it could be due to the fact that thinner is corrosive, it dissolves even paint, so you can guess what it might do to your cpu. i know that nail polish remover is actually a little corrosive towards plastics, but with metals i havent seen any problems. i usually clean my laptops' heatsink and proc heatspread with nail polish remover and up to date havent had any problems. i only noticed that it eats plastics a little, depending on the brand.

PS just did some checking, apparently it eats silicone as well, so letting the nail polish remover touch any non-metal part of the cpu is definitely a problem. but i would think that if your cpu has a thermalspread, like an intel for example, it shouldnt be a problem. if you're using an amd, then if you have nothing else, just make sure not to touch ANYTHING but the die. same would go for thinner i guess. in which case, you're probably better off with a pure alcohol cleaner.

This post has been edited by strife_personified: Mar 1 2008, 09:18 PM