DOS Games Discussion

dosuser · Member Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 27

Last year playing around with my Compaq deskpro 1 GHz 500 MB ram when I accidently spilled rootbeer on the front of it. Now this is near the processor and the power on button. But it will still turn on, but will run EXTREMELY slow. I =can't figure out what is wrong with it. I figure I fried a circuit on the motherboard or something. Well any suggestions?! Confuzzled

dosraider · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

Probably some leaked in and gives bad contacts or whatever.
And of course mobos/chips working@high frequencies loves smeared dirt on them.

Put the whole thing in the dishwasher.
Malevolent

Or try some electronic circuit cleaner..... but don't set your expectations too high.

dosuser · Member Joined: 14 Jan 2006 Posts: 27

yea I wiped down the motherboard and it's spotless. I don't know what the problem is...

dosraider · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 1:48 pm Post subject:

And what you expect from us?
That we jump to your place and checkout all that can go wrong or what?
Get real.

It's even possible it ain't a hardware problem at all, maybe you got a nasty virus or whatever, who knows.

dosraider · Posted: Wed May 28, 2008 2:03 pm Post subject:

In answer to your PM -(I don't do such things via PM, I'm not a private slave)- .....

Google for CPU testing progs, more specific the Lcache ones, as you said it was spilled close to the CPU it could be that the Lcache is running too slow, it's possible that your clockfreq divider is screwed up.
Whilst your're on it, also run a memory check prog, plenty around of those.

Install a benchmarking proggy and do some testruns.

...... do some things.

swaaye · Newbie Joined: 10 Mar 2008 Posts: 2

Take the mobo out, remove the CPU, RAM, and any other removable parts and give it a nice bath. Dish soap+water dip and/or some isopropyl alcohol (70 or 90%). Maybe even get out a soft brush and go at it. An optional final step is a nice, spot-free rinse with distilled water (rinses away bad ions and stuff from the tap). Shake it good to get as much water out of areas as possible and let it dry overnight. Then hit it with a hair drier for a while to be sure (don't heat it up too much). Happy

I do this occasionally to clean up old computer hardware that has collected lots of nastyness over time. It's especially nice for stuff that comes from smoker's homes. Yuck.

Realize that this could kill it. There is always the static risk. And if it's not completely dry, it could fry.

Larry Laffer · Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

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Soft brush for the win? Sarcastic

Wally*Won_Kenobie · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 8:40 am Post subject:

Touch it while in a bucket wearing a nylon shirt / socks.. make sure you touch everything inside, wipe it with the brush afterwards to prevent static leakage.

Turn it on afterwards, you might have a nice firework display.

Wally

wardrich · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 1:40 pm Post subject: Re: Compaq deskpro disaster!

dosraider · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 2:25 pm Post subject:

Drink the real stuff, beer, ya pussies.
Meh