I spilled tea on my desktop tower

[John_477]

I spilled a small bit of tea ontop of my desktop and a little bit got on the power button and now my computer wont turn on, please help, i dont think it was enough to get onto the motherboard but could it be that i need a new power button?

 

[Guest]

Can you still power up the system by shorting the PWR pins on the motherboard's front panel connectors? If so, the power button might have been affected.

 

[JamesSneed]

It sounds like from what you describe the power button should be the only thing impacted. Those are pretty simple switches that either create or close a circuit. I would try it out again after a few hours pass and see if just letting the water in tea evaporate fixes the issue.

 

[John_477]

Can you still power up the system by shorting the PWR pins on the motherboard's front panel connectors? If so, the power button might have been affected.

Im sorry but i dont know where to locate that on my motherboard

 

[Guest]

Can you still power up the system by shorting the PWR pins on the motherboard's front panel connectors? If so, the power button might have been affected.

Im sorry but i dont know where to locate that on my motherboard

There are a set of pins which you connect the power and HDD lights as well as the power and reset buttons - as the layout is not standard and can vary, I suggest you refer to the motherboard's manual.