The Worst Corrosion So Far... 

I kinda think the same. Clean and save as much as possible for the video, but give the dude new parts you already have, behind the scene, just because you can. @der8auer

heck i'd even watch both language versions just to support Roman

I agree, failure is part of the journey and for some people the best part of the experience.

I mean, the case would be the easiest part. Just take everything (including front io) out, and power wash it.

You'd probably lose your mind if you saw what I did when I got thermal paste in an AM4 socket after it got onto the pins during a CPU removal, which also resulted in the cpu slipping out of my hand and into the socket again. I used an alcohol spray can to clean the CPU first, then did the same to the socket and pins. I sprayed it till the pin holes all looked identical. Then I hit it with a datavac 4 amp blower, which draws enough power while on to eventually turn into a warm air blower (maybe 110-120f tops), so it was perfect for blowing away and drying off EVERY drop of alcohol that got anywhere on the board. I showed my friend the process on another board just to replicate it in his presence, and he was like "I trust you implicitly not to break anything", then booted up the PC for the first time before taking it home. I've done this several times now because my thermal paste application method results in a fair bit of excess, and it works just as well on LGA boards as well, where cleaning the socket with brushes or other manual devices is a non-starter. I've also knocked SMD capacitors off of a couple of video cards recently and soldered them back together, after I carelessly knocked one off, and a friend did the other (totally different caps on different cards). Super easy fix if you already know how to solder, and ideally you have a mini heat gun built for the task, though I could probably have gotten both done with just an iron if i wasn't dysgraphic (yes, i do microsoldering with a fine motor skills disability, and you can too!) Electronics are a lot more resilient than people give them credit for. Anything without moving parts, which is off when it gets wet, is probably salvagable 9/10 times. Even an SSD i had, which magically just stopped detecting at all, worked again after enough test attempts, most likely for the same reasons the CPU didn't work at first. It most likely got water on the pins without me noticing, while dealing with a leak in one of those corsair 2080ti waterblocks that everyone complained about. My 2080ti, motherboard, and SSD all got wet, but are all still in service today :)

he has sponsors and extra parts, the average consumer doesn't. you can always buy really old graphics cards for cheap and practice disassembling those before moving onto your expensive one

Back in the 90s my friend knocked a bowl of slightly soupy jello out of my hand onto my computer. I kicked the surge protector out of the wall, took apart the old shitbox, and put it through the dishwasher. After a few days in a sunny window I fired it back up and got to killing zombies in Dangerous Dave

@@TheOriginalFaxon you went through a lot of effort to not learn how to apply thermal paste

Just have more confidence in yourself bro. You can do it. Just be slow, and don't do it before bed.

if the socket, pci slots and battery socket are corroded to me is very clear it will be a waste of time, anything you put there will have problems with intermittent contact, and bios chips will have electric problems if your time can be used in reassemble the pc, and live your life, the motherboard clearly deserves no time in my opinion, specially if you have a replacement part already

@@restopesto9448 Where at all did he say there was no right to repair? He said it was a waste of time if the socket, pci slots, and battery were corroded, as its a waste of time. You probably could fix it with enough time, but by then it would be way easier if you just replaced it. No where in that reply did he say that theres no right to repair it.

@@restopesto9448 sure, because get your hands dirty with mud from a flooding from like 2 months ago where slots are corroded, battery clearly sulfated contacts there is the best idea for a video put alot of time, effort, lots of water and alcohol will be wasted, means that your rights will not be in danger think on the effort, that roman will have to put, not you, roman, just to make you happy to see a fubar motherboard in the end of such video the right to repair has nothing to do here, no manufacturer glued anything to anything here that can't be dissembled or replaced, no part was soldered and has a serial number that can't be replaced by the user in his home like on a iphone here what you must do is use common sense, how stable will be such motherboard down the road, over the years with corroded contacts, you are just wasting time and looking like a fool, with someone elses pc, not yours, this is pretty much a clients pc that will use it, not just for a video, is his property it must work stable, can't be just hopes and dreams if you want the right to repair, make such comments on a apple iphone video review or in the live stream of apple releasing such pos, not on a video about a pc using standard pc parts that can be easily replaced and were not submerged into the waters of a river, where probably people also died

@@restopesto9448 dude - just that battery acid writes off the board for long term reliability - theres a good chance it will still eat its way down the wires

look around for my dishwasher method post. Works great.

My thoughts exactly. An ultrasonic cleaner would be great in this case.

I'm sure the video made it look easy. Alot more work than it looked like I'm sure

so he puts more water in it to increase the rust, sure, great idea when a case is submerged like this, the usb connectors must be also corroded, the led lights might be dead and power buttons must be rusted and stuck what you have there is corroded metal and a bunch of rivets you have to drill and replace, is sad, but i wouldn't waste time in it, also, you need the tempered glass, or replace it with a acrylic panel, too much hassle how much would be the shipping costs from germany to usa?, like 200 dollars?

after a $3 car wash it would look new lol

@@melvinhans1844 lmao

Yup, those battery holders are only a few dollars, and it's only 2 pins to unsolder to get it off. I'd also replace the metal CPU retaining system, with one from a junked board. Those easy fixes and a proper cleaning should bring the board back, I'd still worry about those corroded PCIe slots though.

This is because there could still be corrosion under the BGA chip that you can't see.

I am not sure even Der 8auer is able to get that many spare parts with multiple flooded PCs to rescue

Do you think these tech channels are charities bro? 😂

Just bought an gigabyte x570s master. It's a beast.

@Noah Tek For z390 the master had a better VRM design, and was able to push memory overclocks higher than the pro.

@Noah Tek mine always displayed the Aorus splash screen while booting. Black screen with the white Aorus logo.

@@theonlysquirrelybird Not true. It's cheaper Auris pro has better caps for some dumb reason

is the aorus line really that much better? I’ve always bought the budget oriented ultra durable line from gigabyte. I’m building a new system, but never gave the motherboard much thought

it always makes me cringe still when i see someone touch the edge connectors, i know its less of a deal now but its nice to see it confirmed theres still reason to cringe lol.

@@mycosys I don't have any data over the time domain to show if connector contact is more or less problematic. The higher dataspeeds give me some ideas, however.

Hah thanks 😬

yes, clearly some of the slots must be very corroded to even make them work and you might need to remove them to remove possible shorts under the plastic of the slot the problem with the sulfated metal in the battery socket in my opinion says that any time wasted in it could be a enormous waste of time i wouldn't store the old motherboard, or i return it to the owner or it goes to a recycle center

the alternative is to keep it under (preferably deionised) water til you can get to it.

any way great video

Which is why it should end with GN's exploding Gigabyte power supply clip!

@@arthurmoore9488 Hmmm, the flood would have been that PC's least problem :).

Oh no 😂 I just noticed that

I revived my B550 Unify-x from LM in socket and who knows where it got eventually by running it a cycle in the dishwasher and then just letting it dry for 2 days :D (yes it was so small amounts that the galium post no threat for poisoning but it was still enough to well short some cpu pins)

sadly that wont help corrosion inside the board