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I was running my pc after flushing the custom loop I have with distilled water and I forgot to put the cover fitting back on the reservoir which is above my power supply. Water got on the power supply and the pc shut off. I’ve let it dry out and tried turning it on but no response at all. Just wondering if it’s only my psu that got damaged because it’s the only thing that got wet or if there’s a possibility that the damaged psu could have broken other parts too.
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Hi everyone, first time posting here, actually made an account here because I am so desperate at this point. Recently I built my dream PC after graduating college and I had it for all of two days before my custom water loop leaked all over the motherboard and GPU (totally my fault, even though I did try to stress test it for over a day for leaks). So I tried to clean everything the best I could with IPA, and fortunately everything seems to power up fine, except I get no display out of the GPU and the white light on the motherboard is on (meaning issue with VGA). I took the card to Microcenter and they told me that they can’t get it to display anything either, I really don’t want to send it in for RMA, does anyone have any idea what could possibly be the issue? Or how I could fix it? The RGB powers up fine, the lights on the PCB turn on, and the fans run fine as well. Any help is super duper appreciated. Thank you for looking.
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Hello all , I have a story to tell and I am in need of guidance. Lately my gf's Lenovo Extreme X1 started to freeze once a day and I was getting tired of it. I suspected it was because a few days prior, the laptop received a splash of water on its cover (It was turned off at the time but was turned on during the same day). After that accident, we didn't use it for a few days to make sure it was fully dry (Except the one time it was turned on). Now back to today, I decided to open up the cover to check it out, to see if with my eyeballs could spot a water damaged component. It was really clean but there was some weird blue white stuff on one of the connector. By experience, I knew it was the LCD screen flex connector so right away I suspected that it was the cause of the problem. So I took a Q-tip and my botlle of 99% isopropyl alcohol and started cleaning up the the connector. I plugged back after a 1 minute waiting period and turned on back on. At my surprise, the screen was dim but VERY dim. I turned off and on the laptop again, still the same result. I started to wonder what was wrong. After a google search on this model, I found out that I need to disable the bactery in the BIOS. As I was writing this post, now the laptop won't turn on at all, the charging light is not showing! I am so dumb I should I have check the disassembly guide (I always check it, I don't know why today I am being cocky) (Disassembly guide www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vvLexQZUos) I need help! Any advice?
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My apartment building burned down and I only bothered salvaging the storage from my water damaged computer. I'm unsure how high the temperatures in my room reached so it's hard to say whether or not these were damaged by water alone or high heat as well. It was around a few days before I was allowed into the apartment. I opened my pc and pulled out my hard drive as well as my m.2 ssd and they didnt feel wet (especially the m.2 that was pretty well guarded within the motherboard) After wiping them down they dont have any visible damage on them but they still smell like the smoke and silt that had been sitting on it for days. The computer was off at the time of the fire but still plugged in. How would I go about testing these without ruining them further, at the same time evading paying professional tech guys to inspect them.
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Hi! I dropped my iPhone in soapy water. The phone had a cracked back glass so water could enter. The screen was giving only a solid yellow color so I installed a new screen and that works perfectly now. Now I have the problem that the phone freezes after exactly 2min and 50 sec of use and restarts. So I cleaned everything inside (took everything out), tried a brand new battery, booted the phone without anything but the battery and the screen connected to the logic board. Nothing helped. So my only conclusion would be a short circuit inside the logic board. I don't have such a tool to "bake" it and clean or replace something between the 3 layers. Also I think, working perfectly for 3 mins +- and than freezing and shutting off, is a really strange behaviour. Someone experience with this? Something I overlooked? First time I actually brake my own phone and out of all, this one I can't fix Thanks!
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im writting this with sticky hands on a sticky keyboard on a sticky desktop I dried it with a towel straight away and right now is sitting on our roof to the sun at and angle (advice from my patents) It got spilled to the top and the side buttons stopped working correctly and were pouring coffe even several minutes afterward, the dpi button suffered the most. Later they started working correctly all but were still filled with coffe every time i gripped it.
