Need Help ASAP

[ItWasEnder]

I just spilled stuff on my computer not 3 seconds ago, I dismantled the entire thing and cleaned off the drops on the mother board and cpu with a towl. Is it ok to use a towl? Also my computer is cover in dust and when the liquid fell on the cpu heat sink it got all gunked up, I don't have any compressed air, non static cloths, or thermal paste. What should I do?

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, EnderGaming said:

I just spilled stuff on my computer not 3 seconds ago, I dismantled the entire thing and cleaned off the drops on the mother board and cpu with a towl. Is it ok to use a towl? Also my computer is cover in dust and when the liquid fell on the cpu heat sink it got all gunked up, I don't have any compressed air, non static cloths, or thermal paste. What should I do?

Put the stuff in rice. For the stuff that's too big, leave it out to dry for a long time.

[ItWasEnder]

Just now, Starelementpoke said:

Put the stuff in rice. For the stuff that's too big, leave it out to dry for a long time.

it wasnt directly on it more like back splash from hitting my wall idk if it shorted i just puled everything out of it, and idk if i have rice GG?

[RezChi]

If possible, get some isopropyl alcohol and those coffee filters to try and clean some of the stuff off

[Dash Lambda]

I'm assuming this is a desktop?

In any case, keep it off, make sure there is no power at all, and you can basically just leave it out to dry. You'll probably want to dry off metallic components with a towel (yes, a towel's fine, so is paper towel, tissue, and microfiber), just to avoid corrosion.

And for the love of god clean out that dust after it's dry.

[Starelementpoke]

1 minute ago, EnderGaming said:

it wasnt directly on it more like back splash from hitting my wall idk if it shorted i just puled everything out of it, and idk if i have rice GG?

Better safe than sorry. If you don't have rice, dry off as much water as you can with paper towels and such, and leave everything to dry for awhile. And by awhile, I mean like a week min in a warm place.

[ANCIENTSTIGG]

Wait until you can go buy some paste and board cleaner. DO NOT use synthetic materials anywhere near the board or cpu. Wait until you can go buy some paste and board cleaner. DO NOT use synthetic materials anywhere near the board or cpu.

[ItWasEnder]

I got about 20 bucks and I would have to check on that alcohol stuff, but i used a towl to clean off all the droplets and whipe the cpu, I sill have my heat sing full of a mix of soda & dust in between the fins and i cant submerge it b/c I haven't got any thermal paste

[ItWasEnder]

1 minute ago, ANCIENTSTIGG said:

Wait until you can go buy some paste and board cleaner. DO NOT use synthetic materials anywhere near the board or cpu. Wait until you can go buy some paste and board cleaner. DO NOT use synthetic materials anywhere near the board or cpu.

literally dabbed it with the corners of a towl

 

[ANCIENTSTIGG]

Use a pure bristle paint brush for the heatsink.

[ItWasEnder]

3 minutes ago, Dash Lambda said:

I'm assuming this is a desktop?

In any case, keep it off, make sure there is no power at all, and you can basically just leave it out to dry. You'll probably want to dry off metallic components with a towel (yes, a towel's fine, so is paper towel, tissue, and microfiber), just to avoid corrosion.

And for the love of god clean out that dust after it's dry.

literally, the moment i hit my cup i flip my pc over to avoid liquids hitting the mobo, then diamante everything on my table, everything back to square 1

[stealth80]

been a lot of posts like this recently, I don't know how people manage it. Anyway, do as others have said already regarding letting it dry. You did the right thing switching it off asap. Chances are that if YOU switched it off and it didn't do it itself - I guess it will be ok. Just be patient regards letting it dry out, like 1 - 2 days

[ItWasEnder]

do you think walmart sells cheap compressed air?

 

[ItWasEnder]

1 minute ago, stealth80 said:

been a lot of posts like this recently, I don't know how people manage it. Anyway, do as others have said already regarding letting it dry. You did the right thing switching it off asap. Chances are that if YOU switched it off and it didn't do it itself - I guess it will be ok. Just be patient regards letting it dry out, like 1 - 2 days

i may have not wither i pulled it from he wall or something or fomr the computer but i didnt really have time to look at what i was doing just took it appart on my kitchen able

[ItWasEnder]

1 minute ago, EnderGaming said:

i may have not wither i pulled it from he wall or something or fomr the computer but i didnt really have time to look at what i was doing just took it appart on my kitchen able

i think it need to be cleaned better it was soda and not water that spileld on it

[ItWasEnder]

1 minute ago, EnderGaming said:

i think it need to be cleaned better it was soda and not water that spileld on it

i think I am going to jog to walmart and pickup some compressed air real quick

[WkdPaul]

Moved to Troubleshooting

[ANCIENTSTIGG]

grab a pure bristle paint brush while your at it. i have been using them for many many years and never a problem.... great for where the air cannot move fluff.... not nylon PURE BRISTLE.

[ItWasEnder]

1 minute ago, ANCIENTSTIGG said:

grab a pure bristle paint brush while your at it. i have been using them for many many years and never a problem.... great for where the air cannot move fluff.... not nylon PURE BRISTLE.

alright i'll see

[ItWasEnder]

We'll I don't have rice and it wouldn't matter b/c I don't have a gpu and putting a psu in rice would be tedious... But I bought some paint brushes and cleaned out my CPU cooler and got compressed air for everything else

[ItWasEnder]

5 hours ago, stealth80 said:

been a lot of posts like this recently, I don't know how people manage it. Anyway, do as others have said already regarding letting it dry. You did the right thing switching it off asap. Chances are that if YOU switched it off and it didn't do it itself - I guess it will be ok. Just be patient regards letting it dry out, like 1 - 2 days

How do I fix this mess?

psu extreme dust

[stealth80]

i use a new paint brush and compressed air, you can buy tins of it in a lot of places