SSD connecters

I just purchased a intel 510 120gb ssd. however when taking it out of the package, i accidently touched the connecters. Should i be worried about finger oil damaging the connecters? if so , how can i go about cleaning them?

thanks for any advice!

 

I wouldn't sweat it. And hopefully your fingers weren't sweaty. But if you want a little reassurance take dry q tip and swab the connectors some. No chemicals or liquids.

 

I don't even want to think about how many times those connectors were touched during assembly (and no, they're not cleaned for us).

A good product from Deoxit is what I do with my most sensitive electronics (including RAM modules, all power-plugs, pci-e adaptors/gpu's, camera body contacts/lens contacts and my Speedlights).

Most likely it won't cause an issue - but using a quality contact cleaner is extra insurance for ridiculously low $$$ (like using exactly matched pairs of RAM, for example) and makes a difference in my experience. (Sometimes, the difference is fiddling with a piece of equipment to get it working vs. simply just using it - in the case of my camera equipment - computers are no different (or is that the other way around? ).

See:
Search Results: DEOXIT - All-Spec Industries

 

Thanks guys i immediately dabbed it with a dry cloth. is that ok? no force, just to make sure that the connectors did not get damp, though my hands where not wet or anything.

 

Just don't eat a greasy slice of pizza and touch all them connectors.

 

Rubbing it with a dry cloth is probably worse than plain old fingers. Dry materials tend to cause problems with static electricity. That's much worse than fingerprints on a connector. But neither are likely to have caused any real problems. Static is a lot less of a problem these days, but it's still a good idea to do work with a static pad and a wrist strap.

If you don't know enough to not be worried then perhaps fiddling with this sort of gear isn't for you?