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The recently hurricane passing through the northeast hit my area extremely hard, and with the stress of a new job and being a bit strapped on cash, I want to take precautions before I do anything. I disconnected my PC as soon as water began pouring in, and set it aside onto my bad, but I saw that it had water on the bottom part. That was 2 days ago, I haven't plugged it in since, I wanted to know if there is anything else I can do before I attempt to turn it on. The psu is an EVGA 1000 watt t2
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Hi i have my pc for about 3 years It used to run perfectly but yesterday it rained and my room flooded with water the water had reached the psu but only like the lower part of it After drying out everything I tested it and it is not working and there is burning smell coming from the psu I want to know is there any other part is damaged other than psu any segregation?
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I have an HP Spectre x360 with an i7 and a 1650 ti that I got about a year and a half ago. It has been working great until two nights ago when I spilled water on it while using it. I heard it sizzle inside and shut off before I could power it down. After it had some time to dry out I tried turning it on and initially got a message that said a fan wasn't working and it turned itself back off. After a little research, I turned it on again, got the same error message but told the computer to boot anyways. I watched the cpu and gpu temperatures and they seemed fine, and the fans kicked on like normal while using it. Since then, the fan error message has stopped showing up when I turn it on and it boots like normal. Now, the computer seems to run normally except that it won't turn on and immediately shuts off if it is not plugged into the AC adapter. The battery says it's at 100% when it's on, and I've ran all of the system diagnostics that I can find on the computer and the only thing it returns is an error for the battery (not that it's failed, but that it can't run the diagnostic properly). Along with that, I've seen a substantial drop in performance while playing games (more than a 50% drop in fps.) Sorry if that is a lot of unnecessary information, but I am just wondering if it would be worthwhile to replace my battery for a couple hundred dollars (will that affect the laptops performance while playing games when the laptop is plugged in?) Or should I just shell out some more money and replace my laptop. Any advice is appreciated.
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I just recently bought a new Pixel 6 Pro. I had it for less than 3 months when the inevitable happened. I dropped it in a foot of water at the saltwater beach on vacation. I immediately took it out and let it dry before using it again. It was working fine for about 24 hours when the screen froze and a few seconds later, the whole phone went dark. RIP. It no longer turns on. I get in contact with google support and tell them the situation. They will not pay for any damages caused by water. This is a phone that is IP68 water resistant and the lenses are fogged from 1 foot of water. I am going to get this phone fixed, but this seems like a ridiculous way to treat a warranty. Has anyone else experienced this?
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I don't know if this topic is exactly appropriate for this forum as this is obviously mainly for PC stuff but I honestly wouldn't know where else to ask as I got nothing on Reddit so here I go: So, the other day I found a pair of WH-1000XM3's outside. It looked like they got tossed over a fence and just left tbh. I spent the past few days rigorously cleaning the circuits, removing any corrosion I could find and basically dousing them in alcohol and contact spray. It's not perfect but I made sure there are no corroded points touching each other anywhere. Now it became time to test and lo-and-behold, they work great wired to my phone. Sound at full volume from both sides. Now here's the actual problem: I can't get them to turn on without them being wired to my phone via AUX cable. At all. Plugging them in, the charging LED also doesn't light up. Pressing the power button doesn't do anything, and pressing the ANC button doesn't either. The only thing that happens without AUX cable, is the right side (where the charging port is) making a faint noise, while plugged in. Nothing on the left. When plugging into my PC, I get a Windows notification, but nothing shows up. The first thing I did was to replace the battery, as it looked really bad after opening them up. Right Side: This side was hit really badly with moisture. One of the wires (3rd from the left) has its colored insulation tearing off, but the cable beneath it looks undamaged (The disconnected solder point is the ANC Mic, so I don't think it should impact overall functionality. I would resolder it once they work.) I have no idea what each individual cable does beyond that though. Left Side: This side faired much better overall, it's also where the AUX port works, the power button right next to it does nothing though. Battery Connector: Also on the right sight and visually the most damaged part. Could this be damaged badly enough to not supply power to them? Maybe someone here is more knowledgable on this type of stuff and can maybe help pin-pointing why they're not working wirelessly/ which part is most likely to have broken. I am pretty comfortable fixing them myself if the problem can be solved by simply soldering something or replacing a part. (I also sent an Email to Sony asking if they're still in warranty and they basically told me to send them in to have them look at them then. But I am afraid that that will just be way too expensive when they're not, which I am assuming.)
