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From: "Steve L." <stephen.lecheler@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can I clean contacts with isopropyl alcohol?
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Besides the fact consideration of why the contacts of the card are that
dirty. A short exposure of rubbing alcohol will be okay. Dust the card off
with compressed air or something similar. then use the cotton swab soaked
with a little bit of the alchohol on the contacts in question
On 9/12/07, Albert Hopkins <marduk@letterboxes.org> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:21 -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
> > Hi. I have instability in my PC and I highly suspect it is caused by
> > hardware problems in my TV card. I would like to clean its contacts
> > and see if it, by a miracle, solves the problem. But I don't want to
> > make it worse. So: is it safe to clean the contacts of a PCI card with
> > isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab?
>
> Use a pencil eraser instead.
>
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> Albert W. Hopkins
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Besides the fact consideration of why the contacts of the card are that dirty. A short exposure of rubbing alcohol will be okay. Dust the card off with compressed air or something similar. then use the cotton swab soaked with a little bit of the alchohol on the contacts in question
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Albert Hopkins</b> <<a href="mailto:marduk@letterboxes.org">marduk@letterboxes.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:21 -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:<br>> Hi. I have instability in my PC and I highly suspect it is caused by<br>> hardware problems in my TV card. I would like to clean its contacts
<br>> and see if it, by a miracle, solves the problem. But I don't want to<br>> make it worse. So: is it safe to clean the contacts of a PCI card with<br>> isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab?<br><br>Use a pencil eraser instead.
<br><br>--<br>Albert W. Hopkins<br><br>--<br><a href="mailto:gentoo-user@gentoo.org">gentoo-user@gentoo.org</a> mailing list<br><br></blockquote></div><br>
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