its IK

Hey guys,

Well as you can see from the title...I have a BIG problem.
I recieved my TRUE in the post today and I have installed it but now my motherboard wont even POST.

I spilt a bit of the supplied chill factor onto the motherboard during the install process and wiped it off with a paper towel and a very slightly damp cloth (sqeezed all the water I could out of it. ) I then proceeded to install the TRUE without any issues. I ensured the board was completely dry before installing into the case and plugging it in.

I currently have the board out of the case with the TRUE off, I have tried changing graphics cards (still no output on known working cards), with RAM, without RAM, removing all non-essential parts (leaving just CPU, RAM and Graphics card). I have also tried reseating the CPU without success.

I have made sure the power supply is working, the fan spins and its properly supplying power to all of the components.

I also noticed what seems to be a leaking capacitor on the board toward the IO ports, seems a bit bulged at the top with a solid black substance sitting on top.

I was just wondering if its my mobo/CPU's time to go or if theres any way to salvage it or trouble shoot this?

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Kerelm

Chill factor?

Edit: Busted Capacitor = Dead.

Sorry to hear man, good news is its new motherboard time

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If it works open it up and find out how.

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Trigunflame

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well.. maybe your motherboard is dead

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its IK

thermal paste.

Anyway I dont know if this will help any diagnosis but when i remove the graphics card it makes a long constant beep but other then that there are no beep codes to be heard.

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jacksknight

I dont know what might be wrong but so you know water + electronics = bad

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spacegoast

RMA time

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Kopi

Busted cap will do it, popcorn'in on top. You miiiiight be able to get the same cap and re-solder it on..but its a long shot.

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losttsol

Get a new capacitor and solder it on. That might be more trouble than it's worth though if you don't have a soldering iron, solder, and a new capacitor. You might want to update your motherboard to a Gigabyte P45-UD3P instead.

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its IK

I do realise that, I dont happen to have any isoporpyl on hand, and i made sure that the board was dry before plugging it it, I have done this before without issue and i understand that there is a risk to using water on anything electrical but I'm unsure as to whether that or the thermal paste have anything to do with its odd behaviour now.

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