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Coffee and the H100i

So my son decided to throw a ball in the direction of my computer and knocked the wife's coffee off the table and on the my pride and joy. Coffee passed through the H100i and the fans were nice enough to spread the coffee goodness all over the inside of my case. Let's just say my MoBo, ram and video card are now in electronics heaven. Is there a way to clean the rad of coffee so that I do not smell coffee when the fans are pushing air through the rad? Also, I should not have to worry about any coffee getting in the lines as it is sealed? Correct me if i am wrong. 

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You can rinse some 91% alcohol through the rad fins, being careful of the fittings not to degrade any grommets/o-rings/etc.

otherwise the only other option I can see would be to run fans high for few days hoping for the smell to die down.

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5 minutes ago, havoc2003 said:

So my son decided to throw a ball in the direction of my computer and knocked the wife's coffee off the table and on the my pride and joy. Coffee passed through the H100i and the fans were nice enough to spread the coffee goodness all over the inside of my case. Let's just say my MoBo, ram and video card are now in electronics heaven. Is there a way to clean the rad of coffee so that I do not smell coffee when the fans are pushing air through the rad? Also, I should not have to worry about any coffee getting in the lines as it is sealed? Correct me if i am wrong. 

wash it all with water then let it dry for a good few days

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I would make sure coffee didn't get in the mobo or anything important
Clean everything with Isopropyl

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6 hours ago, quakeguy81 said:

Pics or it didn't happen!?

 

Also don't keep computers on the floor.

My 970 is torched, once I rebuilt it will no longer be on the floor

 

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Dunk it in a sink full of water, clean it like you would anything and then let it dry.

 

 

Any other components that got coffee on them that u think might possible still be alive, just wash them aswell, let it dry fully before trying them out.

 

You can actually stick things like motherboards in dishwashers so long as you protect the pins and let them dry before use.

 

 

 

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