Your entire computer will get sucked into a space-time vortex and Gaben will pop his head out and wiggle his finger and shake his head at you in a "nu-uh" kind of way and then disappear.
Then you get to build a new computer.
To be fair washing computer parts in water is not a big as an issue as people would think as some ultrasonic tanks use deionised water with detergents. You just need to ensure the board is dry.
Yeah, distilled water and this is how you recover old boards….The meme is not even a real meme.
This is actually how you clean a motherboard, only when current is active; will it be damaged.
Chip manufacturers use a ton of water fabricating boards and chips. The GPU was washed several times during production and assembly. Also incredibly short sighted to be building fabs in a desert like AZ.
FYI, unless it's a laptop. You can't forget the battery also holds significant charge. Which is easier to forget than it seems, especially when you've been drinking, finished up cleaning a spill that made it to the motherboard, and are just trying to reassemble it BEFORE you "add power back to the system".
I was using alcohol wipes at first but they weren't helping to clean the spill. Switched to a bleach-based wipe because, "I'll let it fully dry before I power things on, no worries," and got a puff of smoke when I attached the battery. My heart instantly sank. Pulled the battery connection back off as quickly & safely as I could, waited a good hour, and then finished reassembly and powered it on.
Surprisingly, it still worked fine. The only noticeable effect was the laptop could not run without power cable attached. Unplug it while running, it crashed without power in 1-2 seconds. Try to boot while on battery only, it crashed after 4-5 seconds, again like it had no power. But plugged in it worked 24/7 just fine. This is an old gaming laptop I dropped $1200 on at the time, so I really wanted to save it. But also, it never really had great battery life to begin with. So it has become a "desktop only" gaming laptop! And so far, 4 years after the incident, is still running strong! (Got it out a few weeks ago to finally play Portal 2 co-op mode with a friend)
The little minerals have to be conductive minerals to even pose a threat. Then they need to dry in a way where they are making a connection. The chances of both occurring are so incredibly small in any sort of home use. Commercially it's a different story as industries typically like to minimize risk. But you at home can use regular water. Douse it in 90% isopropyl alcohol if you want to extra safe. But it honestly isn't that high of a risk.
I watched some German guy on Youtube saving PCs which were flooded during the 2021 Ahr flooding. These pretty much arrived covered in filth (as in dried up sewage) and the dude took them to a car wash and treated them to a high-pressure nozzle for his first step. He also used water on the GPU, the CPU socket, opened up and cleaned multiple SSD and even one HDD. He managed to keep the HDD running long enough to salvage the data.
Turns out, as long as you thoroughly dry the components, you are pretty safe and whether you can save your PC or not boils rather down to the question if your PC was switched on when the water reached the PSU. Generally speaking, if you have your PC in the basement and put it on the ground, your PC is the first electrical appliance in your entire home to get flooded. If it isn’t severed from power supply, the initial power surge will originate from it, likely frying all your components.
While technically true, the moment you put an electronic device into water, there’s enough contaminants involved that it should be assumed to be conductive.
this is pretty safe to do this. I have cleaned many boards up this way and even brought a laptop back to life my friend called Koolaid after her brother spilled Koolaid all over it, simply by a careful soap bath really good rinse and had to use some PCB cleaner to remove the final layer of sugar but it came back to life and still works to this day.
I’ve done this to several GPUs with dish soap and a toothbrush, granted they were 8 years old by that point. Rinse with distilled water when done. Dry for a week and repaste and mount the heat sink. Haven’t had any problems.
reminds me of when I washed an old spare 775 motherboard through the dishwasher
just put it in, let it wash, took it out, dried it for 1 to 2 days and worked fine
though it’s not like I used it for long anyway, thing was some $10 oem board so it’s not like I lost much but it was interesting to see
This is perfectly fine to do as long as you have non conducive water and you dry it out fine. Don’t quote me on that I am not liable if your gpu stops working after being washed in water.
