Water spilled on computer

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

Please help... I was looking through YouTube when I spilled water on my computer. No pop or juice. It got all inside the computer and mobo. I managed to unplug it within a second, but not before my audio died. There was still video output. I currently have it drying out now with a fan. What should I do? Will it be okay? When can I use it again?

It's also on the gpu 

Thank you for your help.

[Cyracus]

probably a good idea to disconnect and separate everything, you're gonna want to make sure everything is absolutely dry before you try using it again

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Nickathom said:

Please help... I was looking through YouTube when I spilled water on my computer. No pop or juice. It got all inside the computer and mobo. I managed to unplug it within a second, but not before my audio died. There was still video output. I currently have it drying out now with a fan. What should I do? Will it be okay? When can I use it again?

It's also on the gpu 

Thank you for your help.

leave it to dry out, take off all coolers/ heat sinks and leave them to dry for a week or so (being cautious) and reapply thermal pads and thermalpaste.

[dogetorhue]

Dry it the heck out. also your signature completely messes up the formatting on this page  

[Aidanlockett1]

did it get in psu? can u put up pics?

[Clockwork_princess]

just make sure its 100% dry before you test it, let it sit for days.  it will probably be fine, but any moisture and you start it up and it could die.

 

remember linus had his laptop soaked by the rain and he got it to work 

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Clockwork_princess said:

just make sure its 100% dry before you test it, it will probably be fine, but any moisture and you start it up and it could die.

 

remember linus had his laptop soaked by the rain and he got it to work 

don't remember but makes sense, as long as theres no electricity running through it when its wet it should be fine. but that begs the question it shouldn't work right? i mean water already got on it when running?

[Clockwork_princess]

1 hour ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

don't remember but makes sense, as long as theres no electricity running through it when its wet it should be fine. but that begs the question it shouldn't work right? i mean water already got on it when running?

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[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

2 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

did it get in psu? can u put up pics?

 

2 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

leave it to dry out, take off all coolers/ heat sinks and leave them to dry for a week or so (being cautious) and reapply thermal pads and thermalpaste.

It's not in the PSU.w

[Aidanlockett1]

it dosen't look as if it got in cpu so that might be fine, also ram and psu should be fine

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

1 minute ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

it dosen't look as if it got in cpu so that might be fine, also ram and psu should be fine

Yeah worst case gpu and mobo are broken...

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

3 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

it dosen't look as if it got in cpu so that might be fine, also ram and psu should be fine

Since it's only on the mobo and gpu do you think I will have to take anything apart?

[Aidanlockett1]

1 minute ago, Nickathom said:

Yeah worst case gpu and mobo are broken...

worst case, its all dead. If mobo shorts badly your fckd buuut since you turned it off fairly quickly id say you have a good chance that its only mobo that died. your one lucky ass, your gpu has a backplate, so water mightve reached it after you turned it off

[HZapperz]

2 minutes ago, Nickathom said:

Yeah worst case gpu and mobo are broken...

Thats like saying worst case, you die.

[Aidanlockett1]

Just now, Nickathom said:

Since it's only on the mobo and gpu do you think I will have to take anything apart?

still, take it apart, dry everything and please take your time you want it absolutely dry

[ARikozuM]

Take everything apart and try to give the components an alcohol bath. You can use nearly any isopropyl and a squirt bottle. The alcohol should evaporate in a few hours, I usually leave parts hanging overnight, and then blow out the slots. Take care with the socket since you'll need it removed.

[Aidanlockett1]

2 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Take everything apart and try to give the components an alcohol bath. You can use nearly any isopropyl and a squirt bottle. The alcohol should evaporate in a few hours, I usually leave parts hanging overnight, and then blow out the slots. Take care with the socket since you'll need it removed.

before u use isopropyl alcohol make sure its 99 percent because most 70 percents have some percentage of water

[asand1]

Remove the CMOS battery right now. Any electricity at this point will cause corrosion.

 

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

7 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Take everything apart and try to give the components an alcohol bath. You can use nearly any isopropyl and a squirt bottle. The alcohol should evaporate in a few hours, I usually leave parts hanging overnight, and then blow out the slots. Take care with the socket since you'll need it removed.

I don't think I need to remove the cpu cooler. There is not that much water around it. Though how would I bathe it... Like just pour alcohol on it? And what about the gpu? There's not very much and I'd prefer not to void the warranty assuming it still works as the video out never died. 

[Aidanlockett1]

isypropyl alcohol not water make sure its 90 percent.

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

3 minutes ago, Aidanlockett1 said:

isypropyl alcohol not water make sure its 90 percent.

Yeah I had a brain fart. But do I just pour the alcohol onto the parts? And will I have to take it apart fully?

[fastcar123]

You should still take it apart anyway. Even if you dont think water would have gotten somewhere. Wate has a way of getting into everything. All the little nooks an crannys that you may not be able to see. There's also a chance of water sitting on the underside of the motherboard. I highly advise you disassemble the entire rig and dry the whole thing piece by piece for 24hours. Even if a part seems dry, dry it anyway.

It needs to be dry inside and out.

Also Please remove your cmos battery. This is suppling a small current to the bios chip. If this shorts out from the water, It could damage the bios severely.

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

3 minutes ago, fastcar123 said:

You should still take it apart anyway. Even if you dont think water would have gotten somewhere. Wate has a way of getting into everything. All the little nooks an crannys that you may not be able to see. There's also a chance of water sitting on the underside of the motherboard. I highly advise you disassemble the entire rig and dry the whole thing piece by piece for 24hours. Even if a part seems dry, dry it anyway.

It needs to be dry inside and out.

Also Please remove your cmos battery. This is suppling a small current to the bios chip. If this shorts out from the water, It could damage the bios severely.

Ok... I will take it apart. Do you think I should also take apart the gpu? I'd rather not but I will if necessary. Also the cpu cooler?

[NicholasNicholasNicholas]

23 minutes ago, ARikozuM said:

Take everything apart and try to give the components an alcohol bath. You can use nearly any isopropyl and a squirt bottle. The alcohol should evaporate in a few hours, I usually leave parts hanging overnight, and then blow out the slots. Take care with the socket since you'll need it removed.

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even the gpu and the cpu cooler? 

 

[Aidanlockett1]

1 minute ago, Nickathom said:

 

take off gpu shroud and fans, and dunk it in a bucket or container of alcohol and leave it in a non conductive place to dry overnight