Question MSI Z490 EZ Debug CPU light on after water damage ?

[17madman]

I had some water spill into the top of my desktop tower while it was on, and after turning it off, taking everything apart and drying it off its unable to start up again. I switched out my GPU to make sure that's not the issue, and now every time I turn on the computer I get no display (although I did get "preparing automatic repair" once , although a few seconds later this changed to black and never changed back) and the motherboard debug CPU light is lit up white. I've tried resetting the motherboard CMOS, but that hasn't done anything either. I assume the water must have fried something, but is there any way I can tell if it's the motherboard that needs to be replaced or just the CPU?

 

[lvt]

although I did get "preparing automatic repair" once

This could be a sign that the CPU is still intact and some components on the motherboard are damaged (capacitor, VRM...)

 

[lvt]

BTW did you check the RAM sticks?

 

[Icebang]

Hello ,

Have you found a solution?
I have the same problem, a watecooling leak just above the CPU. I have cleaned everything with isopropyl alcohol. Sometimes I have access to the repair system then as soon as the pc tries to boot on windows it freezes. but sometimes just the CPU LED stays fixed red. I'm hesitating to order a CM to test as I don't know anyone with a LGA 1700 socket. i tried other ram and same issue ... Thanks in advance for your reply.