Originally Posted by Martian

Two days after the fact, especially with an alcoholic drink, it's probably as dry as it's going to get. I heartily recommend against fucking with the PSU -- there won't be any residual charge in it now, but it goes under my general policy of 'do not fuck with this unless you know what you're doing.

Diagnostic boot order goes like so:

Start with motherboard, CPU, and one stick of RAM. If it POSTs and gives you a beep code (which it probably will, since there's no output device) add the rest of the RAM, one stick at a time. If the fans don't spin up -- well, your PSU is fucked. Given that you had a status LED after the flood, this seems unlikely. If the fans spin up but it does not POST, try a different stick of RAM, and then try them both in a different slot. Still no joy, your motherboard's probably a goner. At this point it's difficult to say for sure whether it's the motherboard or CPU without further testing on known good hardware, but given the nature of the accident it seems unlikely your CPU is the culprit in the event of any shenanigans.

Once we've determined that the motherboard, CPU and RAM are okay, you can move on to peripherals. Start with the graphics adapter, then anything else you might have one item at a time.

Your hard drive is probably okay, unless this was a torrent of fluid. Same goes for the CPU, since it's pretty well covered in a running system. The most likely victim of this is your motherboard, and even then as long as you've cleaned it up proper there's probably no lasting harm done.

Still, though. Let This Be A Lesson. No drinks on/over your computer. Ever.

Originally Posted by Craven Morehead

FWIW my wife dropped a cordless phone in water on Sat. I disassembled it to let it dry out thoroughly. Put it back together on Sunday and it works great. No problems at all. Granted, not nearly as electronic as the innards of a PC but I'll bet it was just as wet. Good luck.