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Assessing Water Damage

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Hi! So I had a bit of an accident in which a cup of water went through the top of my case, damaging the entire pc. I unplugged it quickly and dried it all for about a day and a half, but after reassembling it, I am afraid there definitely is some damage. Therefore I am wondering how to assess all the damage, especially for the cpu and motherboard.

 

I think the mother board is definitely gone; I've tried plugging a monitor into the onboard hdmi and dvi but I cannot get any output. Also when I turn on the motherboard, it seemingly works fine, with the fans turning on and the indicator lights for power and the number on the bottom right all turning on (I have a as rocks 97z extreme 4). But the thing is that after a couple of minutes, the fans and number die for a few seconds (and restart right after), though the power indicator light stays on. 

 

I wanted to make sure therefore, that it is my motherboard that is causing this. I made sure to unplug everything from my ssd/hdd/ram/gpu to check this

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unless there was power on wil it hit the machine you are fine so i would let it dry 2 more days for sure and then try bootig up with gpu uninstaled

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unless there was power on wil it hit the machine you are fine so i would let it dry 2 more days for sure and then try bootig up with gpu uninstaled

 

jeman, the problem is that there was power when the water hit. I unplugged the tower right away, but not before any damage hit I am afraid :S

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Linus has a video on this

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I believe his video was about how his dell got water damaged, but nothing happened. I am just trying to figure out what parts I have to buy

i would say (if u have the money) go to newegg, buy all the parrts, then start testing to find out which parts work and wich dont, then send back the working parts

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151
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Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500GB
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1
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Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W

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Does newegg allow returns like that o.0

most products yes

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Motherboard: Asus Z170-E ATX LGA1151
Memory: G.Skill Ripjaws 4 Series 16GB (2 x 8GB)
Storage: ADATA Premier SP550 240GB
Storage: Western Digital Blue 500GB
Storage: Western Digital BLACK SERIES 1TB
Video Card: Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6GB G1
Case: Fractal Design Define S
Power Supply: Corsair CSM 550W

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