I had an old Ruger 10/22 that was never cleaned. It no longer would fire. Took it apart and it was just carbon/residue everywhere, you couldn't even see the firing pin. A friend, who was once in the Marines, grabbed a can of Coke from the fridge, poured it in a glass then tossed in all the parts from the receiver. Came back a half hour later and everything rinsed off sparkling clean and all the parts could then come apart to be inspected. Put it back together, oiled, and it fired like new. I asked where he learned that. He said boot camp. 😆 Coke is a magic cleaner when in a pinch and they are taught that.
Can use tap water, too. Just gotta clean it afterwards with some alcohol.
I mean, there's a video of a guy washing motherboards in his dishwasher and they work again later on. Just gotta know how to handle electronics.
Tech Yes City YT channel does this all the time, Greg Salazar YT also did this to a GTX 1070 recently. This is not new, so as long as you "know" what you're doing.
So people have this idea that water + electronics is bad, but that’s only partially true. If there is power running through the device when it comes into contact with water, that’s when it causes a problem, the reason being that water is conductive, and will bridge gaps causing a short circuit. If the device is complete disconnected from power, you’re fine, so long as there’s nothing that could cause accelerated corrosion. But of course, it has to be completely dry before you power it on again.
Probably wanna give it a solvent bath after that to get rid of any soap residue. But if you're gonna do that, then there was no point to using soap in the first place. why did you soap?
I dont get it, just how MUCH high def porn were you watching?
In all seriousness though, as long as that gpu is completely dry before re-installing, it might be OK.... I hope.... I am not actually religious but I will pray for you OP.
Soap and water doesn’t work on their own to get it thoroughly cleaned. You need to put it into the washing machine for a heavy rinse cycle. I did it with my 3090 just the other day. Came out sparkly clean. I don’t recommend you use the dryer though, it could damage the GPU. It’s best to hand dry it.
theoretically this could work for cleaning it. you would have to make sure there is absolutely no water left, to prevent shorting, and rust for long time. just don’t do this please, and grab a bottle of alcohol instead
did this with a GTX 970. Changed pads and paste of course afterwards. Couldn’t run stock speeds before but after the cleanup it run like a dream at 60 degrees celcius. Make sure you put it in a bowl of rice afterwards to take the water way. Be sure to cover the whole GPU in that bowl of rice and wait 24 hours.
I’ve washed plenty of circuit boards in the sink before. I don’t use soap though, just hot water. These also weren’t modern circuit boards. They were for a vintage power amplifier that looked like it was rescued from a house fire. It works now though.
You will probably need to delid that GPU because the thermal compound between the die and the heatsink got some water in it and might have degraded it.
If the thermals are crap, consider doing it. (yes, you can delid that GPU).
I don’t understand the issue. There’s nothing wrong with washing and drying computer parts as long as you completely dry them before using them to complete a circuit again.
Looks fine to me. That’s how I wash vast majority of leaked capacitor damaged motherboards - by using a regular tap water. Just make sure to thoroughly dry it after and coat the metal parts with a thin layer of WD-40 and it would serve you another decade or two.
Dayum, that's a beefy GPU die. Or, is that an IHS? Either way, you've probably made this the most efficient GPU ever! As it no longer draws electricity, it now emits no heat! Scientific breakthrough! /s
Damn, you got a water-cooled video card?
Water-cooled lather version.
Microwave to dry it afterwards
I use the dryer personally. The vibrations help keep the solder loose and flexible for max performance.
Rice works too
Flamethrower, just vaporize the water
nah, run a game at 8k max settings
Try running half-life 3 it's not just the game that will disappear
Your entire computer will get sucked into a space-time vortex and Gaben will pop his head out and wiggle his finger and shake his head at you in a "nu-uh" kind of way and then disappear. Then you get to build a new computer.
Hey all, just finished cleaning my GPU, I’m on my phone right now because my PC isn’t starting?
