Motherboard got wet, wasn't turned on

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Mish3alinho

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Hey guys, so stupid me forgot to close the fitting of my CPU waterblock, and turned the pump on. As you can imagine, the coolant (koolance LIQ-702) flooded my motherboard. PC was turned off but PSU was still connected to electricity and the motherboard LED was on. I dried the motherboard up as fast as I could with a paper towel. I tried turning it on but it wouldn't work. The motherboard LED for power is still on, white in color as it always is. Did I fry the motherboard when I turned it on? Or will waiting for it to dry fix the problem? Is there anything I could do
 
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Mish3alinho,

The Koolance coolant has very low conductivity. It is likely that you have coolant in the card sockets...you know, where all the dust hides. The combination of coolant and dust may be quite conductive (I know that mine was when I had a coolant leak!) Try removing all cards and cables and clean out the dust paying especial attention to the MB connectors! You might need to take a hair dryer on warm to really get the coolant to evaporate. Give it a couple of days to dry before reassembling! Blow it clean a second time after it is really dry and use a soft brush on the connectors. Since the power supply did not shut itself down, if I understand your post correctly, you probably did not blow your PSU....all you really...
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Mish3alinho,

The Koolance coolant has very low conductivity. It is likely that you have coolant in the card sockets...you know, where all the dust hides. The combination of coolant and dust may be quite conductive (I know that mine was when I had a coolant leak!) Try removing all cards and cables and clean out the dust paying especial attention to the MB connectors! You might need to take a hair dryer on warm to really get the coolant to evaporate. Give it a couple of days to dry before reassembling! Blow it clean a second time after it is really dry and use a soft brush on the connectors. Since the power supply did not shut itself down, if I understand your post correctly, you probably did not blow your PSU....all you really can do now is get it clean and dry and hope for the best!

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