Wet cloth used to clean PC

[BoomerD]

Water droplets? If the PC was off, no biggie. Let the thing dry for 24-48 hours and all will be well.

Just don't do what I did once, knocked a glass of coke off my desk. It fell and spilt, into the top air vent. While On. With a spinning fan. It literally sent coke ALL through my pc.

Unsuprisingly my old graphics card died shortly after and my motherboard has never been the same since

Dude...you got lucky...it COULD have been much worse...you could have suffered "The Pepsi Syndrome".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY_6nLp7C-U

 

[Davidh373]

I say this forum needs a sticky called "Paranoid about water? Read this before posting"...

 

[muskie32]

I think the op needs to try water cooling

 

[flexcore]

I wouldn't take the risk. Although there should be no issue in 99% of the times, sometimes ignoring little signs like these lead to disaster. In fact, my cousin was grieviously injured after a system exploded on him due to motherboard failure. He, too, wiped down his computer peripherals with a damp cloth. This astounds me as he is normally a very careful person. It goes to show you that you can never be too careful.

I recommend you do a complete system rebuild.

I agree!
OP I wouldn't chance using that computer any longer than you have to. Back everything up now, quickly before the magic smoke monster comes to visit. Build a completely new rig w/ monitor. Then send me that dangerous computer and monitor. :whiste:

 

[alcoholbob]

You guys got trolled so bad...

 

[bryanl]

You guys got trolled so bad...

You all made me worry so much that I purified my rubbing alcohol to a level of 99.9999999% and had a class 10 clean room built that keeps the relative humdity level below 3%. I now feel so foolish, and the $1.5 billion Intel paid me for it is only a slight consolation. I'm still suffering.

 

[pandemonium]

There was a cleaning incident with my PC, where a wet cloth (run under the tap, then wrung out) was used to wipe down my monitor, keyboard, mouse, and case. I noticed little droplets of water on everything. Thankfully the PC was off at the time and I have not turned it on yet. I have let it sit for over 24 hours.

- Do you think any permanent harm might have been caused by water dripping into the case, or on the monitor?
- What about the keyboard, mouse?

Thanks!

This is what girlfriends are useful for. Hairdryers on no heat.

Seriously though: I cleaned all the PCB, heatsink fins, fans, and dies on my MOBO and GPUs, and resat the dies to their heatsinks with new silicon a few days ago. What'd I use? Cue tips dipped in water. Then cue tips to dry it off.

Garden hose to the keyboard is wonderful too. I like making the neighbors think all sorts of nasty thoughts seeing me powerwash my keyboard off.

 

[Davidh373]

garden hose to the keyboard is wonderful too. I like making the neighbors think all sorts of nasty thoughts seeing me powerwash my keyboard off.

bahahaha!