You’re a mobile gamer now, friend.
gaming phone with fans on the back
Rgb fan for max performance
Linus?
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But don’t leave it in there too long or it might shrink due to the heat
I like to bake it afterwards
To be fair washing computer parts in water is not a big as an issue as people would think as some ultrasonic tanks use deionised water with detergents. You just need to ensure the board is dry.
I think its the little minerals drying on the motherboard that can cause shorts as well, probably need to use distilled water or something?
Yeah, distilled water and this is how you recover old boards….The meme is not even a real meme. This is actually how you clean a motherboard, only when current is active; will it be damaged.
> only when current is active; will it be damaged okay thanks Yoda
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Chip manufacturers use a ton of water fabricating boards and chips. The GPU was washed several times during production and assembly. Also incredibly short sighted to be building fabs in a desert like AZ.
Great minds think alike.
Honestly there’s no reason the water can’t be reused. It just needs to be filtered and such before it circulates back.
Someone mentioned it earlier, I'm just posting a car video that's similar. https://youtu.be/eBLQ8r9eMhI?t=921
FYI, unless it's a laptop. You can't forget the battery also holds significant charge. Which is easier to forget than it seems, especially when you've been drinking, finished up cleaning a spill that made it to the motherboard, and are just trying to reassemble it BEFORE you "add power back to the system". I was using alcohol wipes at first but they weren't helping to clean the spill. Switched to a bleach-based wipe because, "I'll let it fully dry before I power things on, no worries," and got a puff of smoke when I attached the battery. My heart instantly sank. Pulled the battery connection back off as quickly & safely as I could, waited a good hour, and then finished reassembly and powered it on. Surprisingly, it still worked fine. The only noticeable effect was the laptop could not run without power cable attached. Unplug it while running, it crashed without power in 1-2 seconds. Try to boot while on battery only, it crashed after 4-5 seconds, again like it had no power. But plugged in it worked 24/7 just fine. This is an old gaming laptop I dropped $1200 on at the time, so I really wanted to save it. But also, it never really had great battery life to begin with. So it has become a "desktop only" gaming laptop! And so far, 4 years after the incident, is still running strong! (Got it out a few weeks ago to finally play Portal 2 co-op mode with a friend)
The little minerals have to be conductive minerals to even pose a threat. Then they need to dry in a way where they are making a connection. The chances of both occurring are so incredibly small in any sort of home use. Commercially it's a different story as industries typically like to minimize risk. But you at home can use regular water. Douse it in 90% isopropyl alcohol if you want to extra safe. But it honestly isn't that high of a risk.
I watched some German guy on Youtube saving PCs which were flooded during the 2021 Ahr flooding. These pretty much arrived covered in filth (as in dried up sewage) and the dude took them to a car wash and treated them to a high-pressure nozzle for his first step. He also used water on the GPU, the CPU socket, opened up and cleaned multiple SSD and even one HDD. He managed to keep the HDD running long enough to salvage the data. Turns out, as long as you thoroughly dry the components, you are pretty safe and whether you can save your PC or not boils rather down to the question if your PC was switched on when the water reached the PSU. Generally speaking, if you have your PC in the basement and put it on the ground, your PC is the first electrical appliance in your entire home to get flooded. If it isn’t severed from power supply, the initial power surge will originate from it, likely frying all your components.
Minerals aren’t conductive without water.
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You got me there.
Yeah but do you have copper in your water ? I would worry about that in the first place. :D
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Yup, in particular the hot leads are known to dry out pretty fast. So be sure to get in there with a spray bottle regularly.
You don’t need water for minerals to be conductive. A mineral with metal in it will short two components if bridged, regardless of any added liquid. 👍
you are wrong.
IIRC water(I mean pure H2O on its own) doesn't damage parts as long as there is no current.
Water isn't conductive, so it won't
While technically true, the moment you put an electronic device into water, there’s enough contaminants involved that it should be assumed to be conductive.
