Question Water damage (?)

[romelvelaj]

Okay so:

Recently, I dropped a full glass of water down my table which proceeded to drip directly into my PC case, down to the very power source.

Thankfully, the computer wasnt turned on and i immediately unplugged everything. I then let everything dry and booted the pc the next day. No luck.

I called a friend to bring me his power supply, but he had a different idea. He opened my pc, and took out a blue plastic thingy. The computer suddenly worked.

Now, it turns out it wasnt a perfect solution. The pc doesn't turn on as it once did, I need to press the button multiple times. Also, It takes 10-20 seconds longer to boot.

Idk what that blue plastic thing was, or if it was important at all. Does anyone know what I can do now?

 

[1LiquidPC]

Can you read the motherboard model? May need to remove GPU to see. We could use manual to determine blue jumper origin.

 

[CountMike]

Any eventual damage was done at very beginning when water reached some elements and shorted them.
Best way to test is to breadboard system adding or changing any parts one by one starting with PSU. It helps if you have a system speaker/buzzer connected.

 

[USAFRet]

Any eventual damage was done at very beginning when water reached some elements and shorted them.
Best way to test is to breadboard system adding or changing any parts one by one starting with PSU. It helps if you have a system speaker/buzzer connected.

Secondary damage is done by replacing that blue jumper with the power ON:
"The thing is, whenever I put the blue thingy back on it's place in the Mb, the power immediately shuts off. As if it was obstructing the electricity flow inside the whole computer. "

 

[CountMike]

Got to find out where it was supposed to go, by the sound of it, it may be CMOS reset pins.

 

[romelvelaj]

Can you read the motherboard model? May need to remove GPU to see. We could use manual to determine blue jumper origin.

Can you read the motherboard model? May need to remove GPU to see. We could use manual to determine blue jumper origin.

The blue jumper was at the DRCT pins. i have no idea what that is.

The motherboard model is an ASUS M5 a97 R2.0

 

[romelvelaj]

guys my PC is working again. I have no idea what happened, i literally only let it rest for two hours but the signals are being sent again.

I'm happy but not satisfied, because it doesnt' feel like a long term solution...

 

[romelvelaj]

Yet another update: the hard drive seems to be broken. The Pc recognizes ist, but its really buggy and I can't access anything on it.

 

[Guardian22]

The PC has already dried. I've dried everything manually and then let it air dry for 3 days now.

The blue thing is a jumper. I have no idea what it does, tho and neither does he

Then put it back where it belongs

Either get a new/used AM3+ mobo or better yet, upgrade to the latest AM4 platform

 

[romelvelaj]

Then put it back where it belongs

Either get a new/used AM3+ mobo or better yet, upgrade to the latest AM4 platform

Putting it back where it belongs hinders me from starting the PC . . .

 

[USAFRet]

Putting it back where it belongs hinders me from starting the PC . . .

Then either:
You're putting this unknown jumper in its unknown space on the wrong pins.
or
The board is toast.

 

[romelvelaj]

Then either:
You're putting this unknown jumper in its unknown space on the wrong pins.
or
The board is toast.

That's what I don't get tho: the board isn't completely toast. It is working right now, in fact I am writing on said damaged PC. It doesn't work perfectly, the Hard drive didn't function but I made it work. I can even game...

I dont know if this will last, but so far everything is working.

 

[USAFRet]

That's what I don't get tho: the board isn't completely toast. It is working right now, in fact I am writing on said damaged PC. It doesn't work perfectly, the Hard drive didn't function but I made it work. I can even game...

I dont know if this will last, but so far everything is working.

"Partially functional" = "toast"

 

[romelvelaj]

"Partially functional" = "toast"

Well, seeing that only the harddrive is not working today, my hope is to only have to switch out the old one.

60 bucks for a harddrive is much more preferable than 600 for a Mb and a new processor + RAM

 

[USAFRet]

Identify the problem before applying a solution

Is it the drive?
The cable?
The motherboard port?

 

[romelvelaj]

Identify the problem before applying a solution

Is it the drive?
The cable?
The motherboard port?

Neither cable nor port. I switched out cable and port, the hard drive is here it's just weird. I can start steam games but not GOG games and it's just so muddled and bizzare, it's hard to place the problem..

 

[ko888]

The jumper is normally on Pins 1 and 2 of the CLRTC header:

 

[romelvelaj]

The jumper is normally on Pins 1 and 2 of the CLRTC header:

What does it do tho ?

 

[USAFRet]

What does it do tho ?

CLEAR RTC = Clear the RealTime Clock.
Reset it back to 00:00 (or whatever time is the initial default)

Doing this while the power is ON would probably cause a reboot/restart.

For future reference - Do not randomly plug things in while the power is on.
In addition, don't just randomly take things off if you do not know what they do.

 

[1LiquidPC]

Looks like a good cleaning of CPU cooler wouldn't hurt as well, looks badly clogged with dust & grime.

 

[ko888]

What does it do tho ?

Heed the warning where it says: "Removing the cap will cause system boot failure!"

 

[romelvelaj]

Heed the warning where it says: "Removing the cap will cause system boot failure!"

thanks! Put it back in where it belongs.

Hard drive problem is still prevalent. Many programs on the hard drive take forever to load (steam programs which should be no problem to boot) any thoughts?

 

[Rextus]

Upgrade to an SSD

 

[romelvelaj]

Upgrade to an SSD

Got an SSD for System and an HDD for gaming

 

[ko888]

Make sure all of your BIOS settings are set back to their optimum values for the CPU and DRAM installed in your system. The default settings may be slower than the optimum settings.