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Hardware Forum / Video Cards / NVIDIA / February 2008Getting Rid of Smoke Smell?
I recently obtained an upgraded video card (a PNY Nvidia 6800 GT) to put into my aging P4P800SE mobo. The card is great but problem is that the card came from a computer that must have been used by a smoker. Its fan is "spreading" the smell around. Is there anything that can be done to safely wipe down the card? I was wondering about the old trick I learned as Red Cross volunteer where you put a wide plate filled an inch or so with white vinegar in a room with a moderate smoke smell and it seems to get rid of the smell. I was thinking about putting the card in a sealed container that also contains a cup half-filled with the white vinegar. Would the fumes be too corrosive though? Thanks in advance for any hints and advice! The vinegar fumes shouldn't harm the card. However, I don't think it will be effective. If you can smell the smoke, that means there's soot, dirt and other crap trapped in the heat sink fins. Does your card's heat sink look like this? http://img36.exs.cx/img36/7984/pny6800gt.jpg Undo the 6 small screws around the perimeter of the heat sink cover (the thin plate with the mermaid picture). Then wipe through the heat sink and fan blades with isopropyl alcohol.  Signature"War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." >I recently obtained an upgraded video card (a PNY Nvidia 6800 GT) to put >into my aging P4P800SE mobo. The card is great but problem is that the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks in advance for any hints and advice! > I recently obtained an upgraded video card (a PNY Nvidia 6800 GT) to put > into my aging P4P800SE mobo. The card is great but problem is that the card [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks in advance for any hints and advice! Better yet, pick up the habit, bowls of vinegar indeed. >I recently obtained an upgraded video card (a PNY Nvidia 6800 GT) to put >into my aging P4P800SE mobo. The card is great but problem is that the [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thanks in advance for any hints and advice! No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks which You can use to clean Your ears, put some alcohol on them and go over all pieces You can reach, esp. the heatsink and the fan. Only use clean alcohol, i.e. not denaturated, because the latter might leave the stuff which is used for the denaturation. However, after some time the smell will get less and less. I used to have a cousin that smoked a lot and I have bought several things from him, getting this smell with them just like You, but when all "stench molecules" have been blown away by the fan, they are gone for good. Succes! Yours sincerely Rene P.S. I looked for a picture and it seems that it is called a "white menbo", You can see the picture on http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/White_menbo.jpg. > No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks which > You can use to clean Your ears, Crab Sticks maybe................. On 2/23/2008 2:58 AM tpow brightened our day with: >> No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks which >> You can use to clean Your ears, [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Q-tips is the genericized term (brand name becomes common name). Also referred to as cotton swabs. Signature"Out here on the perimeter there are no stars" Steve --Inglo-- Thanks for all the suggestions. FWIW, I took the fan cover off and then soaked the wide tip of soft medium sized paint brush with a bit of alcohol and then used that to brush down all of heat sink fins/posts plus all of the fan and housing. I then let it dry for a while. Finally, I put it in a box with a bowl filled 1/8 full of white vinegar for about 2 hours. It seems to have helped. I think leaving the card in the box with vinegar overnight would have helped even more but I just wasn't sure if corrosion would be an issue. I will live with it for a while and redo it again for longer (in the box) if it continues to bother me. Thanks again. > Thanks for all the suggestions. FWIW, I took the fan cover off and then > soaked the wide tip of soft medium sized paint brush with a bit of alcohol [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > would be an issue. I will live with it for a while and redo it again for > longer (in the box) if it continues to bother me. I would not do that. Vinegar is not good for electronics, it is an acid and the fumes might indeed bring damage to Your card. Yours sincerely, Rene P.S. A soft brush is too soft, next time, use these cottons sticks, You can clean much more thoroughly with them. You'd have a hard time getting a q-tip between the heat sink fins in a GF6800. You'd need either a brush or a comb. Signature"War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." > P.S. A soft brush is too soft, next time, use these cottons sticks, You > can clean much more thoroughly with them. >You'd have a hard time getting a q-tip between the heat sink fins in a >GF6800. You'd need either a brush or a comb. >> No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks >> which >> You can use to clean Your ears, > > Crab Sticks maybe................. Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). Thanks for thinking along anyway! Yours sincerely, Rene >>> No idea what they are called in English but I would use these sticks >>> which [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Yours sincerely, >Rene And you're not supposed to be cleaning your ears with those things. They have a tendency to pack wax *into* your ear canals as opposed to removing it. Quite dangerous too if your hand happens to slip for some reason. > Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English only > means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby". >> Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English >> only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). > > Crab in English can also mean a person that has a bad temper. Sometimes > when someone displays a bad temper we say they are "crabby". Ah, it's always nice to learn someting new about the English language, I did not know that (my intention was in the first place to explain that the litteral translation of "krab" (from "krabben" = to scratch) was not correct)(though it was a nice try). In Dutch there's the word "kribbig" for this (the first "i" is pronounced as in "to live")(and so is the second one btw)(btw "btw" in Dutch means VAT). They must have a mutual grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree" ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, a tree having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well... Yours sincerely, Rene > >> Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English > >> only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > grand-grand-grand-parent. What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree" > ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetlands/text/99-6-1-11.htm > a tree > having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts#Whomping_Willow > Yours sincerely, > Rene Bill >> >> Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in >> >> English [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/pub/wetlands/text/99-6-1-11.htm Hmmm, no utter nonsense after all, I was wrong! Very interesting, no idea that there were crabs that specialize in climbing trees. I have searched a bit more, some nice pictures are on http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2049.htm (same site)(pretty girl on picture as well ;-)), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coconut_crab. Incredible what You can find on the web nowadays. Beautifull photographs on http://tidechaser.blogspot.com/2007/08/cj05082007.html as well, the crab is just not in the tree at the moment the picture was taken, it is in some sort of hole. >> a tree >> having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well... > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogwarts#Whomping_Willow I think this idea was stolen from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Man_Willow . But apart from that, I think the name Crabtree has existed for a longer time in English speaking countries then those books have, so I guess it has another origin (maybe the tree with crabs...?). Thanks for the nice links! Yours sincerely, Rene I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet... Signature"War is the continuation of politics by other means. It can therefore be said that politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." >>> Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English >>> only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > Yours sincerely, > Rene [Fixed quotation] >>>> Maybe You are referring to the Dutch verb "krabben" but Crab in English >>>> only means "krab", the animal and has nothing to do with krabben ;-). [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> "Crabtree" ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter >> nonsense, a tree having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well... >I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet... Well, they look like crabs so that'll the reason they have that name. In this context the translation from the Dutch word "krabben" (scratch) was not bad at all... And I think that when You are pestered all day long by these animals, You might get crabby as well! Yours sincerely, Rene > I am surprised nobody has made a joke about a certain type of lice yet... Oh, forgot about *those* crabs. I got the crabs once from a motel bed, ew! >What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree" > ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, a tree > having a bad mood is quite ridiculous as well... > > Yours sincerely, > Rene Ah, yes, that probably comes from the crab apple which grows on trees. Small bitter tasting apples. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_apple >>What would be the origin of the surname "Crabtree" >> ("Goodmowning!")? A tree filled with crabs would be utter nonsense, a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab_apple I think You are right, the "crab tree" is even mentioned in the article. I had searched for "crabtree" and had not found this background of that name, however, no I know that originally these were two different words. Thanks for Your information! Yours sincerely, Rene |
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