Spilled milk on PC/ dead CPU or dead mobo

PenguinGoku · Feb 21, 2015

Sometime last week I accidentally spilled milk all inside of my PC while it was turned on. I panicked so I couldn't think to unplug the power. After about 6-10 seconds, it shut itself off. I disassembled the PC and let everything dry out for a couple of days. Then I used just the essentials (power supply, morherboard, cpu, ram) to see if I could get it to turn on. It does turn on, but turns off immediately when the CPU is in the socket. But when I take the CPU out of the socket, it will stay on. Even my GPU turns on when plugged in to the morherboard. So is my CPU dead or is the cpu socket on my motherboard that is causing the problem?

fall0ut3 · Feb 21, 2015

Not sure how a dense liquid such as milk could possibly enter the CPU's socket...You see milk has a great deal of sodium in it, so letting it dry out wont solve anything. As of now, do not put anything together and test because you could cause further damage. Right now you need to pick apart the components which were infected with milk, and those that were left untouched. Take the infected components and cleanse them with Isopropyl Alcohol, just make sure you REALLY clean your components. Second option (if you are really paranoid that there are traces of milk left on your hardware) and I'm definitely not certain about this one, but I have heard that you could fill a bucket (or a large one for your case) with Isopropyl Alcohol or something less powerfull and cheaper, and lay down your components there for a couple of hours (or minutes; again I'm not confident how you would go about doing this method).

Few notes:
No need to clean inside slots, milk is way too dense to get into these little openings (unless when you took apart your components you dripped little drops of milk inside)
Test only essentials
Check individually if fans work because the last thing you want is to clean your system and have it running only to find out your fans are dead, which then could risk doing damage.

PenguinGoku · Feb 21, 2015

fall0ut3 :

Not sure how a dense liquid such as milk could possibly enter the CPU's socket...You see milk has a great deal of sodium in it, so letting it dry out wont solve anything. As of now, do not put anything together and test because you could cause further damage. Right now you need to pick apart the components which were infected with milk, and those that were left untouched. Take the infected components and cleanse them with Isopropyl Alcohol, just make sure you REALLY clean your components. Second option (if you are really paranoid that there are traces of milk left on your hardware) and I'm definitely not certain about this one, but I have heard that you could fill a bucket (or a large one for your case) with Isopropyl Alcohol or something less powerfull and cheaper, and lay down your components there for a couple of hours (or minutes; again I'm not confident how you would go about doing this method).

Few notes:
No need to clean inside slots, milk is way too dense to get into these little openings (unless when you took apart your components you dripped little drops of milk inside)
Test only essentials
Check individually if fans work because the last thing you want is to clean your system and have it running only to find out your fans are dead, which then could risk doing damage.

well its too late for that. i've already tried testing everything. i did clean as much as i could with 91% isopropyl alcohol

fall0ut3 · Feb 21, 2015

PenguinGoku :

fall0ut3 :

well its too late for that. i've already tried testing everything. i did clean as much as i could with 91% isopropyl alcohol

Ok....Does it work now?

PenguinGoku · Feb 21, 2015

fall0ut3 :

PenguinGoku :

Ok....Does it work now?

no, it does what i said it does in my original post. it comes on and stays on when the cpu is not in the socket. but when the cpu is in the socket, it comes on for a second and then shuts off

fall0ut3 · Feb 21, 2015

PenguinGoku :

fall0ut3 :

no, it does what i said it does in my original post. it comes on and stays on when the cpu is not in the socket. but when the cpu is in the socket, it comes on for a second and then shuts off

Your computer powering on without the CPU is as useless as when it shuts down with the CPU. Have your computer tested with a different CPU and see if the problem persist.

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