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austinsupermax

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So, yesterday I spilled some water on my computer's case while it was on. I instantly powered off the computer and unplugged it. After it dried, I started up the computer and it worked fine, except for all the games that it ran had a very low fps. I was able to run games at max settings before this, but now they barely run. Before this happened after the spill, I reset all the computer's applications because I was running out of storage. Could I have screwed up the drivers by reseting the pc or was it the water spill? And if it was the spill is my computer screwed? When I check the status of my GTX 1080 card it says its running fine and I have ran scans and everything seems ok except for how slow the games I run are.
My specs are: GeForce GTX 1080
Intel Core i7-7700K CPU @4.20GHz
15.97 GB ram
And I also have 1 terabyte hard drive and a 250 GB hard drive.
 
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You could try, but they'll do a thorough check of the card's condition, and if they find any signs of water damage, chances are that they will automatically decline it.

Check for any signs of impurities on the card that the water may have left when it evaporated.
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If you are concerned about your 1080's severe downgrade in performance, I recommend downloading and running UserBenchMark and compare your card's performance along with others' results. The median performance for the GTX 1080 is 125-135%, according to UserBenchMark.

Do you know which parts of your PC have been splashed with water? I could suggest lightly rinsing the wet parts/regions over with very pure (around 95-99.8%) isopropyl alcohol, since it quickly evaporates at room temperature and hopefully take any water with it. Just make sure that it doesn't make contact with thermal paste and lubricants on moving parts, such as fans, or hard drives.
 
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Warranty policies usually don't cover water damages. Check for any signs of impurities that the water may have left (An example would be white patches, which could be salt or other minerals) on the card, and then rinse it (or even bathe it) with 90%+ isopropyl alcohol, as a common fix. However, it will only get rid of corrosion, not damage. So if there was still water when it was powered up, chances are that it might have shorted itself.
 
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austinsupermax

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Thanks for the advice, but what the hell am I supposed to do? Should I pretend that it wasn't water damage?
 
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You could try, but they'll do a thorough check of the card's condition, and if they find any signs of water damage, chances are that they will automatically decline it.

Check for any signs of impurities on the card that the water may have left when it evaporated.
 
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austinsupermax

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Thank you so much for all of your help, you've been amazing. The last question I have is if I perfectly clean up all the signs of the water damage is there still a chance that they will know that it was water damage?

 
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You do realize that if you don't intend to disclose what you did, that you're asking for advice on committing criminal fraud, don't you? Whether it's a misdemeanor or felony would defend, of course, on the specific laws of your jurisdiction.
 
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