cleaning qbus enclosures

From: Chad Fernandez <fernande_at_internet1.net>
Date: Fri Aug 3 00:31:05 2001

To get water out of nooks and crannies, compressed air from an air
compressor is what I use. I have heard that it can create static, but
at that point, I feel if the boards going to go bad it's going to go
bad. I don't think a hair dyer would be all that efficient, unless
maybe you were only concerned with one particular troublesome area on
the board.

Generally I don't pull chips. I haven't had any boards that really
looked that bad. Occasionally I'll pull a chip that has bent pins.
Normally I just push down on them a little bit, just to counter any chip
creep that has taken place.

Unfortunately, I know absolutely zero on core. Never even seen the
stuff in real life :-(

My computer experiences have all ben with 80's and 90's hardware. All
microcomputers up until recently. Even then I'm only working with a
MicroPDP11 and a MicroVax. You guys with PDP8's, old 11's, and other
minis I'm sure will have cleaning issues I haven't dealt with yet...
such as core.

Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA

Jeffrey S. Sharp wrote:
> Would a hair dryer work, or would I need some heavy duty source of
> high-velocity air? Also, would one need to pull all the chips, clean them
> separately, and then reseat them once the board was dry?
>
> What about boards with core on them?
>
> --
> Jeffrey S. Sharp
> jss_at_subatomix.com
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