Water spilled in PC - your thoughts?
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From: philnblanc on 10 Jan 2010 00:15 > If it won't work you can use a process of elimination to figure out > what's toasted. The HDs will probably be alright since they're sealed. > The MB is the most exposed component and a likely culprit if the > computer doesn't work. I am inclined to think the video card got the worst of it, since water that came in through the top had to hit the vid card and run off to reach the bottom of the case.
From: philnblanc on 10 Jan 2010 00:28 On Jan 10, 12:02 am, shegeek72 <karmictara...(a)2die4.com> wrote: > On Jan 9, 8:46 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: > > How about some thoughts about how to save my hardware? > Do as someone else recommended: be sure everything is dry before > restarting the computer. Remove the memory, unplug all the > connections. I'd also take out the power supply, open it up and dry it > out, also (unless you're positive no water got inside). I gotta say am absolutely not comfortable about the idea of opening up the power supply. I am not 100% sure no water got into it, but I am 100% sure I will not open it. I have a new power supply knocking around that I can substitute. Bought it for a pal who didn't end up needing it.
From: shegeek72 on 10 Jan 2010 00:29 On Jan 9, 9:15 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: > I am inclined to think the video card got the worst of it, since water > that came in through the top had to hit the vid card and run off to > reach the bottom of the case. That would be easy to determine by popping in another vid card. You're computer will give you more than one beep during startup if it doesn't like the video card. Ditto with memory.
From: philnblanc on 10 Jan 2010 00:33 On Jan 10, 12:29 am, shegeek72 <karmictara...(a)2die4.com> wrote: > On Jan 9, 9:15 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: > > > I am inclined to think the video card got the worst of it, since water > > that came in through the top had to hit the vid card and run off to > > reach the bottom of the case. > > That would be easy to determine by popping in another vid card. You're > computer will give you more than one beep during startup if it doesn't > like the video card. Ditto with memory. OK. I don't have an extra vid card on hand, but I have one I can borrow. Not true with memory. There is no compatible memory in my household that I can borrow.
From: Sjouke Burry on 10 Jan 2010 01:06
philnblanc(a)comcast.net wrote: > On Jan 10, 12:02 am, shegeek72 <karmictara...(a)2die4.com> wrote: >> On Jan 9, 8:46 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: >> > How about some thoughts about how to save my hardware? >> Do as someone else recommended: be sure everything is dry before >> restarting the computer. Remove the memory, unplug all the >> connections. I'd also take out the power supply, open it up and dry it >> out, also (unless you're positive no water got inside). > > I gotta say am absolutely not comfortable about the idea of opening up > the power supply. I am not 100% sure no water got into it, but I am > 100% sure I will not open it. > > I have a new power supply knocking around that I can substitute. > Bought it for a pal who didn't end up needing it. It has to dry at least 1-2 weeks in a warm, dry place. Water has the nasty habit of filling narrow spaces under components, and takes a long time to evaporate. The computer is almost certainly toasted because it was plugged in early, water, dirt and electricity eat traces from the boards and cause shorts between traces by electrolysis . I had my wet watch under a microscope, and could see fractal traces of copper, shorting a few traces. |