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Hello guys. 3 Days ago I left home to spend the weekend on my parents'. Left the window to my room open where sits my desk and my computer, right by the window, I came back on Sunday morning after a stormy Saturday night to find the desk on my room drenched with water, my computer was ON with the fans spinning wildly like it was about to take off, I saw it all wet and I immediately unplugged off the wall as if expecting I could still save it. I opened it and the components inside were filled with droplets of water, the GPU, motherboard, CPU fan, drops of water everywhere, the PSU which sits on the lower part had the most water, with a small pool formed on the bottom right by the PSU. "This computer is dead". so I thought. I knew there wasn't much I could do so I disassembled it, part by part, and left it out to dry by a heater. Then comes next day, after a hard day's work came back home and I assembled everything, tried to power on and the fans take off, the GPU sounded like it was trying to fly away to mars with that speed, got scared and tried to power on again a few times, no signal on monitor, no lights, just fans spinning out of control. That's where I came to the conclusion this computer is done for. So 3 days later, today, I decided to cool down and get technical on this, I'll try to diagnose which component is not working anymore, that is, if everything isn't dead by now. So without removing or doing anything I power on the PC, and fans are normal, monitor shows signal, it boots to desktop, like nothing ever happened. I'm there mind struck and I start messing around with it and how everything is normal, gaming is normal, everything is working as if this PC has never ben drenched with water after leaving by the window on a stormy night. What happened here? How did the computer survive? Are computer hardware that strong nowadays? My mind is blown off.
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Hey everyone! I have an issue that I am hoping I can get some insight/advice on. I recently purchased a 2080 ti hydro copper second hand. The card landed today and upon opening the package I saw there was water in the box. Closer inspection revealed water had leaked from the outlet ports not being tightened down properly and the water has worked it way onto, and throughout the pcb. I don’t want to ask for a return/refund if there is nothing wrong and I can do my part in drying it thoroughly although, I’m at hesitant to take the block off, and clean the pcb with alcohol, as I believe the responsibility would fall on me at that point. I do believe it was an honest mistake and the seller has been very responsive and apologetic. While I believe it is not my problem per say, I do consider refunds a last resort as they aren’t fun for anybody. I can’t say why the seller sent the card without blowing the water out and allowing it to dry, that was careless imo. Would a thorough drying remedy the situation? Is it safer to not risk it? Can I reliably dry the card without taking the block off? I am posting here in the hopes that some of you may be able to provide some insight/advice on how to handle this. I want to do the right thing but I’m not exactly sure what that would be. Thank you in advance for any help. Any response is welcome constructive or otherwise. If I’m making a big deal out of nothing let me know. I won’t be upset for being corrected!
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Hi, I have an issue with my laptop screen that started today; It's very noticeable with bright colors and most noticeable in pure white. The upper third of the screen and a patch on the bottom-left side are dimmer than the rest. (See attached pic) I'm not sure what caused this, my brother said he might've put a slightly wet towel over the screen earlier when the laptop was turned off. It wasn't like soaking wet, just damp. But then if this is a case of water damage, how come the screen still functions at all? I tried 10 seconds with the hairdryer pointed at the screen, didn't want to damage the panel but that had no effects. Also pushing on it does nothing, neither does the "flex test". Anyways I would appreciate any input on this. If anyone has experienced this before and maybe has a solution to hopefully fix it, I would be very grateful. Thank you. Laptop: Acer Aspire 5 2019 - 15,6" 1080p IPS Matt Panel. (I edited the picture to match what I see irl so that's a pretty good representation of the problem, no exaggerations)
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I recently accidentally brought my iPhone 6s in the bathroom while showering and water got dropped on the display (it wasn't fully submerged or fully covered it was mostly on the lower half of the screen and the home button). Ever since, audio has been laggy even with AirPods and wired earbuds, my home button doesn't register anything when I click it, but weirdly Touch ID has had no problems. I read on iFixit that you should check the water damage indicator in the sim tray slot and I did but it's white, indicating that there's no water damage (at least that got to the sim slot). My home button will sometimes start working for like 2 minutes but will stop. Any suggestions? Thanks for the help
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I dripped some water on the lower portion of my iPhone 6s and the home button is now non functional. On the lock screen it says “Unable to activate Touch ID on this iPhone” and clicking the home button doesn’t do anything. Is there an easy fix to this? I’ve already tried restarting my phone, powering it off and cleaning the home button with q-tips (this actually made the home button function for about a minute after restarting but didn’t fix Touch ID), and tapping it against a towel to try and get water out if there’s any inside. Please Help!
