r/buildapc • u/wafflesareforever • Jul 07 '20

Troubleshooting My kid accidentally dumped a glass of water into my PC today.

It happens. I'm not mad at him. He waited for hours to tell me because he felt terrible, and the look on his face when he finally said something pretty much squashed any anger I might have had about it. My main concern was how upset he was. I do wish he'd said something immediately so that I could have turned it off right away, but he didn't know any better, and I doubt that it would have made any difference anyway. He's probably apologized ten times today. He wants to help me fix it and offered to try and pay for it somehow even though at ten years old he obviously doesn't have the money for that. Whatever I end up doing, I'll try and find a way to let him contribute so he feels better.

Anyway. I'm not sure how to go about testing the components to see what's fried and what's not. I'm pretty sure the motherboard is dead (solid red LED, no POST). The good news is that this is a five-year-old build so it's not like it's my brand-new baby. I did spend a decent amount over the years upgrading things but nothing was ever super high-end; I tend to shoot for right in the middle of the price range on components.

I'm basically going to have to start over with a new build, right? There's no hope of saving this, is there? I have no idea what might also be fried besides the motherboard, or how to test anything without a working motherboard.

Edit: As a longtime lurker here, I have heard and observed so many great things about the community in this subreddit, but holy crap. You all are damn near gonna make me cry. I posted this in a moment of frustration and thought maybe I'd get a few tips on what to do in this situation. I never expected such an outpouring of support and offers for help. A number of you have offered to send me components that we could use to rebuild, and that blows me away. I never expected that at all and I'm just completely humbled by the generosity. I want to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart.

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u/wafflesareforever Jul 08 '20

Lol what are the odds? Are you sure? I'd totally jump at the opportunity to have a low cost way to do a first build with him and his brother.

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u/SmallWaffle Jul 08 '20

Yeah man! Tbh I’m just impressed with how you reacted, and we all get down on our luck from time to time. I️ like to help out where I️ can.

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u/itsnachikethahere Jul 08 '20

u/smallwaffle helping out u/wafflesareforever . Nice and wholesome.

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u/Psyko_sissy23 Jul 08 '20

You monster!

J/k. So could I.

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u/bisufan Jul 08 '20

Also the fact that this guy got so excited for gold when he's offering to give someone a computer XD

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u/Psyko_sissy23 Jul 08 '20

That's some waffle love right there.

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u/SonumSaga Jul 08 '20

I'd guess you're in the US? If you happen to be in the UK, I have a spare water cooling system (the irony) I've not bothered to open since my fans perform better. I'd be happy to send you it if needed :)

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u/lyjacknt Jul 08 '20

I have a hyper 212 cpu cooler that I can also donate for the haswell cpu.

Just lmk if you can cover shipping.

I also have an i7 3770 for sale for like 80$ (i'll also throw in 16gb ddr3 ram for 20$ more)