Hello computer cooks and welcome to Retro Recipes. Now in the last episode, I answered one of life's eternal questions
Can you repair Commodore 64 by hitting it with a hammer?
Today we're going to be delving into the Retro Recipes kitchen and answering another of life's mysteries
What happens inside a dishwasher when you turn it on and can you wash a Commodore 64 Motherboard
inside it. No Commodore 64's were harmed in the making of this program
Now like a lot of people, I had always believed that inside the dishwasher were these tiny little men with small
Toothbrushes just like the ones inside your TV. Obviously they don't have toothbrushes
But I wanted to find out for sure
Also although I love repairing and refurbishing old computers and it gives me a lot of satisfaction to bring them back to life
I wondered if there was a way to do it with a little less elbow grease and a little more
Dishwasher liquid. So let's delve into that kitchen right now and answer the question: Can you wash a motherboard in a dishwasher?
Welcome to Retro Recipes
The first thing we have to do with this project is remove everything that can be removed easily from the board
I've already done the CIA chips
And that one I just took out is the kernal and these are basically the ROMs, this is the CPU
And the PLA and then of course
Everyone's favorite: SID chip
Comes from there. And of course finally, our ceramic VIC.
Ceram VIC
The other thing we want to take out is the fuse if we are going to be putting this in a dishwasher
That's probably more than enough
Now a dishwasher is essentially jets of water that are cooler than the melting point of the solder on the board
But I still want to use a safe natural detergent in the dishwasher whilst we do this, so I picked one out from the local
healthy store, I mean shop
It's bathtime
Well with that in the bag, let's step into the Retro Recipes kitchen
Get out, we're filming. Now go, go back, no, get back, get back we're filming. Get back the other way
Go the other way
Good boy
No, go back
Say goodbye. It's not the kind of chips you want. Mind your head.
No you don't want this either. That's detergent
So I'm gonna choose the shortest wash possible and make sure I turn off heat dry so it doesn't overheat things and
Big moment. Here we go
Now I tried to climb in the dishwasher with it, but I couldn't fit so I closely monitored things slightly remotely
Phew it's like a dishwasher in here
You might be wondering WHY
about all of this
Well, I love when a motherboard looks
Shiny, sparkling, almost brand-new, especially when it's 30 years old
You can achieve that to some degree with isopropyl alcohol or denatured alcohol
But I felt like this would be a much simpler hands off method
I would have loved to have tried this with that extreme Commodore 64 refurb video I did, the one that was covered in mud
I know, we'll open it. I agree
Let's see. What the?
Oh no
Guys, it's shrunk and grown a case
Well with that main event done on an uncharacteristically cloudy day here in the Los Angeles Hills
It was time to do the next step, very important
Spray everything down with denatured alcohol
This will remove any of the corrosives and the chance of oxidation after the water and remove all trace of the water itself
particularly from inside those hard-to-reach areas just like they say in the dental adverts and
It'll also give you quite a nice buzz (drunk voice)
All I know is that I have probably the cleanest Commodore 64 in the world... and the cleanest camera too
And then of course we have to make sure we get every trace of that water out
Now once I'd finished drying my hair, I was left with one final step in this process the most important step
Trying to turn it on
Well, there it is. It still works
I kind of can't believe it but
It's the truth. However
Obligatory disclaimer. Don't try this at home
I tried it and it worked for me, but I'm not responsible if you kill your Commodore 64
Now I have to go in a moment, so I'm gonna go put the dogs in the dishwasher
Don't try that at home either. All I know is it works for my dogs
I do want to say thank you so much to my Patriots
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Unboxings. If you have any junk of a retro nature you want to send my way. Maybe it'll help inspire another project of mine
Until then I have just got to think of a suitably
bubbly dishwashery game to test this Commodore 64 fully
I'll leave you with that until next time. Cheerio
That's the one I wanted
Ugh, I need a bath now. Cheerio