So messing with thermal paste should be avoided. Noted. I could just re-apply it after. I’ll be replacing the graphics card, so I thought I’d give the rest of the parts a cleaning. So, submerging/soaking = no, squirt bottle in strategic places = yes.

Thank you for answering the question in a comprehensive way, it is surprisingly rare, and I appreciate it very much.

My lungs have a self-cleaning feature, and my PC doesn’t.

Feel free to roast me for my lack of tech literacy and dumb ideas, but not my health. I have calculated everything. My body will be fine for as long as it needs to be.

I’m mostly cleaning heat sinks, surfaces, and circuit boards. I can’t reach into some spots even with a q tip, so I’m looking for alternative solutions. I’m pretty sure 10 to 15 minutes submerged in 96% alcohol wouldn’t dissolve my PC like styrofoam in acetone. Although I could be wrong, I’m not an expert.

I think that is literally physically impossible. The strongest you can buy is 96-98%, I think. I don’t even think it is possible to distill it past about 99%.

Why not submerge them and let the dirt dissolve? What is the danger in doing that?

I did not know that. Never noticed a pop up. And does this work with both search engines? You can turn off the AI features on DuckDuckGo with like two clicks, but I can’t seem to find the option on Google.

2018. They got rid of that motto in 2018. And you could theoretically argue that Google was getting worse since its conception in 1998.

I guess. And then they removed the “Don’t be evil” motto just to drive the point home.

But you have to agree, the company DID become even worse once they started using AI.

Good for you. I Meant as a design choice for a search engine. Why waste electricity?

Google became crap ever since they added AI. Microsoft became crap ever since they added AI. OpenAI started losing money the moment they started working on AI. Coincidence? I think not!

Rational people don’t want Abominable Intelligence anywhere near them.

Personally, I don’t mind the AI overviews, but they shouldn’t show up every time you do a search. That’s just a waste of energy.