Help saving my PC it got wet

[SkulD]

So i went to visit some relatives and left my pc unpluged, when i return after a few days my PC is all wet, there was a leak ( too much hot water, the pressure valve opened) in the solar water heater, and hot boiling water rainned down on my PC through a small crack in the ceiling.

I wan to know if there are any special steps to follow in this situation, the PC was un plugged from the wall when this happened, so I guess something is still alive in there, although it was boiling water that was poured in it.

I just want to disasemble it, dry clean it properly and test if it is still alive, please help.

the case also looks tarnished with water marks I can easily clean the metal parts, but the plastic sections are really tough to clean

just so you know this is/was my system specs

FX 3850 stock speed (watercooled lol by antec h20 960)

AMD 7970 @1100mhz gpu, 1575 mhz memory

8gigs 1866 corsair ram

ssd 60gig corsair force gt

500gig WD caviar blue

2tb WD green

Asus xonar sound card

mobo Gigabyte 990fxa ud5

case corsair 550d

 

please any help will be aprecciated D:

 

Its a little late, i'll post pics tomorrow.

[Morpheus]

as long as it wasn't on at any point when it was wet, I think it should be fine as long as you let it dry for a veryyyy lonngg time

[TheSLSAMG]

as long as it wasn't on at any point when it was wet, I think it should be fine as long as you let it dry for a veryyyy lonngg time

 

Well, there is the BIOS battery.

[Morpheus]

Well, there is the BIOS battery.

yeah, no idea what that is

[Skyfire]

I'd dry what you can and leave it off for a while (48+ hours or so to be safe). Dry the components gently with a hairdryer or something similar. It's going to take a while for trapped water to evaporate so try to be patient. You don't want to short anything.

[Emkryan]

Take it apart and pit each part in rice. It'll attract asians who will fix your components.

[TheSLSAMG]

yeah, no idea what that is

 

Whoops, I mean CMOS battery. It's a button-cell battery that keeps your BIOS settings backed up.

 

[TheSLSAMG]

Take it apart and pit each part in rice. It'll attract asians who will fix your components.

 

I hear rice pouring! Asian, AWAY!

[TheSLSAMG]

I suggest taking the heatsink off the video card, cleaning off the thermal paste and putting the graphics card in a bag of rice while hand-drying the cooler. Also, take out the CMOS battery and place everything else in rice (separately, of course.)

 

If anything, the WD Green might be unrecoverable.

[Godlygamer23]

Whoops, I mean CMOS battery. It's a button-cell battery that keeps your BIOS settings backed up.

It also powers the RTC.

[Morpheus]

Whoops, I mean CMOS battery. It's a button-cell battery that keeps your BIOS settings backed up.

 

you learn something everyday :P

[jackjayatherton]

What I'd definitely suggest is to go onto ebay or amazon etc. and buy some silicon dioxide balls(a.k.a. silica gel), these are what are in those little packets inside things you buy.  Its a very good desiccator (it is extremely attracted to water, and will pull the water out of your components) what you'd do is put the components you want to dry in an airtight place e.g. one of those airtight bags with the silicon and then just wait,

 

P.S. I advise you to get the coloured ones i.e. the orange ones that will turn black when they've pulled out all the moisture they can.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Silica-Gel-Dessicant-Granules-Beads-Self-Indicating-Loose-Multilisting-/140688372885?pt=UK_Packaging_Materials&var=&hash=item20c1ae3495

[SkulD]

Thank you guys will try that trick with the rice LOL, i already took it appart and dryied it a little lika you said, now i have to wait an see if i can get the case to look nice again.

About taking the graphics card cooler, would i have problems with the thermal pads in the card? Because as far as i know those are adhesive right? If i dissasemble the card will those work again? Because i can't replace them in my country thermal pads are not sold anywhere, i have looked it up.

[qwertywarrior]

u got it wet ?

u need to teach me how to do that !!!!! wink wink

[Thunderjolt]

Take it apart and pit each part in rice. It'll attract asians who will fix your components.

 

I'M HERE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SIR?

[Warcony]

Thank you guys will try that trick with the rice LOL, i already took it appart and dryied it a little lika you said, now i have to wait an see if i can get the case to look nice again.

