>a few thoughts: > >the bad smell may be a bad resistor on the board or bad solder joint, >there are some of each that are notorious for that on the se/30....
>...sprinkling it around liberally and >walking through the white dust for a week before vacuuming, messy, but >it was really, really stinky when i moved into the apartment and it >removed it completely, even according to friends i asked.... >...never put a whole machine in water! it would definately toast the hard >drive (they have filtered air vents, even a tiny drop of water inside >would demolish the heads if it got on a platter or head, not to mention >how the bearings would react, if nothing else you'd get rust which >would definately grind things out nicely). the hv flyback and power >supply are also very sensitive to residual moisture. i have >successfully manually washed everything but the hard drive and floppy >drive, but the hv stuff really needs to dry well and i avoided getting >the flyback wet and used everclear (95% ethanol, drinkable by >barbarians) to help dry it. the alcohol makes the water evaporate much >faster. i also rinsed with distilled water prior to the everclear to >avoid hard water spots and possible high impedance shorts (my favorite >oxymoron).... Great advice, all of it! I also concur, that ethyl alcohol (the drinklabel stuff) is safer to use than isopropanol. And absolutely, no water near hv components or the HD. Thanks for this input! m -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
