Spilled liquid on my GPU while my PC was on, is there ANY way to 'unfry' it?

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I recently had a family member spill a little bit of water on my GPU while my PC was running. I wasn't there when she spilled it but it was running for at least 20 minutes before my PC just shutoff.

When I tried restarting it after (before she told me), my PC would made a click when I pressed 'power on' then did nothing. After she told me, I immediately removed it and wiped everything over then dried it for a day.

After putting it back in, I restarted my PC and got a different result; it booted past BIOS but as soon as the windows logo popped up, the screen went black and nothing happened.

I changed all of my power adapters and moved it the the bottom PCI-e and got another changing result; it now boots to windows help screen. I've triedall the repairs options, but to no avail.

I do not want to sound rude but, PLEASE ONLY RESPOND IF YOU ARE 100% SURE OF WHAT YOU ARE SAYING.


Many people have said that nothing would happen beyond the first result, but they have (hence the statement above).

Is there ANY WAY WHATSOEVER to 'unfry'
my GPU?

Is it completely fried?

Is there ANYTHING I can do besides RMA?

And I don't want to come off rude or [icky, but please only respond if you ABSOLUTELY know what you are talking about. Thanks!
 
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Still worth a try? I have thermal paste and rice laying around.
 
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Is the GPU removeable from the PCB or do I put it in the rice with it still attached?

See the issue with my RMA is: It wasn't water that was spilled, it was ramen soup, so I knew I couldn't RMA it with the soup spilled on it and the smell leaching off it. In order to have any chance of revival I had to unscrew the 2 pins that state "void warranty if removed", so unless I can laminate a printed version of those stickers and re-apply them, RMA isn't really an option. And not sure if this helps or not, but my PC ran fine for about 20 minutes after it spilled.
 
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Since it was soup you will need to remove the fan and heatsink and clean the board thoroughly with isopropyl alcohol ,no need to put it in rice as the water will have evaporated by now.The alcohol will evaporate really quickly then you can rebuild it.
I think you only have a small chance of recovering the GPU.
Do you have household insurance that covers accidental damage ?
 
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Ok, so I removed the fans and heatsink and cleaned as much as I could with tissue and rubbing alcohol, however, some of the parts of the board were not accessible so perhaps this is fixable by putting it in the rice? (I also scrubbed other parts of the board with a toothbrush for small or hard-to-reach spots.

Is rubbing alcohol sufficient?

And any idea what about the GPU is 'done'? As far as I can tell, there is no way to get 'in it'.
 
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Ya, it'd be tough but in case I everything else fails, I'll give it a shot.

I can't remove it from the PCB however I pored rice over all reachable components. Fingers crossed, will update in the morning thanks!
 
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