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AdiSRI
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   19th Mar 04 at 22:43   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
My m8 just poured half a pint of water in the top of my second PC, which now wont boot up.
I'm gonna leave it over night to dry out and see if it'l go then. If it doesnt wat cud be wrong with it???
There was no (explosion etc..) so nothing blew as such. Cud of shorted power supply or mother board?

HELP!
Adam-D
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19th Mar 04 at 22:45   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
erm take the cover off
leave next to a warm place
but not to warn of ull stuff the hdd
and let it dry out for a few days
AdiSRI
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19th Mar 04 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Cover is off and i dried it out as best i cud with paper towel, i'll leave it a bit.
He's a prat lol managed to pour a good half pint in the fan on top LOL!
Adam-D
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19th Mar 04 at 22:49   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol?
hope hes gonna pay if its fucked
bubble
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19th Mar 04 at 22:50   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
My m8 just poured half a pint of water in the top of my second PC............
HELP!


smack him in the face with a copy of encylopedia brittanica.......
AdiSRI
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19th Mar 04 at 22:51   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Yeah hes gonna pay for any busted bits but he is really skint so i may have to wait a while. Lucky it was only me spare LAN Games pc really.
PainZ
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19th Mar 04 at 22:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
lol

ian is such a numpty
Drew
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19th Mar 04 at 22:53   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
format c:
Marc
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AdiSRI
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19th Mar 04 at 22:57   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Drew
format c:


I can't
Craig6682
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19th Mar 04 at 22:58   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
at Drew Oh i love that guy. Just leave it to dry out. U may have fucked it by trying to boot it up
AdiSRI
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19th Mar 04 at 23:46   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by Craig6682
at Drew Oh i love that guy. Just leave it to dry out. U may have fucked it by trying to boot it up


I doubt it, summat has tripped it doesnt do ANYTHING when you push the power switch which means its detected a problem with ATX yes??
PaulW
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20th Mar 04 at 00:33   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
If it was still wet when you tried to boot it, it could of shorted something inside so would fcuk it up! If its not doing anything when you press the powerswitch, the motherboard could be stuffed!

If your feeling brave, disconnect all the power leads from inside the PC, then plug the power supply into the mains while completely unplugged from all components in the PC. Then on the ATX Connector, bridge the Green wire & any of the block ones (there is only one green wire). This tricks the PSU in thinking its connected to the motherboard, so if the fans in the PSU start wizzing, then your motherboard and/or any other components is fcuked!!
AdiSRI
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20th Mar 04 at 00:48   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'm not that brave lol.

Also it was RUNNING when he poured it in there, and inside was soaked.
It does seem like motherboard trouble, it did this b4 when one of the cards wasnt plugged in properly, some sort of safety thing??
drunkenfool
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20th Mar 04 at 00:52   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
im scared by the use of the word "poured" in this explanation. Did he literally just pour a 1/2 pint of water into your PC like he wantd to see what would happen or something?!
PaulW
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20th Mar 04 at 00:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
if it was turned on then when the water was poured on...

may aswell build a new machine!! even if the board is dried out, between then & now, the tracks & connections can rust slightly!!
AdiSRI
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20th Mar 04 at 01:22   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
im scared by the use of the word "poured" in this explanation. Did he literally just pour a 1/2 pint of water into your PC like he wantd to see what would happen or something?!


Technically YES.
He hit his hand on the desk with a pint glass of water in his hand and through some amazing feat of accuracy managed to throw the entire contents directly into the top fan on the case and into the pc.
He says a DOS prompt came up and it shut down, then restarted at which point he pulled the power cable out!!!!
AdiSRI
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20th Mar 04 at 17:30   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
Well luck is with me, turned it on when i got home from work today and its working perfect...

Who says pc's and water dont mix!!

[Edited on 20-03-2004 by AdiSRI]
AdiSRI
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20th Mar 04 at 22:56   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
does noone think this is a miracle!!!

Half a pint of water into a running pc and its fine! i couldnt believe it worked!
buckley
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20th Mar 04 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
so it just needed a drink
i,ll just give mine a pint
groom
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20th Mar 04 at 22:59   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by AdiSRI
does noone think this is a miracle!!!

Half a pint of water into a running pc and its fine! i couldnt believe it worked!


er...yeh
PaulW
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20th Mar 04 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
I'll be having about 1.5 litres of water in my new pc...

but yeah you are VERY lucky!!
groom
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20th Mar 04 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by buckley
so it just needed a drink
i,ll just give mine a pint
groom
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20th Mar 04 at 23:00   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
quote:
Originally posted by PaulW
I'll be having about 1.5 litres of water in my new pc...

but yeah you are VERY lucky!!


oh yeh, u wanna hope u dont get a burst pipe
Adam-D
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20th Mar 04 at 23:02   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote
yeah its working now
parts can still corrode and stuff up in the near future

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