Advice needed after spilling water into PC

[TheGasMan]

I am having problems with my PC after I accidentally spilt a bottle of water into the case while it was turned on, the video output immediately died as I think the vast majority of the water landed on the gpu. 

I took the entire system apart and left the components to dry and I also took the gpu apart and cleaned the water stained parts of the board with isopronynal alcohol and qtips, then dried it out with a hairdryer.

 

The GPU seems completely dead, it lights up but the fans dont spin and there is no display output on it whatsoever. The PC works on integrated graphics but the screen flickers intermittently. 

 

I have concluded I need a new board and GPU but is there anything else I can try to do to save them? Its a R9 390 MSI gaming and a gigabyte z170 board if thats relevant. 

 

Any help would be much appreciated! :)

[homeap5]

Try to clean eveything with clean alcohol (95% minimum) and dry it after using some dryer. Even Linus did that once on some video in similar case.

 

About GPU - you must remove cooler first, then clean.

[Fasauceome]

Using the sun to dry helps.

[BigDamn]

If you suspect that anything is wrong with the motherboard, try the GPU in another system to make sure it is truly dead. It's possible that you just killed your PCI-E slot (unlikely, but be optimistic here). With that said, if the PC boots with that motherboard than don't worry about the onboard video flickering, since you will be using a dedicated GPU.

 

Lastly, put anything that was affected in rice if you can. This will absorb all the moisture and may help you. Even if it looks dry to you, it may not be completely. Best of luck to you my man.

 

P.S how tf did you spill water in to you PC

[Ashleyyyy]

maybe it's me but if something like that happened to my pc i would never trust the power supply ever again. 

[Ashleyyyy]

6 minutes ago, dogger20011 said:

P.S how tf did you spill water in to you PC

seems quite easy if it's on the floor. if you knock something off your desk it will land on it... 

[BigDamn]

Just now, firelighter487 said:

seems quite easy if it's on the floor. if you knock something off your desk it will land on it... 

Not sure about you, but my PC has a top on it

[monjessenstein]

8 minutes ago, dogger20011 said:

Not sure about you, but my PC has a top on it

Could have had fans/fan mounts on top though.

[Herman Mcpootis]

30 minutes ago, dogger20011 said:

Not sure about you, but my PC has a top on it

lots of cases have holes on the top for fan mounts, so water can enter the PC if it spilled on the top.

[Emanbaird]

This is my BIGGEST fear, i've nearly messed it up so many times

[Ashleyyyy]

5 hours ago, dogger20011 said:

Not sure about you, but my PC has a top on it

mine does too, but i have an unusual case. i have this case:

https://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index.php?model=rv03&area=en

and it's designed so all the I/O is at the top.

[BigDamn]

1 hour ago, firelighter487 said:

mine does too, but i have an unusual case. i have this case:

https://www.silverstonetek.com/raven/products/index.php?model=rv03&area=en

and it's designed so all the I/O is at the top.

Damn. Haven't seen a case like that before. Pretty neat

[Ashleyyyy]

Just now, dogger20011 said:

Damn. Haven't seen a case like that before. Pretty neat

i know. i have it because it supports my dual-socket motherboard.

[TheGasMan]

After getting a new GPU; friend had just upgraded to a vega 64 and had a 780 hanging around and the PC seems to function perfectly again. Unfortunate about the broken 390 though.....tempted to stick it in the oven and hope for the best to see if I can get it going again!