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Okay so it was a fine day when suddenly my msi ghost pro was giving me problems. The problems was some of the keys were not working. I didnt open up the laptop to check whether is anything to do with loose cables but there wasnt any so i decided to just send to the service center and my laptop was still under warranty. Msi then claims my keyboard was water damage. So this is the pic they send me. So i told them can u inspect they keyboard even further since showing just the frame doesnt mean they keyboard is damaged from water spillage. As usual their answer is no and they told me there is no other reason this could happen. Since i learned science xd. I guessed it was due to the condensation that was build up in the keyboard area since the heatsink is located at the corner of these keyboard are. Since i game in my room with the air conditioner on. Probably the cold air with the heat trapped under the keyboard area may have caused condensation. I have tried to explain this to the service center that it might have been a possibility this might have happen and they never agree. So i decided fine i will pay for the new keyboard replacement but i asked that i want my old keyboard back. So i made my own inspection as you can see here this is my old keyboard. It comes one set with the frame. This is a close up pic Now i tear open the plate So obviously there is nothing much to see here Next i strip down the thin layer of black platic that is covering the whole keyboard are And look wt i have found As you can see in the pic above there is not traces of water damages at all. I add some close up shots Some might say aww cause there is ventilation holes on the keyboard and the scissors keycaps is sealed. Think again. Thanks msi for making me pay for something i didnt do. U guys made a laptop with faulty design. Im not even sure if this is continued in your current line of laptops. But since you use steelseries keyboard for all ur thin laptops. I advice people who bought the laptop so far to be carefull. Even with warranty still in tact i have to pay a full replacement for the keyboard. Hope if any msi power users are hanging here pls ask msi to have a look at the thread.
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Hi there, About 4 months ago, my Samsung galaxy S7 edge became water damaged. I was at a party and I was thrown into a pool several times with my phone in my pocket. When I tried to turn on my phone the next day many things did not function properly: Both cameras was filled with water. Although they eventually dried out, the launch times for the cameras have never been the same with it sometimes taking up to a minute to launch up when the home button is double pressed. The device takes a while wake. I don't know if this is a problem with the home button or the screen, but it takes a while and sometimes many presses of the home/lock button to wake the device. The fingerprint scanner also seems to have taken a hit as it takes wayyy longer to detect my fingerprint. The proximity sensor is broken. The phone no longer detects when I put my face against it during calls. The notification LED also stays on all the time now. The GPS system does not work. In maps, its always says GPS signal not found. The best I can get usually is an approximate location of where I am which sucks because I cannot use to the phone to navigate me. The accelerometer, gyroscope and compass does not work anymore. This is a shame because the phone does not rotate automatically anymore and VR stuff is impossible. The phone overall feels really sluggish. It lags from time to time and does not feel the same anymore. what I want to know is if I could replace these parts (maximum priority on the accelerometer, gyroscope, compass and GPS). And how much it would cost to repair these problems. I lost all documentation of the phone so warranty is not an option. My original plan was to just use the phone as it is and wait for the s8 to come out but the s8 was not what I expected. With no improvements on features like the rear camera to the seemingly small battery capacity and stupid placement of the rear fingerprint sensor I find it abit hard to justify spending 700 dollars on it. Thanks for the help guys!
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I was doing normal maintenance of my Logitech-g710( cleaning,wiping down,etc..). When i spilled a whole bunch of water on it, so i waited a few days for things to dry and plugged her up. When i tried to log in to windows it started spamming random numbers. B.T.W. I was using only tap water And this happened today . I believe it wasn't fully dry butt any advice would help.
