you'd commonly find, the odd ones are 10v. They can be found if you need those but know they may not be found as commonly as the standard value caps can be, best just robbed from a dead board if you have one. This is my spare board. I wanted to trade and give Scotty something special, so he's got the expert. No worries, I believe I found another expert local to me on the marketplace. I have newer boards, one in particular is an MSI board AM2/AM3 that doesn't post any more I'll look at that one for caps. Can I replace caps with solid states as long as they are the same? Also, I did not pull the bios chip from the board. It's too late now, the board is being washed as I type this. Start time 8:08am normal wash on high temp. All by it's self. I had contemplated washing dishes with the board, I got 2 sinks full, but decided against it in case of food particles, however I generally wash the dishes before they go in the machine, but to be sure it gets sprayed by all the jets, I decided against it. I should turn high temp drying off?? |
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Post by Bones on Mar 28, 2021 8:21:40 GMT -5
This is my spare board. I wanted to trade and give Scotty something special, so he's got the expert. No worries, I believe I found another expert local to me on the marketplace. I have newer boards, one in particular is an MSI board AM2/AM3 that doesn't post any more I'll look at that one for caps. 1: Can I replace caps with solid states as long as they are the same? Also, I did not pull the bios chip from the board. It's too late now, the board is being washed as I type this. Start time 8:08am normal wash on high temp. All by it's self. I had contemplated washing dishes with the board, I got 2 sinks full, but decided against it in case of food particles, however I generally wash the dishes before they go in the machine, but to be sure it gets sprayed by all the jets, I decided against it. 2: I should turn high temp drying off?? 1: As long as they are of equivalent value it's OK.
2: Up to you but it's not required.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 8:26:01 GMT -5
This is my spare board. I wanted to trade and give Scotty something special, so he's got the expert. No worries, I believe I found another expert local to me on the marketplace. I have newer boards, one in particular is an MSI board AM2/AM3 that doesn't post any more I'll look at that one for caps. 1: Can I replace caps with solid states as long as they are the same? Also, I did not pull the bios chip from the board. It's too late now, the board is being washed as I type this. Start time 8:08am normal wash on high temp. All by it's self. I had contemplated washing dishes with the board, I got 2 sinks full, but decided against it in case of food particles, however I generally wash the dishes before they go in the machine, but to be sure it gets sprayed by all the jets, I decided against it. 2: I should turn high temp drying off?? 1: As long as they are of equivalent value it's OK.
2: Up to you but it's not required.
Can I take this out to the garage and give it a blow job with the air compressor? Then let it sit for a day or two by the heat register? |
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Post by Mr.Scott on Mar 28, 2021 8:30:06 GMT -5
I think we're saying the same thing from opposite sides. It would appear that way, yes.  |
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 8:32:02 GMT -5
This is my spare board. I wanted to trade and give Scotty something special, so he's got the expert. No worries, I believe I found another expert local to me on the marketplace. I have newer boards, one in particular is an MSI board AM2/AM3 that doesn't post any more I'll look at that one for caps. 1: Can I replace caps with solid states as long as they are the same? Also, I did not pull the bios chip from the board. It's too late now, the board is being washed as I type this. Start time 8:08am normal wash on high temp. All by it's self. I had contemplated washing dishes with the board, I got 2 sinks full, but decided against it in case of food particles, however I generally wash the dishes before they go in the machine, but to be sure it gets sprayed by all the jets, I decided against it. 2: I should turn high temp drying off?? 1: As long as they are of equivalent value it's OK.
2: Up to you but it's not required.
Oh and thank you Bones for the time to help. And sorry for all the questions, I would like to do it correctly is all. |
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 9:25:00 GMT -5
Looks like it needs more than one washing. The socket has some really old orange colored dialectical grease on it still.
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Post by Vinster on Mar 28, 2021 9:27:00 GMT -5
what would you use in there? I'd think acetone and then immediately rinse with 99% Alcohol.
Vin
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Post by Mr.Scott on Mar 28, 2021 9:38:47 GMT -5
CRC Contact Cleaner is your friend.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 9:45:12 GMT -5
If the second (heavy) wash doesn't do the trick, I'll be detailing the board with alcohol and contact cleaner, which I have plenty of.
This time, I put the board face down opposed to standing on it's side between the louvers.
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Post by Bones on Mar 28, 2021 10:14:54 GMT -5
You "Could" put a little Dawn in the pod holder or get the dishwasher pods that has it already.
Main thing is to get it HOT to help breakup and melt the grease away.
There are times I've had to wash a board more than once to get it right.
Beware the compressed air, it can actually drive moisture up into components.
Ask Dano about that one sometime.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 10:16:12 GMT -5
You "Could" put a little Dawn in the pod holder or get the dishwasher pods that has it already. Main thing is to get it HOT to help breakup and melt the grease away. There are times I've had to wash a board more than once to get it right. I figured because it wasn't face down it didn't all come off. Should be done in a little bit. Have it on high heat wash too. |
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Post by Bones on Mar 28, 2021 10:17:18 GMT -5
Reread my previous post, I did an edit.
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Post by ShrimpBrime on Mar 28, 2021 11:35:39 GMT -5
Reread my previous post, I did an edit. It's done, but still needs some detailing. Looks way way better though. |
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Post by Mr.Scott on May 1, 2021 20:16:34 GMT -5
Took down my modded bios. It's flawed. Have to try again. For those who have it, don't use it. I'll post version 2 when finished.
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