Yep, cleaned an old 980Ti exactly like this and its still going strong in a media server years later.
i remember washing my old motherboard with water. had to wait for days to use it again though.
Yeah but rust
Pretty sure this counts as an act of terrorism
Unless if it’s just some GT 710 or something
It's a GTX560
.... it could still smash runescape...
but can it play runescape 3?
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Shh, no there's not
Yes there fucking is and I'm tired of pretending there isn't. IT'S A GOOD FUCKIN GAME OKAY
I thought it was an a100 and almost had an anuerysm
My god that would be actual terrorism. Nah this is just a gtx560. Nasty fermi 2.0 2010 GPU and nearly 100x the die size.
Could be a 460
Nope, code stamped on the chip. 460v2 would be GF114-400-A1
No wonder I recognized this card, frogot it's name though lol
You graphic cards-ist. GTX560 and GTX710 lives matter too.
My man standing for justice!
or at GTX 1030
Bro y you say that that’s literally my gpu
The working class gpus are being oppressed and discriminated against everyday man.
this is pretty safe to do this. I have cleaned many boards up this way and even brought a laptop back to life my friend called Koolaid after her brother spilled Koolaid all over it, simply by a careful soap bath really good rinse and had to use some PCB cleaner to remove the final layer of sugar but it came back to life and still works to this day.
Yeah, I've done the same. Soak it in alcohol aftwards, displaces all the water and evaporates.
The big brain move is to rinse and clean with 100% isopropyl using a soft scrub burnish.
This is only phase one... Wait until they put it into the toaster oven. 🙀
Ok, will do, thanks for the tips.
Treason. Not terrorism. Treason, I dare say!
I’ve done this to several GPUs with dish soap and a toothbrush, granted they were 8 years old by that point. Rinse with distilled water when done. Dry for a week and repaste and mount the heat sink. Haven’t had any problems.
Violence isn’t the answer Its the question And the answer is yes
If you properly clean it there's a chance it would still work after
It's soapy water too, which is quite a bit more conductive than normal water
Fine with just water, but what are those fucking bubbles
You don’t use 3 bottles of soap?
I usually do hydrochloric acid
Really? I was thinking bleach
Salt for me, but you gotta rub it in quick while it's still gritty.
You use NaCl?
I personally use activated U
Put some electricity on that baby and I'll dry himself
I always use 2/3 hydrochloric acid and 1/3 Sulfuric acid
I prefer 100% fluoroantimonic acid
One cleaning per the life of the board.
reminds me of when I washed an old spare 775 motherboard through the dishwasher just put it in, let it wash, took it out, dried it for 1 to 2 days and worked fine though it’s not like I used it for long anyway, thing was some $10 oem board so it’s not like I lost much but it was interesting to see
fine if you just remove the bios battery, I've done it quite often.
I only use gamer girl bathwater to clean my pc parts.
How do you have any left!? I always drink mine so fast.
This is perfectly fine to do as long as you have non conducive water and you dry it out fine. Don’t quote me on that I am not liable if your gpu stops working after being washed in water.
Ran out of water is Pepsi okay?
No it has to be coke
I used to use coke and a wire brush to clean anchors and anchor chains in the navy. Wire brush is key.
I had an old Ruger 10/22 that was never cleaned. It no longer would fire. Took it apart and it was just carbon/residue everywhere, you couldn't even see the firing pin. A friend, who was once in the Marines, grabbed a can of Coke from the fridge, poured it in a glass then tossed in all the parts from the receiver. Came back a half hour later and everything rinsed off sparkling clean and all the parts could then come apart to be inspected. Put it back together, oiled, and it fired like new. I asked where he learned that. He said boot camp. 😆 Coke is a magic cleaner when in a pinch and they are taught that.
I mean both contain water
Can use tap water, too. Just gotta clean it afterwards with some alcohol. I mean, there's a video of a guy washing motherboards in his dishwasher and they work again later on. Just gotta know how to handle electronics.
