Water leaked into PC

[Kuroneko_]

Yesterday I left my PC for an hour or so with my air conditioner on, and when I came back my PC was drenched, with a lot of water inside the GPU.

The PC was shut down, but apparently there is some electricity consumed by the motherboard either way when idle, as there are ambient LEDs.

I'm a little worried about something breaking due to water damage, especially the GPU, although it was off so I think it should be fine if I wait for long enough to let it dry.

After I came back, I used a cloth and wiped everything instantly, I didn't check whether the ambient lights were on or off as I disconnected my PC from the power source immediately.

Do you think it'll survive? What are some tips that I can use? I was also considering separating the PCB from the cooler on my GPU to let it dry more efficiently that way.

It might be worth noting that the case panel was open which is how so much water leaked into my PC.

[DaSavageTurtle]

I know nothing about water cooling, but I came here to wish you good luck, and my genuine apologies if your gpu broke, because of this whole gpu shortage situation...

[SansVarnic]

1 minute ago, Kuroneko_ said:

Yesterday I left my PC for an hour or so with my air conditioner on, and when I came back my PC was drenched, with a lot of water inside the GPU.

The PC was shut down, but apparently there is some electricity consumed by the motherboard either way when idle, as there are ambient LEDs.

I'm a little worried about something breaking due to water damage, especially the GPU, although it was off so I think it should be fine if I wait for long enough to let it dry.

After I came back, I used a cloth and wiped everything instantly, I didn't check whether the ambient lights were on or off as I disconnected my PC from the power source immediately.

Do you think it'll survive? What are some tips that I can use? I was also considering separating the PCB from the cooler on my GPU to let it dry more efficiently that way.

 

You can pull the system apart and blow out any water that may be left with an air compressor. If not use a blow dryer the best you can.

Let dry for a few days. 

Then put the system back together and give it a boot. Hopefully, it is all still good and nothing shorted.

[AndreiArgeanu]

Take the GPU , make sure it's dry, if not dry it, using paper towels, a blow dryer, whatever is convenient, then using a q-tip with alcohol look for corrosion or residue on the gpu board, and clean it, there might not be any, but it's worth checking, then after you're checked at least twice on both sides to makes sure the board is clean put it back together and try to test the gpu. That is assuming the other components of your system are ok.

[Beerzerker]

Blow dryer would be best, an air compressor is capable of injecting moisture into components such as caps, not to mention compressed air can have moisture in it too. 

Take it apart and place the board so it's sitting in front of a small fan, sitting tilted on one end (Not flat on it's back), let it sit for at least a full day with the fan blowing on it.
To further the process, you can (If you want) pop it into an oven set for it's lowest setting, making sure the oven is capable of going as low as 170f/84c, that way the thermal limits of the board and components isn't reached yet the water will still readily evaporate.
Be sure to confirm the oven can go that low before trying it.

Let it sit that way for about an hour or two max and once the time is up, just switch off the oven and let it sit and cool down inside the oven as it cools too.

Next, remove it from the oven, get it back to room temp, reassemble and try it.

BTW I've washed my boards many times in the dishwasher and that's how I dry them out whenever I have to wash them.

 

[SupaKomputa]

If the pc is off when that happened, you're in luck.

disassemble everything, use hair drier to dry it as best as you can.

put it in a box and place a moisture absorber (usually for closet / toilet).

Let it sit for 2-3 days.

[LogicalDrm]

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