A little bit of water got in my pc, and now it won't turn on.

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Hey everyone,

So I'm kinda panicking because I spilled water near and on some of my pc. The water was isolated to the top and sides off the case. And after working fine for a few minutes, it froze. Originally it would turn on, and then cycle on and off every 3 seconds with fans spinning and everything but no display. In my panic, I changed my power supply and now it won't turn on at all. I have since changed the power supply back and there's either no response or it just cycles through a power cycle every 5-6 seconds. I pressed the CLR CMOS button on the back of my pc and now it won't turn on at all :/. Right now I'm just letting it sit. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

My components:

1. ATI Z77 Extreme 4 Motherboard
2. Corsair CX600 PSU
3. GeForce GTX 760
4. 12gb DDR3 RAM
5. Intel I5 3770k

 
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Ralston18
Finding the cause of "it won't turn on" is the key.

Let it all dry out. Unplug, open the case, and point a small fan at the insides. Not a hard breeze, just enough to have some air flow going through everything.

Then take the pc all apart and let things dry more. Pull the memory, the CPU, GPU, hard drive, everything that you can.

Take photos and keep notes so you can reassemble later.

While your hard drive or SSD is out - make a clone or image of it if you can. Or just back up crucial data if that is all you feel the need to do.

Inspect all individual components, connectors, jumpers, for signs of electrical damage. Black smudges, melting, corrosion; any damage at all.

If everything appears to be okay, reassemble but only...
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Finding the cause of "it won't turn on" is the key.

Let it all dry out. Unplug, open the case, and point a small fan at the insides. Not a hard breeze, just enough to have some air flow going through everything.

Then take the pc all apart and let things dry more. Pull the memory, the CPU, GPU, hard drive, everything that you can.

Take photos and keep notes so you can reassemble later.

While your hard drive or SSD is out - make a clone or image of it if you can. Or just back up crucial data if that is all you feel the need to do.

Inspect all individual components, connectors, jumpers, for signs of electrical damage. Black smudges, melting, corrosion; any damage at all.

If everything appears to be okay, reassemble but only with the minimal number of components: use motherboard options first for display, networking, etc..

Then start adding back the other components.

Just remember that there may be unseen damage that could result in even more damage.

The idea is to find whatever was initially damaged by the electrical shorts that occurred when water was spilled.

If the damage was limited to those components (hopefully replaceable) then replace and reassemble.
 
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