Previous owner of this ASUS P3B-F was a dirty guy, so I decided to clean it properly




Now it looks like brand new and seems to be working fine

I recently got an Abit VP6 motherboard and it is also very dirty.  I am interested in this washing process...  Can you please give some directions so I can attempt to clean this baby up properly? (hot soapy water and a brush, then rinsed with distilled water I would assume.  How long and at what temperature in the oven?)

(I already cleaned up the boxed area with a q-tip and some rubbing alcohol)

I used warm water with PUR dishwashing balsam and a mild rectangular painting brush (similar to these: http://img20.allegroimg.pl/photos/oryginal/963/19/55/963195533). After cleaning with regular water using shower, I simply spilled on it from top about 2.5 L of deionized water used for ironing, then pre-dryed with towel and then 10 mins with hair dryer. And then it was laying loose for about 7 days, so I assumed it is ready for action

But, the only issue is that when I switch it off during POST or completly cut-off PSU, it looses it's JumerFree cpu settings - in other words, it thinks, that there's a new cpu put in and asks me for proper settings. Can you help with thisi? I didn't test this mobo before cleaning, so I can't tell if this is my fault

http://bbs.yjfy.com/dispbbs.asp?boardid=50&id=13482&star=1&page=1

where do you get all those eng. samples?? Are there any sites that "frequently" have those, or are you just one of those guys that knows the right people??

Things that are on the way as well :

This lot is from a well known ex reviewer, he saw my site, and he told me he had been waiting for something like this to come along so he could donate his collection.

ps. This is only part 1.

Have fun deciphering which cards they are. I think I can name about 80% of them, the rest I'm not too sure about. Plenty of Engineering/Review/Pre-production/Reference samples in there, together with a few really, really rare ones, like the S3 Deltachrome boards as seen here :

http://hothardware.com/Articles/S3s-DeltaChrome/

rottentreats wrote on 07.04.10 at 13:55:53:


Thanks!

It is, I couldn't believe it, I was excited like a little kid, still am actually come to think of it! 

Apparently, his next lot there is a Quantum3D review sample in a wooden box. I wonder what that one is.