Gaming laptop ports are rusting due to salt air (I’m near the beach). How do I avoid this from happening to tower pc?
Gaming laptop ports are rusting due to salt air (I’m near the beach). How do I avoid this from happening to tower pc?
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Move…
And/or anything to pull moisture from the air.
Lol, this might be one of the few cases where gold-plated connectors are actually justified…
Use some dielectric grease on the connector then plug it in.
Close your windows?
Don’t ever leave the beach. Adjust accordingly 🙌
WD 40,
Every engineering Issue resolves from between Duct tape and WD 40.
If not then its a Satanic stunt
It would be cool if you could 3d print a cover that goes over the io shield with rubber grommets so your wires could pass though with minimal air passing.
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Looks like poop to me bud
Make sure you use only desalinated water to cool your pc
Give it a daily LPS3 bath.
*For legal reasons please don’t.*
You can always move
Bro, I’ve lived by the beach for decades and there’s only one product that really saved my electronics, CorrosionX, I also use it on boats. You can use it in pretty much anything, check this video from their official channel on YouTube. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EuIyPXzIiY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EuIyPXzIiY)
Mineral oil would prevent corrosion/rust, but might also kill conductivity?
Damn I am a block away from the ocean and had no idea this could be a issue!
As someone that lives 1 block from the beach – but on a high floor, so the wind has a direct path into my place – my advise is:
* keep your office / room glass window always closed, do not let the coast wind get into the room, this is the most important thing. If is too hot and a fan doesn’t cut it, put an AC.
* have a dehumidifier, it can either be an electrical one or those “anti-mold” things you put inside places and it sucks the water out of the air and after a while you need to replace them as they fill up (I use those, here is not that bad so I don’t need an electrical one)
6 years on the beach and no issues with salt air on my components.
Dehumidifier right next to your pc? Idk man, you’re fighting nature lol
Mineral oil very thin coating
Dehumidifier for $40 hours right next to the pc.
A good dehumidifier and gold plating cabling would be a good bet
I would be more worried about the motherboard being exposed to this air than any external port lol.
watch out. that wont happen just to connectors. It’ll get inside your computer and ruin everything with enough time. Ive seen so many horror stories.
Boeshield T-9 (product from Boeing) is a spray we use to protect metals on our boats + protect the connectors for electronics. It’s a bit pricey so there’s probably better options out there, but it is non conductive. It also leaves a slight film behind for protection so much cleaner than something like dielectric grease and it does not collect dirt.
Dehumidifier might also help.
If your first thought wasn’t removing all the salt from the ocean then you’re not committed
Could try moving?
ACF50?
Get a dehumidifier for your room
Bro is using every single port he can
Don’t live by the sea
Conformal coating spray
I lived near the beach, had a full tower case with a buttload of fans. Athlon 1ghz overclocked to 1.45 (gives and idea of how long ago!)
Motherboards kept dying – 3 in one year. (Abit KT7A). I kept getting them replaced, but while waiting on replacements I would put in my backup motherboard with a Duron 700 – not overclocked. That one was solid as a rock. After the 3rd failure I looked closely at the motherboard and the entire front edge of the board was corroded. The 120mm fan I had at the front of the case was pulling in salty air and killing the boards. The Duron wasn’t being overclocked, so I didn’t have the fans turned on for it.
Bloody nightmare.
I wonder if a dehumidifier would help prevent this in the future?