- Jan 17, 2014
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Ok, so in a "I am the dumbest man alive" moment:
I just got my second GTX 760 to SLI. I was also getting ready to install some new fans so I pulled most of my components out of my PC to reorganize wires and what not.
Well it seems once I got everything apart it was pretty late so I figured I'd just come back to it the next day. The cats electric water fountain (yes no need to discuss cats or the fact that they have a fountain) is stored in the office where the computer is, so since I had all of the computer parts lying all over the place I figured I'd just take the fountain and put it in the hall.
As I was picking up the awkward device full of water (apparently I think i'm superman and didn't take any precautions) and open the door to put it in the hall, about a cup full of water spills out and low and behold directly onto BOTH of my GTX 760's that were laid out on a box.
One of the 760's was pretty much completely covered and the other just had some residual splash from the main one getting hit. First, I cursed myself for being such an imbecile since I haven't even hooked these graphics cards up yet (just got them in the mail today).
I then blotted up any water I could visibly see with paper towel, after that I got a new can of compressed air and blew off as much of the water on the cards as I could before the pressure ran out of the can / the can began icing over on the outside from over use. I then went and filled 2 boxes with rice and completely submerged the GPU's in them. I am leaving them there all day today and when I get home from work I will use a blow dryer to remove any excess moisture that may not have come off in the rice before plugging them in and testing.
My questions are:
1) I did not have any rubbing alcohol lying around to take a toothbrush to it. I'm hoping between the quick paper towel blotting, condensed air and rice I should be okay? Feedback on this would be appreciated.
2 and most importantly) Do you think the card(s) will be okay? They were unpowered and not connected to anything else, so everything i've read in other places seems to say that they have a much better chance than if it were plugged in.
3) If the cards DO power on, is there any tests or anything i can do to verify they are running properly? I just want to be sure that even if they do power on (which is the main hurdle) that I''m not running the system with damaged goods or am not able to achieve the speeds that I should be able to/graphical potential due to some unknown water damage.
As can be expected, my heart is sinking due to the fact that I had just purchased them that day (yesterday) and hadn't even got them into my PC before being an idiot and spilling water all over them. Any feedback is appreciated!
I just got my second GTX 760 to SLI. I was also getting ready to install some new fans so I pulled most of my components out of my PC to reorganize wires and what not.
Well it seems once I got everything apart it was pretty late so I figured I'd just come back to it the next day. The cats electric water fountain (yes no need to discuss cats or the fact that they have a fountain) is stored in the office where the computer is, so since I had all of the computer parts lying all over the place I figured I'd just take the fountain and put it in the hall.
As I was picking up the awkward device full of water (apparently I think i'm superman and didn't take any precautions) and open the door to put it in the hall, about a cup full of water spills out and low and behold directly onto BOTH of my GTX 760's that were laid out on a box.
One of the 760's was pretty much completely covered and the other just had some residual splash from the main one getting hit. First, I cursed myself for being such an imbecile since I haven't even hooked these graphics cards up yet (just got them in the mail today).
I then blotted up any water I could visibly see with paper towel, after that I got a new can of compressed air and blew off as much of the water on the cards as I could before the pressure ran out of the can / the can began icing over on the outside from over use. I then went and filled 2 boxes with rice and completely submerged the GPU's in them. I am leaving them there all day today and when I get home from work I will use a blow dryer to remove any excess moisture that may not have come off in the rice before plugging them in and testing.
My questions are:
1) I did not have any rubbing alcohol lying around to take a toothbrush to it. I'm hoping between the quick paper towel blotting, condensed air and rice I should be okay? Feedback on this would be appreciated.
2 and most importantly) Do you think the card(s) will be okay? They were unpowered and not connected to anything else, so everything i've read in other places seems to say that they have a much better chance than if it were plugged in.
3) If the cards DO power on, is there any tests or anything i can do to verify they are running properly? I just want to be sure that even if they do power on (which is the main hurdle) that I''m not running the system with damaged goods or am not able to achieve the speeds that I should be able to/graphical potential due to some unknown water damage.
As can be expected, my heart is sinking due to the fact that I had just purchased them that day (yesterday) and hadn't even got them into my PC before being an idiot and spilling water all over them. Any feedback is appreciated!
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