Summary of what I've found and been told:
- There are chemical products sold off-the-shelf for cleaning
electronics after fire/smoke: http://tinyurl.com/6n97k
- Just because you can clean it doesn't mean it's worth it. Intel
PC's cost 1K and if insurance covers replacement, you're better off
spending the time migrating info and apps. Cleaning PC equipment with
a solvent obviously means disassembly, cleaning, drying, reassembly all
in a clean 'shop' environment which is a lot.
- Clean doesn't mean it will not die a premature death.
- Following all the sage advice I've received, I consider any
system affected to be running on borrowed time, and close to meltdown.
- I'm not mixing good components with anything from the affected
environment lest crud get from a monitor cable to a new video card for
example.
- My linux servers were on, and operating at the time...a search
indexer was writing millions of records to MySQL. You would not
believe how much soot gets into an operating computer...It's proof that
there is such a thing as cabinet ventilation and air flow created by
those little fans.
- I backed up the most critical data to CD while the PC's were
operating, then powered them down and vacuumed everything, used
compressed air to blow out the (tons) of soot still clinging to hidden
areas (especially the cooling fins of the CPU heat sink).
- There are attorneys who are 'fire truck chasers' and want to get
their hands on some of your claim.
Thanks everyone for your help. As always it is so appreciated.
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Greg Rundlett
CTO
Knowledge Institute
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