Phreakout, you just stick the board in the dishwasher and thoroughly air dry it. Search these forums and google it. There are dozens of threads about it because people are always so shocked to find it almost always works.

Also, I've never seen a PC where every IC was socketed. Its just not cost effective. Apple had reasons for doing what it did, in any event, good or bad.

The Apple iii comment I don't get at all. It had lots of sockets, which partly contributed to the problem. But the main reason for the Apple iii debacle was poorly manufactured circuit boards where the traces did not have enough separation in some cases. Jerry Manock who designed the chassis conducted extensive tests confirming the fanless design was rock solid. He was later vindicated after the true problem was discovered. A fan was never added to the iii, yet inexplicably the problem went away a year later? No, the logicboards were corrected and the machine worked flawlessly, but it was too late, it's reputation was spoiled beyond repair, and the original myth is perpetuated. The main reason it failed had more to do with lack of software and failure to embrace the apple II as the later iigs did. As far as fans, many of our more knowledgable members will tell you with the correct components, Manock's fan less Macintosh works just fine.