Dew itt right
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Alright guys, this will be quick b/c we're getting ready to leave for two days but it'd be nice to have some suggestions when I get back.
Basically, I put a brand new X800PRO in my system that been running with water for the last few days. Well, when I put the new card in I must have hit a hose wrong without noticing. Basically, the system powered on but was very sluggish, I look over and see my Thermaltake Coolant dripping down from the CPU block onto the video card. The system froze before I could even reach the power button! I had coolant on the vid card and in the PCIe slot too.
So now I've got it running with an extremely old PCI card because it won't boot with the X800PRO. It happened maybe two hours ago so I'm hoping there's just so fluid that has yet to dry. But I have noticed on the "ATI Rage Theater" chip that has tons of metal wires coming out of the side and down into the board, that some of those metal wires are blackened and some have some crusty stuff on them. It almost looks like dried up battery acid. That crap is on some of the surrounding stuff as well.
Is there a safe way to clean this? Am I screwed? I could try returning it to newegg but I really don't want to wait even longer! Anybody have any solutions? I'm just hoping for now that it'll be completely dried when I get back (fingers crossed).
Basically, I put a brand new X800PRO in my system that been running with water for the last few days. Well, when I put the new card in I must have hit a hose wrong without noticing. Basically, the system powered on but was very sluggish, I look over and see my Thermaltake Coolant dripping down from the CPU block onto the video card. The system froze before I could even reach the power button! I had coolant on the vid card and in the PCIe slot too.
So now I've got it running with an extremely old PCI card because it won't boot with the X800PRO. It happened maybe two hours ago so I'm hoping there's just so fluid that has yet to dry. But I have noticed on the "ATI Rage Theater" chip that has tons of metal wires coming out of the side and down into the board, that some of those metal wires are blackened and some have some crusty stuff on them. It almost looks like dried up battery acid. That crap is on some of the surrounding stuff as well.
Is there a safe way to clean this? Am I screwed? I could try returning it to newegg but I really don't want to wait even longer! Anybody have any solutions? I'm just hoping for now that it'll be completely dried when I get back (fingers crossed).