I once worked for a company back in the early 80's that had to throw out a whole production run of circuit boards because the liquid used for the post-production cleaning step had a little too much salt in it. All the boards failed the testing process because a microscope revealed that some sort of crystals had formed a bridge between some of the circuits and allowed a little bit of current to flow where it shouldn't go.
I would recommend keeping the cleaning company out of the computer room entirely. Have them show you how to use the wipes to cleanse the surfaces they would normally spray. That spray could contain chemicals you don't want inside the places containing electronic components.
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Subject: Re: sanitize computer room for Covid 19
On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 11:18 AM Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
.> If the are going to fog the computer room I would most definitely shut it
down. You don’t want that chemical pulled in to the system where it
might land on connections and potentially corrode and or cause issues.
It might also stick to fans and such causing issues over time.
IMO, I would advise against fogging a computer room in general. The residue will probably remain on components and cause who know what kind of long term problems.
I am not an expert, but I would suggest that if a computer room has to be sanitized, it should be done with a wipedown method only.
That way the internals of the system will not be affected.
After the wipedown, limit access to the computer room for a period of time to allow any potential biological contaminants to expire.
davidf
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