AIO started leaking..

[CASGOD]

Started noticing some crashes here and there and then all of a sudden, this became apparent. 
The CPU socket itself has liquid coming out of it as well. 
This seems like a HUGE stretch... 
But I was wondering..
Should I clean this out with some alcohol and let it dry for a while or should I just go out and buy a new motherboard at this point (though I do not have the funds for such a thing atm.)? 

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[bezza...]

1 minute ago, CASGOD said:

Started noticing some crashes here and there and then all of a sudden, this became apparent. 
The CPU socket itself has liquid coming out of it as well. 
This seems like a HUGE stretch... 
But I was wondering..
Should I clean this out with some alcohol and let it dry for a while or should I just go out and buy a new motherboard at this point (though I do not have the funds for such a thing atm.)? 

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you coud try cleaning it but ngl i dont think there is much hope, you could have fried the cpu as well.

[Needfuldoer]

Take the motherboard out of the case and the CPU out of the socket, then flush it with the highest concentration of isopropyl alcohol you can get (usually 91% at pharmacies and big-box stores) and leave it somewhere to dry for a day or two. If you're lucky, you caught it before catastrophic damage set in.

 

If your AIO is still under warranty, that might be worth pursuing.

[CASGOD]

52 minutes ago, bezza... said:

you coud try cleaning it but ngl i dont think there is much hope, you could have fried the cpu as well.

Thankfully I have a few backup CPU's I can use. 

 

 

44 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

Take the motherboard out of the case and the CPU out of the socket, then flush it with the highest concentration of isopropyl alcohol you can get (usually 91% at pharmacies and big-box stores) and leave it somewhere to dry for a day or two. If you're lucky, you caught it before catastrophic damage set in.

 

If your AIO is still under warranty, that might be worth pursuing.

I will try this.
 

[freeagent]

Looks bad.

 

Might be ok, but it looks bad.

[jaslion]

That may just look worse than it is. Most of the coolant in an aio is barely to not conductive. So basically lots of as high percentage isopropyl alchol as you can for rinsing and soaking. Hell dunk it in a tray of deminiralized water first then a tray if ipa and let it dry for a while. Good chance the board isn't dead. With the cpu just ipa and be gentle with a microfiber cloth on the contact pads.

 

Then let dry for a good while.

[ChrisLoudon]

2 hours ago, CASGOD said:

Should I clean this out with some alcohol and let it dry for a while or should I just go out and buy a new motherboard at this point (though I do not have the funds for such a thing atm.)? 

Try a good clean with Isopropyl alcohol and let it dry off.

 

You can even use a soft toothbrush and washing up liquid if there's gunk on the PCB but once you've dabbed up any suds and water, a good spray of IA is good.

 

FYI - Just don't do any of this IN the CPU socket! You can probably give it an IA spray but don't try and clean the pins with anything.

 

I've brought back a few PC from the brink after spillages even a few really sticky ones.

 

The only issue you will have if a 'short' has damaged something.

[CASGOD]

Thank you all for the responses!
I am definitely going to give this a shot to get it going again. 

The upside is that I have multiple graphics cards, CPU's and Power Supplies at my disposal. 

My attempt is basically going to be:

Cleaning it with 91% Isopropyl Alcohol & Letting it dry out for a long while..
I will be using a USB for a boot system, a backup power supply that I have, backup RAM sticks & CPU, and I'm only going to use the onboard graphics for a display. 


Update:
The post LED turns on. (Just stays at 0)
GPU turns on.
Fans turn on. 
RAM not really sure about.

But I'm almost certain that the CPU socket itself is just, gone.