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Hello all so tonight I had my Corsair H105 leak on me today. I was trying to just change the thermal paste and the fittings came loose when i tried to move the tubes up to get to the bottom 2 screws of the CPU block. The piece of plastic that locks the tubes in place broke somehow.

 

Anyway I'm a little confused as to what to do next as everything online recommends different things and different materials to help clean the water out. The computer was unplugged and off for several hours before the spill occurred by the way. I removed and de-socketed everything I could think of. I even took apart the GPU and my main SSD to see if water got in there... it did but not a lot. I also have some airflow over the components via a window mounted AC unit.

 

Should I bathe all my comments in isopropyl alcohol given their current status or use some other cleaning material? Common sense would lead me to believe the alcohol would do the trick since it evaporates quickly but there are people out there that say it's bad so any help would be appreciated since I want the best possible chance to not have any dead components. Thanks in advance!

 

Specs:

i5-6600k OC 4.5 GHz

Corsair H105 AIO CPU cooler 

Asus Z170-A Motherboard 

16GB DDR4-2400 MHz G.Skill Ripjaws Memory 

Asus Dual RX480 4GB (the product lineup not running 2 GPUS)

EVGA 650 GQ PSU

128 M.2 SSD for boot

1tb 2.5 inch OCZ SATA SSD for main storage

1tb WD Blue HDD

Corsair 450D Mid tower case

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