rubbing alcohol??

Post by **alien100** » 19 Mar 2007, 09:29

i am trying to clean my xbox 360's cpu and gpu but i am supposed to use rubbing alcohol, but i dont have it so anything else i can use??

Post by **floodhound2** » 19 Mar 2007, 11:06

Caned air is good for cleaning

doest cost much and can last years if used right.

Post by **alien100** » 19 Mar 2007, 13:46

thanks but i used antiseptic wipes and aftershave it worked

Post by **bad_brain** » 19 Mar 2007, 13:56

yeup! nothing beats canned air to get rid of dust...

but if you need to really clean (residues of stickers for example) such sensitive devices I highly recommend to use ethyl alcohol because it evaporates without any residues and it dries very fast....if you use something different you might risk a damage because of humidity when starting the box again.

toast · Post by **toast** » 31 Mar 2007, 15:38

alien100 wrote:thanks but i used antiseptic wipes and aftershave it worked

Wait you used after shave?! :O

...... Ok........

Post by **alien100** » 31 Mar 2007, 16:26

toast wrote:
alien100 wrote:thanks but i used antiseptic wipes and aftershave it worked
Wait you used after shave?! :O

...... Ok........

well it has alcohol so i used it and the system works perfectly fine

Post by **Stavros** » 01 Apr 2007, 12:25

Ideally 97% Isopropyl Alcohol is your best bet for cleaining off thermal paste, as the alcohol dries really fast and avoids water from shorting out the CPU or GPU when you boot up the computer, but I've used 70% Isopropyl alcohol to clean up the thermal paste and haven't had a problem.

Just be careful if you use 70% isopropyl.