Alienware area 51

[Nasa34]

So last week I had a house fire and lost everything including my area 51. I was able to get my rig out of the basement where it sat for 24 hours under 4 feet of water. Is it possible that if I dry it out fully could it ever work

[Nasa34]

It was the new i9 rig

[Canada EH]

doubt it, its an insurance write off

 

[MadModder]

I think it's possible. I would be very OCD about drying everything out. Remove every part to dry them. RAM, CPU, everything. Be very careful with the power supply. I normally advise people not to disassemble them. I do, but I'm comfortable handling high voltage electronics due to my profession. Just disassemble every component to the best of your abilities, and dry everything fully. There's no guarantee, but I would try it if I couldn't afford to replace it. If nothing else, you might salvage some of the components.

Sorry for your troubles. That's a rough thing to deal with. Hope you were able to salvage any family and/or sentimental keepsakes. A lot of those things cannot be replaced. Best of luck.

[Tsuki]

its possible, but you'd have to let it dry for a couple weeks.

honestly though, its probably toast.

 

 

just have insurance pay for it.

[LogicalDrm]

Go for professionals for assessment. It's overall better if you'd just get new with home insurance.

[Trik'Stari]

Get a "roach motel" off amazon and try drying it out that way. It's basically an aluminum foil lined tent with a heater meant to kill bugs in electronics but it also works for drying things out.

 

I do this regularly where I work doing laptop repair. Might work, might not. I would expect the PSU to be a total loss but you might get lucky with the CPU, RAM, maybe the GPU etc. I would NOT try to dry out and reuse the power supply. Simply because if that's borked it could take the rest with it.

 

Make sure to take the CMOS battery out.

[RollinLower]

if it was plugged into the wall when it was drowned then it probably fried. honestly, getting insuranse involved is the best option here.

[Canada EH]

do what cellies do, use some sort of absorbant material like rice

[DildorTheDecent]

5 minutes ago, Canada EH said:

do what cellies do, use some sort of absorbant material like rice

that won't work. OP needs a pro to clean it with ultrasound or whatever it is.

 

Like a proper, clean every little thing type of job.

[Nasa34]

I found that the GPU works and CPU work have not checked Mobo yet or ram or psu

[WoodenMarker]

Yeah, it can. Make sure everything is completely dry though. 

 

[Nasa34]

Ty everyone for the help. But the Alien is alive