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Hello, Some water spilled on my laptop, I tried to dry it, and it worked just fine for a month. After a month the laptop stopped charging. I tried to get it fix by pros but no one could help so I picked up 99% isopropyl alcohol and took the MB out and clean it nice and slowly, and it worked! the laptop charge again! BUT After few hours the laptop stopped charging again, so I did it again and again, every time it charging for some time and stopping again. I tried to clean, wait a week, and then connected it to the wall, works but after few hours stopped charging again. When I say stopped charging I mean it is won't charge any more. only by taking the MB out again and cleaning it and drying it with cold hair dryer and few hours or days of wait and only then connecting it to the charger. So any one have an idea what can I do? I can get it back to charge but how can I make it be fixed and not temporary? Maybe there is something I need to rub on my laptop? Dry Spec: Asus TP300LA i7 4510U 8GB Ram 128GB SSD 1080P Touchscren IPS Thanks
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So my Radeon R9 390 is not functioning, it was in a watercooled loop which failed, they both had small amounts of water near the power connectors, I've tried cleaning the boards but that did not help and unfortunately this is as far as my expertise go. If anybody could help me get my card back to life that would be GREATLY appreciated.
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Okay, this morning i opened up my gtx750ti to replace the thermal paste and i had run out of isopropyl alcohol, so as stupid as i am i decided to use mouthwash (which contained alcohol) and it worked. i cleaned the heatsink with ease, and then when i tried the video card, a little dripped on the acctual body and i dabbed it off. i then put it in my pc, after waiting 30mins to see static distortion on the screen and my resolution has been permanently set to 800-600. 4 hours after the insident the computer allows me to log in and now in the device menu my gpu has a yellow exclamation mark saying, "windows has found a problem with this device." so now i believe i am currently using my integrated graphics and not my actual gpu. HELP PLZ specs: amd 860k gtx 750ti 8gb ram
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Accidentally knocked a cup of water from a Brita filter over on my desk which dripped into the top vent of my PC. It had been on overnight and was still working when the water fell in, so I took the side off and dried the puddles that were on some of the case surfaces, and put it back together. Kept working for 3 more hours until it froze and would not turn back on. I tried booting twice with my main GPU still in, A Strix GTX 1060 6GB, and the OS booted and the GPU fans/RGB turned on, however, there was no visual. Took the card out and a few drops of water fell out. My second card still works and the system booted fine and there was a signal to those monitors. I voided the nonexistent warranty and used isopropyl alcohol to clean the corrosion, a small amount on the fan controller chips and one or two more various small components. I checked for bulging capacitors and other parts, but everything seemed fine. I put the card back in and the same result, OS booting (windows 7 made the bootup sound) and I could login, but there was no signal to my monitors. Is there any hope for my GPU? I really don't want to shell out another $320 for a card I used for less than 6 months. TL;DR: Brita water seeped into GPU, fans and RGB still turn on with Windows booting, but no signal to monitors.
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So the other day I was making sure my power supply I ordered had all its cables. However, I did not realize when a put the cables back into the back that one was stuck to me, and I found it this morning in the dryer. The cable is a molex to fdd adapter. What do I do?
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Been like a day since I got my s9, was on a heavy Gaming session that got my phone hot, so afterwards I thought that "oh yeah this phone's waterproof" so put it in a room temperature mug of water vertically with water level just covering the top of the phone. The screen was on, chroma started on its own, after being in the water for 5-8seconds I took it out and placed it on my bed. Then realized screen was off, pressed power button, realized phone itself was off. I long pressed the power button to turn it on but nothing's working. I opened the Sim tray and checked the Liquid Damage Indicator but I should be safe as thats white with red x patterns. The phones been set aside for an hour and I currently see moisture in the back camera, flash and heart rate sensor. I'm scared to try to charge it as I think it might further damage it. I riced it for 16hrs plugged it in, it was charging till 100% used it a bit, ran Antutu Benchmark was fine and everything. Then I turned off the screen and noticed the Always on display not showing, I unlocked it with the fingerprint even heard the sound but screen was blank, pressed power button heard the sound unlocked with iris scanner heard unlock sound, got messenger notification sounds aswell. After a few mins picked it up again was pressing buttons and trying the screen was on but at minimal brightness with a warm tone, I thought I set the bluelight filter so went to turn it off but it wasnt on, brightness was also at medium according to the slider, changed it but it didnt affect the screen, then the screen suddenly turned up in brightness with faded colors, then again jumped back to the lower brightness warm tone with a flicker then went blank and unresponsive again. What do I do?
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