Let me begin with saying that I am an idiot in distress here. I just accidentally spilled some water on my brand new PC that I built for myself, its really devastating especially since I've had a lot of trouble with broken hardware and set-up and glitches with it, and it has been working well for only maybe 2 weeks. I spilled some water on the side and a tiny bit on the top. I saw some droplets on the Hyper 212 + heatsink installed in the system but only a small amount and no water was near the motherboard or RAM. There was however some water on the shroud of the GPU and a few droplets on the back of it as well. The thing that worries me the most is that there were a bunch of droplets on the PSU fan that I think were still there when the fan was spinning, maybe pushing the droplets into the PSU itself. The worst is that the system was on when it was exposed to the water. It continued running normally for the 30 seconds it was on before I manually shut it down in Windows. I thoroughly inspected the case and the components, dried them carefully, and did some final inspection. Just to see how terrible the damage was, I booted up the system again (probably shouldn't have done that though right?). The system booted normally but after maybe 2 minutes of being on it just shut off. I took it apart again removed the video card checked the PCIe slot for water, double checked all the components, triple checked the video card, dried off some more, and reinserted the card. The system booted normally and then shut off a few minutes into being on. I have disassembled much of the PC now and it is sitting to dry. My questions for YOU good helpful people are as follows:
1. Have I killed my brand new PC based on my descriptions?
2. I think the damaged part (if there is permanent damage) is the PSU since the system just shuts off quickly. Would you agree with that statement?
3. What steps should I take to make sure my hardware is safe if it is at all possible?
4. How long should I wait before rebuilding and testing the system?
Thank you so much!!!!!!
1. Have I killed my brand new PC based on my descriptions?
2. I think the damaged part (if there is permanent damage) is the PSU since the system just shuts off quickly. Would you agree with that statement?
3. What steps should I take to make sure my hardware is safe if it is at all possible?
4. How long should I wait before rebuilding and testing the system?
Thank you so much!!!!!!