Water spilled in PC - your thoughts?
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From: shegeek72 on 10 Jan 2010 01:38 On Jan 9, 9:28 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: > 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. Glad to hear you got it working. :) Power supplies are a piece of cake to open. There are a few screws holding the cover on. Just unscrew them and pop the top off. I replaced the fans in a PSU when one died and I wanted to replace the other fan with a more powerful one. Duck soup. It also gives you a chance to thoroughly blow out all the dust that collects inside.
From: Toolpackinmama on 10 Jan 2010 01:54 On 1/10/2010 1:38 AM, shegeek72 wrote: > On Jan 9, 9:28 pm, philnbl...(a)comcast.net wrote: >> 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. > > Glad to hear you got it working. :) Well I don't feel I am out of the woods yet. The thing has frozen and needed to be restarted a couple of times. At least the Video card works. Now I am concerned about the RAM, cos it was also in the line-of-water-not-fire. > Power supplies are a piece of cake to open. There are a few screws > holding the cover on. Just unscrew them and pop the top off. I > replaced the fans in a PSU when one died and I wanted to replace the > other fan with a more powerful one. Duck soup. It also gives you a > chance to thoroughly blow out all the dust that collects inside. I am not comfortable with attempting to repair components. I assemble components with confidence, but I don't want to take them apart. My knowledge about PC hardware is mediocre. That's why I am here, to hopefully learn something. But would you take advice you got from strangers on the internet? Maybe in some cases, but certainly not in all. But the intelligence level in this group is quite high, and over the years you lovely people have earned my trust, generally. That's why I turn to you in my personal time of crisis. Nevertheless, I reserve the right to not take your advice, no matter how right or well-meant. You might be excellent in your advice, but I promise I am not excellent always at following advice. Not because I am oppositional, but because I am not excellent, LOL. I have developed a healthy respect for my own stupidity. :)
From: "nobody >" on 10 Jan 2010 02:03 philnblanc(a)comcast.net wrote: >> It may be too late after your A+ "certifiable" SO did his thing. > > Heh. I actually tried to stop him. >> But drying it out completely can't hurt. One thing that helps is dousing >> everything in methyl alcohol to absorb the water. > > Pure methyl alcohol? Where do I get something like that? > > > Buy a can of "mineral spirits" at a paint store or hardware store.
From: Toolpackinmama on 10 Jan 2010 02:12 On 1/10/2010 2:03 AM, nobody > wrote: > philnblanc(a)comcast.net wrote: >>> It may be too late after your A+ "certifiable" SO did his thing. >> >> Heh. I actually tried to stop him. >>> But drying it out completely can't hurt. One thing that helps is dousing >>> everything in methyl alcohol to absorb the water. >> >> Pure methyl alcohol? Where do I get something like that? >> >> >> > > Buy a can of "mineral spirits" at a paint store or hardware store. What? Mineral spirits IS methyl alcohol? I didn't know that. Then again, I never claimed to know that, so nobody has a right to be outraged. :)
From: shegeek72 on 10 Jan 2010 02:52
On Jan 9, 10:54 pm, Toolpackinmama <philnbl...(a)comcast.net> wrote: > Nevertheless, I reserve the right to not take your advice, no matter how > right or well-meant. Good thinking. My advice is: <g> If it's still freezing shut it down and let it thoroughly dry out. Disassemble it as much as possible (like I said), remove the RAM, pull out all the cards and disconnect everything. Blow with a blow dryer and let it sit overnight. |