No response on power up

KyleJH04 · May 3, 2017

Hey guys. So around a week ago I turned on my PC, and right as I did, I spilled a small glass of water on the top of the case. Small as in maybe a sip or two. I immediately unplugged the computer. I then opened the side, wiped off everything I could, then proceeded to take apart everything to clean it all with 90% alcohol.

I noticed that on the one side of the motherboard, the alcohol left a weird whitish residue on it, so I stopped using the alcohol after that. I have waited a week since doing anything, to ensure everything was 100% dry.

I put everything back together, and when I power it up, nothing happens, no fans, no lights, no beeps, nothing.

I have stripped it down to just the board, cpu fan, and RAM, and still no response. Any thoughts? I guess it sounds like the motherboard, but is there anyway to test without me having to buy a new one?

Here is my build: Link

It's been a while since i've built this, so I could(hopefully) just be forgetting a connector or something, since I doubt the water could do this, since I waited such a long time and it was so little water.

Here are some images of the minimal setup I'm trying: (Just shorting out the power pins to turn it on
http://imgur.com/vmAZPZI
http://imgur.com/pTOFf4Z

Thanks a lot!

kelvinhall05 · May 3, 2017

Picture of the residue? Try cleaning that off.

Spenser1337 · May 3, 2017

Uh how did the water get into the case

KyleJH04 · May 3, 2017

46 minutes ago, kelvinhall05 said:

Picture of the residue? Try cleaning that off.

With what? The alcohol is what made it in the first place

41 minutes ago, Spenser1337 said:

Uh how did the water get into the case

Look at the case. Mesh on the top

Image of residue Wow, looks way worse with a camera flash.. Guess you can't believe everything you read on the internet, wiping alcohol on a PCB is not the way to go..