Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: "Steve L." <stephen.lecheler@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Can I clean contacts with isopropyl alcohol?
Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:54:57
Message-Id: afc36c0709121739x4e0ea012u88b716ad4fd572da@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Can I clean contacts with isopropyl alcohol? by Albert Hopkins
1 Besides the fact consideration of why the contacts of the card are that
2 dirty. A short exposure of rubbing alcohol will be okay. Dust the card off
3 with compressed air or something similar. then use the cotton swab soaked
4 with a little bit of the alchohol on the contacts in question
5
6 On 9/12/07, Albert Hopkins <marduk@×××××××××××.org> wrote:
7 >
8 > On Wed, 2007-09-12 at 21:21 -0300, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote:
9 > > Hi. I have instability in my PC and I highly suspect it is caused by
10 > > hardware problems in my TV card. I would like to clean its contacts
11 > > and see if it, by a miracle, solves the problem. But I don't want to
12 > > make it worse. So: is it safe to clean the contacts of a PCI card with
13 > > isopropyl alcohol and a cotton swab?
14 >
15 > Use a pencil eraser instead.
16 >
17 > --
18 > Albert W. Hopkins
19 >
20 > --
21 > gentoo-user@g.o mailing list
22 >
23 >