Water spilled in PC - your thoughts?
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From: do_not_spam_me on 10 Jan 2010 11:45 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. Good idea, because when a supply is damaged on the high voltage side (supplies have a high voltage side and a low voltage side that's isolated from the former), the large, high voltage (200-500V) capacitors may never discharge normally and have to be discharged manually. Unfortunately doing that can require moving the PC board, a process that itself can cause accidental contact with those capacitors. If you ever disassemble a supply for another purpose, such as to replace its fan, do not operate it until the cover is fully reinstalled, including its screws. The cover will provide protecton from electrical shock, provided the supply is plugged into a grounded AC outlet, and prevent injury if a capacitor explodes.
From: Charlie on 10 Jan 2010 14:37 "Toolpackinmama" <philnblanc(a)comcast.net> wrote in message news:hibukf$aoo$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > 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. :) Mineral spirits is *NOT* methyl alcohol but a petroleum based solvent. I would not use mineral spirits on a computer. Methyl alcohol also called methanol, wood alcohol or wood spirits is also sold in most paint stores. Charlie
From: frischmoutt on 10 Jan 2010 16:01 <philnblanc(a)comcast.net> a �crit dans le message de news: 65511d2e-47d1-44e5-8e08-dbb63c95a642(a)u37g2000vbc.googlegroups.com... > Toolpackinmama here, > > My friends, never mind why I didn't know better than to perch the > Captain Kirk water globe I got for Xmas on top of my computer. It was > a narrow cylindrical water-filled teleporter that lit up n stuff, and > I just wanted to look at it a lot, OK? > > I bumped my desk too hard when I clumsily stood up tonight, and the > thing tipped over and shattered. That alone was tragedy enough, but > the water within ran into the fan opening in the top of my PC. Oy, > we're talking sizzling sound, sudden shut-down, broken glass, and > water on and in the PC. Unplug everything, put a big fan in front of the open case and all the stuff inside for one day or more. Wait for one or two days while drying. Check everything by visual inspection, replug the stuff and turni it on. That's all. Don't use any solvent or so.
From: david on 10 Jan 2010 21:10 On Sat, 09 Jan 2010 23:03:17 -0800, nobody > rearranged some electrons to say: > 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. This is the worst idea I have heard. Mineral spirts is not methanol. Methanol is what you want.
From: Skybuck Flying on 10 Jan 2010 22:34
1. Take it apart. 2. Dry it. 3. Put it back in one piece. 4. Test it. No big deal. Let us know how it goes. Also can you provide us with a picture of the thing that fell on it ? =D It sounded kinda interesting. How the hell did it fall on it ? Was the PC on the ground ? (I would not place PC's with vents on the top on the ground... way too much risk of something falling in it ! ;)) Anyway if you have any problems with the hardware... then come back here ! ;) Bye, Skybuck. |