Help, unintentionally, i used lubricant oil on the hdd's logic board


  1. Posts : 90
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2
       #1

    Help, unintentionally, i used lubricant oil on the hdd's logic board


    Hello, I hope you are well and I appreciate if you can help me. Today, while doing preventive maintenance on my pc, I messed up and used a lubricating oil spray on the hd, but actually I was going to use the electronic contact cleaner, the two bottles are very similar and I was paying attention to my wife, and When I realized there I was pouring oil on the hdd's logic board and now I can't use it because I'm afraid of shorting it and in addition to burning it, it could also damage other components of the computer. I already removed the oil that I could remove, but inside the board there is still a little and to try to alleviate the suffering, I also threw the oil cleaner spray. Could someone point me to procedures that I could use to try to get back to using the hd without short circuit...?
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  2. Posts : 9,801
    Mac OS Catalina
       #2

    Use Isopropyl alcohol and the contact cleaner.
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  3. Posts : 90
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2
    Thread Starter
       #3

    bro67 said:
    Use Isopropyl alcohol and the contact cleaner.
    Thanks for the recommendations, and after applying the oil, I used the contact cleaner, but isopropyl alcohol is very good, but I don't have it right now.
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  4. Posts : 24,151
    Win 10 Home ♦♦♦19045.4957 (x64) [22H2]
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    WALDIR CC JR said:
    Thanks for the recommendations, and after applying the oil, I used the contact cleaner, but isopropyl alcohol is very good, but I don't have it right now.


    You can get 90%+ Isopropyl at any drug store. Make sure it's 90%+
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  5. Posts : 90
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2
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       #5

    Ghot said:
    You can get 90%+ Isopropyl at any drug store. Make sure it's 90%+
    I will provide the isopropyl 90%+. thank you sir!
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  6. Posts : 8,009
    Windows 11 Pro 64 bit
       #6

    Oil is an insulator so you are not at risk of shorts. It will however cause dust to stick so best to clean it of but be careful.
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  7. Posts : 90
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2
    Thread Starter
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    Steve C said:
    Oil is an insulator so you are not at risk of shorts. It will however cause dust to stick so best to clean it of but be careful.
    Thank you for your comment, and I lay thinking that oil conducts energy, but you threw light before my eyes and researching I also found that lubricating oil does not contain water, it does not conduct energy, but dust does, however, I will take care necessary to be able to use the hard drive again without imminent risk of catastrophe.
    Last edited by WALDIR CC JR; 05 Jul 2023 at 08:53.
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  8. Posts : 90
    Windows 10 Pro 22H2
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    Today, after a few days of rest, I put the hd in the PC and it worked normally. Thanks friends for the quality support.
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