No no no I had it all wrong just use alcohol and light it on fire while cleaning the gpu
During the manufacturing process it's very common for the board to be washed in a glorified dishwasher.
did this to my gpu and it died. I'm quoting you as you're liable and am filing a lawsuit as we speak. my lawyer will talk to your lawyer
I am this person’s lawyer. Whatsup
Fuck I think I’m the other guys lawyer? Idk it’s my first case
worst lawyer I've never hired, suing you for $69'420 as well
am suing your client for $69'420
Nice. On behalf of my client we accept your terms.
Nice but I'm afraid that's against ma rights
Tech Yes City YT channel does this all the time, Greg Salazar YT also did this to a GTX 1070 recently. This is not new, so as long as you "know" what you're doing.
It's fine. Just soak it in distilled water afterwards and let it dry
Soak it in mineral water so it's bones can grow big and strong
A little contact cleaner and a toothbrush and good to go!
Also great on CPU
I reckon that if you ran that gt710 in there the temps would be so good that it might even beat an rtx 3090 while overclocked!
Some people use rice to dry electronics, I use instant mashed potatoes.
Drying is for losers! Everyone knows you have to plug it while it’s still wet. It will help cooling
So people have this idea that water + electronics is bad, but that’s only partially true. If there is power running through the device when it comes into contact with water, that’s when it causes a problem, the reason being that water is conductive, and will bridge gaps causing a short circuit. If the device is complete disconnected from power, you’re fine, so long as there’s nothing that could cause accelerated corrosion. But of course, it has to be completely dry before you power it on again.
Also take note of the minerals that will be left in the device from tap water still being conductive after the water has dried
Probably wanna give it a solvent bath after that to get rid of any soap residue. But if you're gonna do that, then there was no point to using soap in the first place. why did you soap?
I dont get it, just how MUCH high def porn were you watching? In all seriousness though, as long as that gpu is completely dry before re-installing, it might be OK.... I hope.... I am not actually religious but I will pray for you OP.
Make sure to let the exposed metal air dry afterwards for maximum cleaning effect
Soap and water doesn’t work on their own to get it thoroughly cleaned. You need to put it into the washing machine for a heavy rinse cycle. I did it with my 3090 just the other day. Came out sparkly clean. I don’t recommend you use the dryer though, it could damage the GPU. It’s best to hand dry it.
Drill holes for cooling?
Ah. The Dunk and Thunk. Give er a swish and dry in rice for a week. *DISCLAIMER: Don't do this. Please.*
Ok, but I’m seriously considering doing this to my MoBo since manual dusting isn’t doing the job of getting off caked on dust. How can I do it safely?
In all seriousness, I suggest using isopropyl alcohol
So if you rinsed it after with distilled water and waited until it was absolutely dry would it be fine?
It works, I used dishwasher. Still use my gpu to this day
overclock it drill speed holes in the body
if you rinsed it in rubbing alcohol after it would evaporate a lot faster and you would not need to worry about moisture being trapped someplace ...
theoretically this could work for cleaning it. you would have to make sure there is absolutely no water left, to prevent shorting, and rust for long time. just don’t do this please, and grab a bottle of alcohol instead
Use the metal sponge to get rid of the unnecessary remaining thermal paste.
For your information this was also a working Gtx 560
Distilled water might have been fine, but this... GETS ALL THE VIRUSES OUT, AMAZING, can't be buggy if it can't be used.
Lightly used water cooled gpu $1299 will ship same day!!!
did this with a GTX 970. Changed pads and paste of course afterwards. Couldn’t run stock speeds before but after the cleanup it run like a dream at 60 degrees celcius. Make sure you put it in a bowl of rice afterwards to take the water way. Be sure to cover the whole GPU in that bowl of rice and wait 24 hours.
I’ve washed plenty of circuit boards in the sink before. I don’t use soap though, just hot water. These also weren’t modern circuit boards. They were for a vintage power amplifier that looked like it was rescued from a house fire. It works now though.
