Help spilt cola over pc

[nsimpson72]

Yesterday I spilled a glass of cola and it went over the top of my pc case through the vents as I was playing F1 2012. After about 1 min a spark came from the top left at the back of the pc and my monitor went blank. I disconnected everything then took all the parts out (motherboard, hdd etc) cleaned them with iso alcohol and left them for 24 hrs to dry. Today I put back together (I built the pc myself a year ago) it booted up and got the 'pc didn't not shut down properly' screen and chose to start windows normally option. I got to the login screen then it went blank again. Now it won't boot up at all. Does this mean my motherboard is fried? Or can it be just the CPU? Everything else powers up PSU, all the fans inc the CPU fan and the dvd drives open and shut.

I'm running Win 7 ultimate ed 64 bit.

Motherboard AMD P29652 AMD Phenom II Quad core 965 AM3

12 gb ram

6700 Radeon Graphics Card.

Thanks

Neil

[KenB]

Hi Neil and welcome to ExTS

 

After about 1 min a spark came from the top left at the back of the pc

Not good.

Is this in the area of the PSU ?

 

Now it won't boot up at all.

take a look here

click here

If you have a multi-meter or volt meter you can test the PSU

click here

 

You will not get beeps if you don't have an on-board speaker.

 

I am away for the weekend - somebody else will probably pick this up.

[nsimpson72]

No the area of the spark was the I/O shield which is the opposite side to where the PSU is. I will try the options on the 1st link ie powering up with no cards attached and see what happens. I don't have a meter but when I switch on the PSU comes on and the Graphics card and all the LEDs and fans come on as well.

Thanks for the reply

Neil

[KenB]

when I switch on the PSU comes on and the Graphics card and all the LEDs and fans come on as well.

This is no indication that the PSU is good :)

 

Let us know what happens when you strip the m/board down.

[nsimpson72]

This is no indication that the PSU is good :)

 

Let us know what happens when you strip the m/board down.

 

When I take out the graphics card and the 4 Ram cards and switch on nothing happens except fans and LEDs come on and you hear the HDD . Attching each card 1 by 1 exact same happens no boot up and no beeps.

[KenB]

no boot up and no beeps.

It will not boot up but should beep - that is if it did before.

 

Can you confirm that there is an on-board speaker and that it did beep before.

 

If it did - and isn't now that you have completely stripped down the m/board to just the 20(4) way cable - it is either the PSU or m/board that is at fault.

( again ..........assuming you have an internal speaker )

[nsimpson72]

It will not boot up but should beep - that is if it did before.

 

Can you confirm that there is an on-board speaker and that it did beep before.

 

If it did - and isn't now that you have completely stripped down the m/board to just the 20(4) way cable - it is either the PSU or m/board that is at fault.

( again ..........assuming you have an internal speaker )

Yes I do have an internal speaker and there are no beeps the only cables connected to motherboard are the power cable to psu and the front panel cables ie pwr sw, led-, led+ etc.

[KenB]

If you are getting no POST beeps with the m/board stripped down ( even the drives disconnected ) then the problem lies with the PSU or m/board itself.

 

If you can borrow a PSU ( any wattage ) to try - I would swap it to check.

If you get the same condition then it is a m/board problem.

[timez]

I agree with the poster before me...

 

This happend to me - spilt coke all over the PC.

 

After that it seemed to work - until prolems got worse and worse - sproadic booting - then no booting.

 

It was the PSU for me - replacing it fixed the problem (but it also took a hard drive out with it)

 

All my fans came on - even booted into windows quite a few times - until one day no more.

 

It never got to a point where no fans came on - even though the PSU was now faulty and getting worse and worse.

 

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You must test the PSU with a known good one - My guess is it should work with a new / working one.

 

If not - as the poster before me said - it will be the motherboard.

 

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(If you do end up buying a new power supply for it - let us know BEFORE ordering anything - please do not just buy any old one (and especially not a cheapy one) - it wont even last you a month in all liklyhood if you buy cheap)

 

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Timez

Edited November 14, 2012 by timez