Vaclav
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I normally do PC repairs and such... but since the wife created a clusterfuck under my normal side business thing I'd literally just call it completely DOA and move on - and am doing such with building her replacement machine but I'm wondering if anyone can give me good diagnostic advice for SAFELY checking the parts on her machine.
The stupid woman was keeping an open soda can near the edge of the desk such that the cat managed to knock it perfectly onto the top 120mm fan providing great coverage over the internals of the machine.
I can tell absolutely that the Mobo, GPU (video card literally had like a caramel on the back of it from the spray + heat), and PSU are all DOA, but the rest of it I'm not sure how to trial and error safely (or even clean 100% fully since I'm sure any residue will corrode over time - I'd think alcohol, but would an alcohol bath be overkill because there's gotta be nooks and crannies I'd miss or bend pins getting into), etc - even stuff like the SSD I'm nervous about trying on my machine since I wonder if the contacts would have some of the residue and risk corroding the contacts in my machine.
Well, weird questions - I expect some weird answers: have at it, thanks.
(And note, already got her full replacement ordered - it's just what I can salvage for additions (i.e. extra hard drives/RAM) and backups in case of future hardware failures - doubt I'll resell any, and if I do it will be pennies on the dollar with the situation explained, not an asshole who would sell something from a situation like this without being clear about it)
The stupid woman was keeping an open soda can near the edge of the desk such that the cat managed to knock it perfectly onto the top 120mm fan providing great coverage over the internals of the machine.
I can tell absolutely that the Mobo, GPU (video card literally had like a caramel on the back of it from the spray + heat), and PSU are all DOA, but the rest of it I'm not sure how to trial and error safely (or even clean 100% fully since I'm sure any residue will corrode over time - I'd think alcohol, but would an alcohol bath be overkill because there's gotta be nooks and crannies I'd miss or bend pins getting into), etc - even stuff like the SSD I'm nervous about trying on my machine since I wonder if the contacts would have some of the residue and risk corroding the contacts in my machine.
Well, weird questions - I expect some weird answers: have at it, thanks.
(And note, already got her full replacement ordered - it's just what I can salvage for additions (i.e. extra hard drives/RAM) and backups in case of future hardware failures - doubt I'll resell any, and if I do it will be pennies on the dollar with the situation explained, not an asshole who would sell something from a situation like this without being clear about it)