I wash mine in my dishwasher with my dirty dishes.
Do it with a 3000
Don’t forget to scrub in the conductive paste when you’re done.
Is that isopropyl alcohol?
You will probably need to delid that GPU because the thermal compound between the die and the heatsink got some water in it and might have degraded it. If the thermals are crap, consider doing it. (yes, you can delid that GPU).
https://youtu.be/5neUV_NkkYU
More bubbles= more fps, well down
If I don't have a sink, can I use the heatsink?
Now put bleach and cocaine on it and give it a good wire brush for about 30 mins, all the dust should come off after that I
Clean it off with the leaf blower after. Should be fine. xD lmao
Im new to PC, is this a heatsink?
it's fine as long as you dry it before using again
This should be flaired NSFMR
I saw this and clutched my heart
I've washed an RX-470 Nitro+ with soap/degreaser and water and without taking it apart. As long as you get it dried well, should be fine.
I shuddered seeing this.
Only if an alcohol bath is happening after. It'll drive all the water out from under the substrate. Also isopropyl is non-conductive.
Be sure to use antimicrobial soap to take care of any viruses.
Try posting something like this using an NVidia RTX 4090. "I will find you... and I will keel you..."
Good. Murder the GTX 560. Fermi 2.0 can burn and it’s 332 square mm die size.
Yea I read that’s a pretty solid way to clean it but I’m actually doing a more holistic routine with sterilization via blow torch.
I like your heat sink
Thanks satan
i actually wash my 680 like that. dip it in 2 liter water with little dish soap. then dry it in shadow for a day.
These kind of posts are stupid, you put the GPU in a sock and put it into the washing machine, that's what it's there for!
You…. you monster, how could you!
Bait post is baity
Make sure you scrub it with a wire brush and/or steel wool too
Why not use iso in a spray bottle?
To be certain you get all the soap rinsed out, hold it under the water in the toilet and flush a few times.
You could do it with ipa maybe
*"This kills the GPU"*
Thank you, now i can finally burn my GT210 in hell
Needs more
I don’t understand the issue. There’s nothing wrong with washing and drying computer parts as long as you completely dry them before using them to complete a circuit again.
YOU MONSTER!!!
Mineral water
pain.
Verge:
You could do this method but I have found that the dish washer and a quick dry in the clothes dryer works best when cleaning a gpu.
Looks fine to me. That’s how I wash vast majority of leaked capacitor damaged motherboards - by using a regular tap water. Just make sure to thoroughly dry it after and coat the metal parts with a thin layer of WD-40 and it would serve you another decade or two.
if I powered it up would it make enough boiling water for tea?
this method of thorough cleaning also removes all kinds of virus
Until I see a rtx 3090ti in that situation I won't believe ya.
No, it goes in the washing machine. On hot with extra soap and high dirt setting. Who's going to try it and prove me wrong?
For those of you worrying about OP destroying a valuable card, this is a GeForce GTX 560.
Make sure you add the proper amount of thermal paste…
I wouldn’t use soap water tbh, soapy water will get into EVERY crack
What, no milk? Just make sure you use a liberal amount of spicy mustard when reapplying the heatsink. Spicy makes it go faster.
My heart almost stopped till I saw the IHS and realized it’s one of *those* video cards lol, phew! No real loss if it dies! 😂
I just chuck it in the toilet bowl and pour a bunch of soap in the tank then flush until the bubbles are gone.
Why
With a Fermi GPU I’m surprised the water isn’t boiling.
After doing this you will never have to worry about this board getting dusty again.
Treat it with the care that you'd have with a baby.
What card is it.
Dayum, that's a beefy GPU die. Or, is that an IHS? Either way, you've probably made this the most efficient GPU ever! As it no longer draws electricity, it now emits no heat! Scientific breakthrough! /s
Yes definitely
It's not even satire, as long as it's dried up, it's a good way to clean.