To Vaseline or Not Vaseline?

[DrNip]

That is my question. Tired of eraser and looking at Vaseline this time. Looks like it lays down quicker and get in nooks and crannies better. I am aware of the mess but is there any other downside?

[OC Maximus]

Hell NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the answer :D

That stuff gets everywhere and I've had some funky memory issues on two different boards with vaseline. I went back to the trusy eraser.

[DrNip]

ROFL. What happens if I don't get it in the RAM slots?

[punx223]

Vaseline the whole damned thing it wont hurt anything but you will never get that shit off man.... once its there its there for good man.... so commit to it..... err how do they say it.... Shit or get off the pot when it comes to Vaseline.

i know eraser is a pain to apply but its just better imo.

Ill never use vaseline again.

[Mafio]

i use a well cutted foam of neoprene on the motherboard and eraser sometimes on the back side of the grapics cards.
no vaseline or that kind of crap on my boards :D

[thebanik]

Have used Vaseline for a long time, but really its a pain to clean(not that eraser is easy to remove). Have received Acrylic Lacquer recently, and might/would try it with my next board.

[DrNip]

Mobo is prepped with eraser. This Gene-Z looks like it would be easy to just cut a piece of neoprene unlike some other mobos.

[Patch]

Vaseline is a tool, not a religion. It has its place.

Hate it and it's a PITA, but I still put it in PCIE slots. And sometimes in DIMM slots.

[MaadDaawg]

I just received my 20 blocks of eraser from dickbink.com. They've changed brands so not sure if this will be as soft as the Artist brand they used to carry - name on package is "prismacolor"

Anyway, I always use eraser and haven't found it difficult to remove in the least. I use vaseline ONLY on the PCIe slot that I have a frozen GPU card plugged into, and eraser to the pcie slot next to it. Then cover the area with frost king.

I use rolled up eraser to cover the unused DIMM slots but I do not vaseline the DIMM slots unless I bolt my KPC DIMM Pot on them.

FWIW

[DrNip]

It's not that it is difficult to remove as that is the easiest I was just looking for something less time consuming on the prep as well as better coverage. Not that eraser takes too long, I just think Vaseline would slap down like butter on bread.

[Neuromancer]

Vaseline would go on easier I am sure.

Not a fan of the mess myself. But when I used eraser and LN2, I had to Vaseline my active DIMM slot. (Got a little moisture in it, a quick swipe of PJ, and it booted right up :) )

[kikicoco1334]

Hell NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is the answer :D

That stuff gets everywhere and I've had some funky memory issues on two different boards with vaseline. I went back to the trusy eraser.
^THAT!

MY COMMANDO STILL GOT VAS IN IT!

[Splave]

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[Deux]

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[punx223]

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:laughing::laughing::laughing:

taht sir is WIN

[BenchZowner]

VASELINE AAAAAALLLLL THE WAY.
Reasons why ?

It's really easy & fast to apply and secure your board from any kind of moisture issues.
It also comes off pretty easy, let your board stand vertically with the socket on the bottom, and heat it up with a hair dryer and let the.... vaseline slip away.
Or if you're lazy to do that, just put the board in the oven upside-down for 5 minutes at 122-140F ( 50-60C ).

I've been through a hundred methods and components for board/vga insulation, and I finally sticked with the vas :p
Crio & sofo know how thorough I am with everything, especially with valuable to me hardware, and while the plastic conformal spray + neoprene foam insulation works great, vaseline is much better as it requires much less work to remove and have the board looking like brand new.