Spilled water on PC
Spilled water on PC
I accidentally spilled water on my PC, which produced a puff of smoke. I immediately unplugged it and allowed it to dry. It’s now functioning properly, but I’ve been overclocking my GPU and CPU from 3.4 to 4.0 for about a year. Now I can’t do that anymore. My PC tends to shut down and often requires a CMOS reset. I’ve adjusted the voltage slightly and spent a lot of time tweaking settings in the BIOS, trying to fix the issue. I’m not sure what went wrong, but I suspect it might be related to my power supply unit. Although I don’t think the CPU or motherboard is the problem—my hardware appears to be in good shape. It’s still working fine with normal usage, but games that stress the system can cause it to shut down. Should I replace the PSU? My equipment includes a Gigabyte MOBO Ga-970a-Ud3, an AMD Phenom II x4 965 with heatsink, 8GB RAM, a CS600m PSU, a Radeon 7850 windforce GPU, and five hard drives. When I run a standard game, the machine seems stable, but under heavy load it powers off and restarts. It’s time to replace the power unit or investigate further. Please help—I need this PC for work!
I would think the motherboard, but that's just a guess. If it were the power supply, you'd likely face problems while gaming. I'm just speculating.
I would think the motherboard, but that's just a guess. If it was the power supply, you'd likely face problems while playing games, maybe random issues. I believe overclocking something on the motherboard might not like the voltage. But I'm just speculating. Voltage could definitely cause the PC to shut down completely. It usually makes the system lock up rather than just turning off. You're probably right. Since both the GPU and CPU are affected, it's probably either the motherboard or the power supply. Anyone know if you can connect a multimeter to the PSU pins to confirm?