I'm a big fan of contact cleaner/lube such as deoxit for contact issues
and I have revived computers with it. However most of the failures I
experienced were motherboard death, with complete failure to boot. Even
conformal coating the motherboards did not help.
The last desktop I had in a
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> Perhaps I'm just really unlucky when it comes to PC hardware stored in
> damp conditions.
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Could it be because you power the computers off. If they run 24x7 then
they stay warm, moisture and corrosion then never happen. I'm
trying to understand "Wake on LAN" so I can shut down a PC
On 2/26/22 08:47, Les Newell wrote:
I'm a big fan of contact cleaner/lube such as deoxit for contact issues
and I have revived computers with it. However most of the failures I
No need for that in PCs. More harm than good. Clean contacts with alcohol.
experienced were motherboard death, with
On 2/26/22 09:11, Chris Albertson wrote:
Perhaps I'm just really unlucky when it comes to PC hardware stored in
damp conditions.
Could it be because you power the computers off. If they run 24x7 then
they stay warm, moisture and corrosion then never happen. I'm
trying to understand
