Cleaning A2000 motherboard

[Orjan]

cv643d wrote:
Unscrew the motherboard and remove every socketed chip, then you can soak it in normal-hot water with soap, get a stiff and soft brush and clean it in water. Let it dry for a couple of days or use hair dryer (be careful they can produce very hot air!). Hardware looks like new this way.

Am I the only one who thinks its a bad idea to clean electronics with water?

[Orjan]

cv643d wrote:
You fill up a bath with hot water, add soap and scrub motherboard in it, take care not to scrub components to much...

...Off course you should not drop your Amiga PSU in the bath.

I fail to see the difference?

Water corrodes the traces on the electronics. When you give it a bath, water may get under circuits, in between legs of sockets, connectors and so forth, and it takes an incredible amount of time for it to dry, and in the process eats away at the board..

I´ve seen this hundreds of times in cellular phones, granted, they arent as well ventilated, but most of them havent even been completely submerged. A few drops in the right position is all it takes.