Last night I accidentally left a cup of coke on my desk and my cat knocked it onto my pc. Not a lot of coke spilled, I had already drank most of it, it had a lid, and I got to it pretty fast. I immediately powered off and unplugged my computer but the case had screws on it so it took me a while to get in and dry it.
That happened at around 1:45am last night and it’s now 3:15pm. I’m scared to plug it back in because I don’t want to break it but I have stuff to do. Would it be fine to try plugging it in and powering it on?
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Update: I plugged it in and it turned on but the monitors are black and wont show anything. I can’t afford a new PC rn I don’t know what to do.
You should not have powered it back on without opening it back up and checking everything and cleaning what you are able to. It still might not have helped, but since you powered it on and it’s still not working, it’s fried, too late to clean now.
take apart of your pc and clean pc parts using fast dry contact cleaner for electronic
Use alcohol or anti static cleaning form and a cloth or soft toothbrush and cotton swabs. The sugar is what’s bad for it so make sure there’s nothing anywhere before starting and should be fine unless damage has already been done
Sorry for your loss. Coke does that to people too, just takes longer.
If you can dismantle it and clean it out as others have said there’s a small chance of getting it restarted. BUT it’s only a SMALL chance. If this is beyond your skill level and you have a tech savvy friend, ask them if they can help. Sometimes stuff like this is just gunk in the connectors (memory, storage) that can be cleaned and reseated. Sometimes.
Does it even beep at you when you power it on? What kind of PC is it? Brand and model? Laptop I’m guessing…
Take a 1 dollar bill and sniff up the coke before turning it on.
Well you pretty much just killed it when you turned it back on