This is completely fine. Just have to thoroughly dry the board before using it.
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Make sure you fully rinse with distilled water as any soap residue or hard water deposits can still short out components. Water is not a good conductor, however dissolved salts and metals in the water are often great conductors.
Wipe it down with isopropyl alcohol and it should be alright.
I've rinsed quite some GPUs under the sink after getting them from mining farms where they ran until the cooler was a solid block of dust.
yup. I clean video cards with this method and a soft detail brush, change thermal paste and let it air dry for a day or so. my GTX 970 still kicking.
I used to work doing component level PCB repair in and industrial facility. The boards would come in covered in all manor of dirt. We had a standard kitchen dishwasher we'd put the nastiest boards in before we worked them. However, we DID NOT USE SOAP on them, just the water.
as long as it's all rinsed fully and rinsed additionally with distilled water or alcohol it'll work fine
Love how you can do this with modern electronics. When I was a kid, if it got wet, it was toast.
The only times my toast was wet, was if mom accidentally sat on it.
I was about to say; just microwave that shit.
You can shorten the soaking time by plugging in the psu and switching on.
Can shorten the user up-time in a similar manner as well.
Up until all the bad bits are out and all computer viruses are exterminated
Make sure to use an antiviral soap or it's all wasted time
As long as you don't have any power source connected to it. Including small cr2032 CMOS battery.