video card cleaning issue

[edbs357]

i was doing the routine cleaning of my computer inside the case and noticed that a piece of trash got stuck on my video card. i tried to remove it but it is stuck in there really good. wondering what i can use to clean that up. do you guys have any suggestions????thanks for the help

 

[Kage]

What you mean by a piece of trash? Whats been getting into your PC?

 

[worshipme]

Yeah, what the hell did you get in there so that it got stuck to your GPU?

 

[Tommy Boy]

i was doing the routine cleaning of my computer inside the case and noticed that a piece of trash got stuck on my video card. i tried to remove it but it is stuck in there really good. wondering what i can use to clean that up. do you guys have any suggestions????thanks for the help

A picture might be good.

 

[A True Folder]

A picture might be good.

Given the text description a picture would be extremely helpful

 

[edbs357]

i don't know how it got there. its a very little piece of paperlike stuff. it almost looks like when you have a sticker and then you rip it off and it doesn't completely come off and it leaves off a trace of paper. it look like that. my pc is not malfunctioning or anything just want to know if it can be cleaned.


ps. the thing is too small for a pic

 

[hascet]

Where is it on the card? If its somewhere like on the fan shroud thing try some googone, don't use it on the PCB though it might damage it.

 

[edbs357]

it is on the pcb

 

[A True Folder]

Remove the card from the pc, clean with isopropyl alcohol (use a q-tip/cotton bud, depending on where you come from) , reseat in the pc.

EDIT: Don't drown the thing, just rub at it with a damp q-tip/cotton bud

 

[killakobra]

sounds like part of the warrenty sticker.