About taking the graphics card cooler, would i have problems with the thermal pads in the card? Because as far as i know those are adhesive right? If i dissasemble the card will those work again? Because i can't replace them in my country thermal pads are not sold anywhere, i have looked it up.

 

Some water might have seeped in between heat spreaders and components (cpu and its cooler for example), but that won't do any real physical harm.  The worst it can do is slightly decrease cooling performance.  If you can get thermal paste/compound where you are located then replace it otherwise just monitor your temperatures to make sure it's all good.

 

I cannot stress this enough: Every component HAS TO BE DRY, it is better to wait a long time to ensure this.  Be sure to check in crevices etc. 

[SkulD]

Some water might have seeped in between heat spreaders and components (cpu and its cooler for example), but that won't do any real physical harm.  The worst it can do is slightly decrease cooling performance.  If you can get thermal paste/compound where you are located then replace it otherwise just monitor your temperatures to make sure it's all good.

 

I cannot stress this enough: Every component HAS TO BE DRY, it is better to wait a long time to ensure this.  Be sure to check in crevices etc. 

Will do, I currently have all my components laying on the table with an electrical heater on low, so its blowing warm air over my stuff.

 

Also I have set a bowl of rice near my pc, no asains have showed up... yet.

[CJPowell27]

I would wait 3-4 days just to be super safe 

[leipero]

lol, I'm sorry, i don't have idea how to help you, but i had to LOL at Thread name, you made my day

[SkulD]

lol, I'm sorry, i don't have idea how to help you, but i had to LOL at Thread name, you made my day

 English is not my native language so yeah, I knew it sounded wierd but I didn't know how to say that my computer took an unwanted bath.

[FlakeyBanana]

make sure not to attempt to dry it, by using a hairdryer etc...  the heat might melt the solder

[jackjayatherton]

Thank you guys will try that trick with the rice LOL, i already took it appart and dryied it a little lika you said, now i have to wait an see if i can get the case to look nice again.

About taking the graphics card cooler, would i have problems with the thermal pads in the card? Because as far as i know those are adhesive right? If i dissasemble the card will those work again? Because i can't replace them in my country thermal pads are not sold anywhere, i have looked it up.

 

 

u got it wet ?

u need to teach me how to do that !!!!! wink wink

 

 

I'M HERE WHAT IS THE PROBLEM SIR?

 

 

Some water might have seeped in between heat spreaders and components (cpu and its cooler for example), but that won't do any real physical harm.  The worst it can do is slightly decrease cooling performance.  If you can get thermal paste/compound where you are located then replace it otherwise just monitor your temperatures to make sure it's all good.

 

I cannot stress this enough: Every component HAS TO BE DRY, it is better to wait a long time to ensure this.  Be sure to check in crevices etc. 

 

 

Will do, I currently have all my components laying on the table with an electrical heater on low, so its blowing warm air over my stuff.

 

Also I have set a bowl of rice near my pc, no asains have showed up... yet.

 

 

 English is not my native language so yeah, I knew it sounded wierd but I didn't know how to say that my computer took an unwanted bath.

 

 

lol, I'm sorry, i don't have idea how to help you, but i had to LOL at Thread name, you made my day

 

 

I would wait 3-4 days just to be super safe 

 

What I'd definitely suggest is to go onto ebay or amazon etc. and buy some silicon dioxide balls(a.k.a. silica gel), these are what are in those little packets inside things you buy.  Its a very good desiccator (it is extremely attracted to water, and will pull the water out of your components) what you'd do is put the components you want to dry in an airtight place e.g. one of those airtight bags with the silicon and then just wait,

 

P.S. I advise you to get the coloured ones i.e. the orange ones that will turn black when they've pulled out all the moisture they can.

 

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item20c1ae3495

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[TheProfosist]

Just let it dry out, thats all you can really do. Was there standing water in/on components?

[CwGoh]

Disassemble in and let it air dry for a few days. Then slowly dry it further with a hair dryer. Should be good to go.

[JordanMac]

you will be fine, strip the computer down best you can and let it dry for a week or so.