Isopropyl alcohol fried my motherboard

[rukspuks]

So I opened my case yesterday to clean out the dirt and maybe add some front USB ports. I cleaned everything with isopropyl 99% industrial grade and then connected everything like it was before. But now the system is not booting up. I changed RAM, reinstalled CPU, changed PSU but nothing. There is electric charge coming inside the board but it is not booting up. I don't have a multimeter to check the voltage but I'm pretty sure it's fried. I think isopropyl did this. Beware!

[AngryBeaver]

Did you give it time to dry? I mean Alcohol evaporates fast, but if you didn't give it enough time it can short things out just like any other liquid.

[rukspuks]

1 minute ago, AngryBeaver said:

Did you give it time to dry? I mean Alcohol evaporates fast, but if you didn't give it enough time it can short things out just like any other liquid.

Around 20-30 minutes

[EPPHO]

Tried resetting cmos?

[rukspuks]

Just now, frozeNNN said:

Tried resetting cmos?

no, I didn't change anything in the bios so I don't think that will help. There is no spark when I put a metal between boot pins.

[Neftex]

you probably ripped something off when cleaning, i really doubt it was the isopropyl alcohol as that been recommended and tried many times to clean electronics

[rukspuks]

4 minutes ago, Neftex said:

you probably ripped something off when cleaning, i really doubt it was the isopropyl alcohol as that been recommended and tried many times to clean electronics

I just gave it a bath. nothing else.

[2FA]

Sorry but isopropyl alcohol will evaporate within 60 seconds at regular room temperatures and the 1% of water content will definitely be fully evaporated within 20 minutes. There is likely a loose connection somewhere, or you damaged the board through either ESD or physical means.

 

EDIT: If you actually submerged the board, I hope you took the CMOS battery out and made sure to discharge all power from the board. You should have let it dry for much longer as well since there would be water underneath the SMT components.

[DimasRMDO]

How did you clean your PC? What did you use to clean your PC?

[rukspuks]

11 hours ago, DimasRMDO said:

How did you clean your PC? What did you use to clean your PC?

I just gave the motherboard an alcohol bath using a spray bottle. That's it! No cloth, nothing.

 

11 hours ago, 2FA said:

Sorry but isopropyl alcohol will evaporate within 60 seconds at regular room temperatures and the 1% of water content will definitely be fully evaporated within 20 minutes. There is likely a loose connection somewhere, or you damaged the board through either ESD or physical means.

 

EDIT: If you actually submerged the board, I hope you took the CMOS battery out and made sure to discharge all power from the board. You should have let it dry for much longer as well since there would be water underneath the SMT components.

I used a spray bottle.

[EPPHO]

31 minutes ago, rukspuks said:

no, I didn't change anything in the bios so I don't think that will help. There is no spark when I put a metal between boot pins.

Well then you would be surprised if I told you that hardware problems are hard to understand and often logical explanation isn't a thing.