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Question

Water in pc

Feb 2, 2020 11:57PM PST

Just built my first pc. Everything was all good with the build besides the fact i couldnt mount my new wraith prism cooler due to the old owner of my motherboard took off the am4 cooler stand brackets. Anyways, finished with everything. Put computer under my desk. Never turned on due to no thermal paste on cpu (waiting for my aio to come in). Whole day went by. I was moving my computer to put on my desk and i feel something wet when i grab my case. At first i think "damn dogs pissed on my pc!" So i go ahead and wipe it off and then i see some water inside the case. At this point im thinking "now how did water get in my case? I have no water cooling componets" so i pick up my pc and as soon as i pick it up, water pours out of my pc. Now im thinking that a cat had sprayed my pc. But, there is no urine smell. And when i wipe up some of the liquid, its not yellow. On my gpu there is some residue almost like thermal pase on the heat sinks, and some of my screws on my fans are rusty now. So at this point im lost on what has happened. I cannot confirm where the source of the water is coming from. Nor where it has fully went in my pc (inside power supply, gpu, on cpu, etc)
As i write this, my pc is up high out of reach of any animals, and its front tempered glass and rear glass is off and there is a fan blowing cold air into it. Its not directly infront of it. Its a few feet away.
Im looking for any tips or advice on what i should do. Everything is about a month old, besides my motherboard. Power supply has never been turned on, nothing in the pc has been turned on since built. If i could attach pictures of the damage i would
Any help is appreciated!

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Feb 3, 2020 12:05AM PST
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I'm thinking.
Feb 3, 2020 12:27AM PST

But could be wrong that a heat pipe sprung a leak. Read the back and forth at https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/leaks-on-heat-pipe.357894/

I won't debate if it's hollow or not but if you can't find a source then this may be where it came from. You'll know if the GPU or CPU doesn't cool well.

Now about damage. Water is used to clean the boards after manufacture so water and no power applied is fine. Just get it dry before you power up.

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Feb 3, 2020 12:51AM PST

I dont understand how a heatpipe bursting could cause so much water in my case? I guess i should wait and see if i get anymore responses to this thread to see what other people think as well. If anything im hoping its as simple as just returning it for a replacement.
Thank you for the quick response!