Depends on where it flows.I'm certainly not gonna do it, and I know it'll kill it.
But what happens if you put water on a computer? Will it just die or will something more... interesting happen?
Lets say we spilled it on the graphics cardDepends on where it flows.
Shorting something out is certainly possible.
Depending on what that is, it might also kill something else.
Irrelevant.Lets say we spilled it on the graphics card
The downside to fans mounted in the top panel of the case is a spilled cup of coffee can be fatal
Oil, alcohol and other non-conductive liquids with limited to no ability to pick up typical sources of ions that could make them conductive would most likely be fine. Clean-up could be nasty though. With alcohol, the bigger concern would be it finding an ignition source before it finishes evaporating.Not just coffee, any liquid will do.
😆I want to up vote that but it wouldn’t be prudentWater is a portal for the magic smoke to get back to it's own plane of existence.
Unless you drop distilled water on a grain of salt or some other form of highly concentrated ion source, it will take a while for distilled water to leech enough stuff from whatever it splashed to become conductive. It should give you more than enough time to turn the computer off and avoid any significant damage.Everyone wants to give some magical "pure water isn't conductive" line. But even if you spill distilled water into your box there is more than likely enough soluble contaminants to really mess things up.
I challenge you to test this hypothesis on your machine. There is more than enough inorganic salts in the dust in most established machines to make that water conductive. Let alone any potential residues from the manufacturing process like left over flux especially in your power supply. I know they use DI water to clean boards off post production, but they also quasi bake them to evaporate the left over water and certainly not while powered up. They also have to constantly filter that water to reduce TDS to a very low level. Please do not dump water in your computer, it will be bad regardless of argued semantics. Even if it doesn't explode at the very best you are going to get corrosion to develop over board traces and solder points and premature board failure.Unless you drop distilled water on a grain of salt or some other form of highly concentrated ion source, it will take a while for distilled water to leech enough stuff from whatever it splashed to become conductive. It should give you more than enough time to turn the computer off and avoid any significant damage.
There is no need to, someone already has and put the video up on YT.I challenge you to test this hypothesis on your machine.
So it pretty much trashed the board by corroding and frying traces and a power supply with 120 or 220 (EU) was never tested which would have popped when the remaining board flux dissolved. It was also a clean setup without the typical layer of lint and debris that most machines in service have. I think that you are really supporting my point, rather than refuting it. Somehow methinks dumping a glass of distilled water in the top of a functioning vertical vented case with psu on the bottom is going to be a bit more exciting than his video.There is no need to, someone already has and put the video up on YT.
You have about two minutes to shut down the computer if it doesn't do so by itself before any major board damage happens if distilled water happens to fall right on top of a power management IC that has 12+V going to it.
Damage will be much slower if the water falls on 1.2V stuff.
Do it and let us know what happensI get 35 gallons of distilled water delivered every month (cooking and drinking use) Should I pour it all over my PC? LOL