Water spilled in PC - your thoughts?
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From: philnblanc on 9 Jan 2010 23:10 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. I had the wits to unplug the PC and everything attached. I knew enough to carefully open the case and tenderly blot out all the visible water with a paper towel. My husband who is A+ certified and a big know-it-all plugged it back in at that point and got it to boot. I was ecstatic. Two minutes later it bluescreened, refused to reboot, and now I have it unplugged, opened up, and drying out. Please give me any thoughts you have about how to save my PC. The thought occurred to me to disassemble it and dry it more carefully, but I also thought that moisture might creep in to places it didn't go yet if I took it apart right now.
From: "nobody >" on 9 Jan 2010 23:27 philnblanc(a)comcast.net wrote: > 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. > > I had the wits to unplug the PC and everything attached. I knew > enough to carefully open the case and tenderly blot out all the > visible water with a paper towel. > > My husband who is A+ certified and a big know-it-all plugged it back > in at that point and got it to boot. I was ecstatic. > > Two minutes later it bluescreened, refused to reboot, and now I have > it unplugged, opened up, and drying out. > > Please give me any thoughts you have about how to save my PC. > > The thought occurred to me to disassemble it and dry it more > carefully, but I also thought that moisture might creep in to places > it didn't go yet if I took it apart right now. It may be too late after your A+ "certifiable" SO did his thing. But drying it out completely can't hurt. One thing that helps is dousing everything in methyl alcohol to absorb the water.
From: philnblanc on 9 Jan 2010 23:34 > 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?
From: shegeek72 on 9 Jan 2010 23:37 On Jan 9, 8:27 pm, "nobody >" <usenetharves...(a)aol.com> wrote: > It may be too late after your A+ "certifiable" SO did his thing. Perhaps he's certifiable in something else. ;)
From: shegeek72 on 10 Jan 2010 00:02
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). Use a blow dryer. Perhaps leave it overnight. Then reassemble everything, turn it on and hope for the best. 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. |