I’ll be straight with it. I’m a smoker, I smoke inside, I have a PC that is also inside. I want to clean my PC thoroughly to buy it a few more years. I know about the q tip method, and the compressed air, and general methods of cleaning out gunk and junk from PC parts. But this boy is way too gunked up for a regular cleaning. So, I reckon, the easiest way to clean it is to dunk the dirtiest parts in a bath of isopropyl alcohol. I was considering acetone at first, but it’s way too strong of a solvent, and alcohol should be better at dissolving organic residues. Is this a good idea?
I hereby submit this query to the council, and await judgement.
Mostly just leave it be. The smoke is on the outside and as long as it’s visually clean enough it’ll be fine.
Make sure that ventilator fans still run smoothly, and as needed, replace those, as cooling is extremely important
Don’t a lot of modern boards have a sort of clear coating over the components anyway? Some sort of enamel like substance?