Water damage to my system

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arr4ws

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My shower broke tonight and water went into my basement.

Water dripped from ceiling and went into my gaming pc. My pc is alway powered on , and when i saw the water , computer was off (obviously).

I took all of my pc apart .

There was water on the vid card, ram , mobo. The psu was dry i think , but it seems dead. I dont want to power on right now. I dried most of it with air canisters.


Whats my best course of action right now?

I added a picture of my vid card pcb. Looks like the water damage is visible. Nothing on the mobo.
 

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i was able to plug in my Hard drive to another computer , they are working.

I will try every parts i have
 
Take everything apart and put it all out in the driveway or in a car with dark interior assuming it's sunny out. Leave it alone for a few hours. Bring it inside and let it dry for a full 24 hours, ideally 48. Then and only then should you try to power anything back up. Assuming it was fairly clean water that got in, everything may be okay.
 
It happened last night. 24 hours. I dried it with an air canister.
 
The last time a friend spilled water into the PC, the only component that was replaced was the power supply. Lucked out.
 
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