just wipe the with tissue will do. No need to be sparkling clean. You won't gain much from a sparkling clean fan or HSF. If you have to resort to that for cooling your PC then it's something wrong already.

Then again, some people are just clean freaks. So go ahead and dip them in detergent.

For things which you can't dip in water, just use a toothbrush to loosen the dust, then blow it off. Alcohol swabs for cleaning wounds are excellent for cleaning thermal goop and contact areas. Cheap too.

This post has been edited by colinwong89: Feb 1 2009, 05:15 AM

dip into coke, anyone tried?

No, but I`m not sure its a good think or not. Colas can be used to remove rust, but are they effective for TP?

For me, I just use a piece of dry cloth as tissue tends to break easily

its not for thermal paste removal.

its for removing the oxidation on the copper heatpipe.

Coke can be used as cleaning agent as well?!

Never heard b4 & never even thought so...

Is it really true? Cerita dongeng or for real?

I dun want to waste d coke if it's just a joke,
better off if i drink it

lol ya lo...izit can & good soak into coke??..

any1 tried b4?...

btw i just use water to clean it...

I cant believe this thread I created still exists... lol

anyway water is not really a good idea. the best is still high pressure air spray can

i do use coke (king cola) for cleaning my heatsink hehe
it will makes my heatpipe shiny like new

is it effective?don't gv any effect(others than shiny like new)?

all i know is that ppl use coke to clean their car's windshield to remove road grease & grimes. Normally i take my entire system to my friends tire shop and borrow their air-compressor and spray from inside out cause i dun wanna void my PSU by taking it appart. Brush off dust with paint brush at the same time too.

This post has been edited by kali65: Jun 1 2009, 02:17 AM

i luv using tooth brush better than paint brush
much more effective

really can use coke?how about pepsi or 100 plus?
can a?

Hahaha, totally off topic but its said that only coke can clean very well. Toilet dirty, pour coke . . . let it soak, rinse and tadaaaa . . . clean toilet.

coke can clean, but considering its priced at more than RM1 per can which is only 325ml, it's damn expensive... i suggest u go for metal polisher if u wanna make it shiny again, costs just RM7 for 1 whole tube, and u use very little to make ur heatsink shiny again

to dust off, i always use a dry used toothbrush. to clean off thermal compound, i either use methylated spirit/rubbing alcohol (always use the one without fragrance) from the pharmacy. can get from hardware also bottle of 'spirit' aka 'denatured alcohol'. alcohol will not cause rust the metal heatsink nor harm sensitive electronics, and with proper ventilation will dry by itself.

I use cotton buds , sharpen d edge, dip it in alcohol (I use vodka lol) leftover ma, den slowly watch movie on tv n clean haha..my question is this, how often should you clean the heatsink ?

i use brush,air gun compressor and wipe with tissue...

For something troublesome like the Cooler Master V8, how to clean properly? Mine looks like oxidixing already.

same here, but i leave it as it is for d time being. doesn't affect much on d performance but rather on it's aesthetics

or u could try submerging it in coke n leave it for few hours