I Spilled Coke on my Gaming PC… NOW WHAT??

This feels like an LTT video from a decade ago…and it’ll be relevant a decade from now too. Good stuff.

The three common phases of spilling a fluid on your computer: - Complete and utter panic. - Severe, life-threatening depression - Realisation that the single damaged part was an SSD.

Year 2014: My friend accidentally poured tea on to my PC (in off state btw). I didn't had any backup PC at that time to even lookup online and I only used my phone for all the research. Trust me, there was not a single comprehensive guide and steps to handle that situation, and it took me almost a week to clean and dry everything and get my PC up & running all by myself. Thanks to all the random Reddit answers!! But this one by LTT is so informative and gives the confidence to pour soda on PCs (Kidding). Cheers to the team!

As someone who hit a can of coke over the top of my pc, EXACTLY THE SAME WAY U DID IN THE VIDEO. I can say, THIS MAY HAVE BEEN HELPFUL TO KNOW. I remember knocking the can over, hearing the windows usb connected noises from the front io, and seeing the coke pour down directly into my extremely cheap psu. Then just waiting a night and then starting it the next day and everything worked 😎

You get it into a comprehensive rehabilitation program and make sure it knows it has a strong (tech) support network. Coke is no joke.

I knew that water cannot be conductive if there aren't any free floating ions to conduct, but it still felt so weird seeing a motherboard getting drenched in water

the editing on this video is excellent, it adds to the show, while not taking away from the information being told. Props to the team at LTT.

Im just imagining someone freaking out, pulling up this video, and sitting there with the 1000 yard stare as linus talks about the LTT Store screwdriver

As someone with years of experience doing exactly this, you nailed it! One thing to highlight: Drying REALLY takes forever! Water can remain under chips for days if it's cold. Here in Australia we can just put boards in the sun during summer (it was 42°c today) but the rest of you will have to figure some other way (radiant heaters + a fan work well).

This was one of the most "Tip" LTT videos in a while – nice to see, especially since The Ultimate Build Guide kind of killed off non-novelty builds

I have used an automotive paint spray gun on motherboards.. but instead of paint, I fill the tank with alcohol.. powered wash. I have also used a sand blaster with the sand feed tube inserted into distilled water, then alcohol. Biggest thing that Linus missed.. the rams.. I place under a heat lamp (or in summer, on the car dash) to bake out the liquid. Fans don't get enough air flow under the surface mount chips for proper drying. Car dash works great for baking out the liquid solvents. If the soda is dryed, no laughing... I have also used dish washer top rack.

You discharged into pure alcohol? That is a fire hazard

I genuinely enjoy the recent “creative” video ideas LTT has made. The editing and production has been great, keep it up guys!

I spilled soda inside the top of my pc when I was younger, pc shut down and everything upon doing so and I definitely had a small breakdown before attempting to fix. Safe to say even to this day that old 2gb Asus 760 is still being used by my older brother I can still see the soda spots on the pcb and it still works 10 years later :)

4:22 "I'm going to begin with the gpu....A" For a split second I thought this was the Canadian in Linus coming out, lol.

The white residue left from isopropyl can sometimes be resin salts formed from a chemical reaction between the solder flux and the isopropyl. Depending on if the manufacturer properly cleaned the board or not, this stuff will be unavoidable and really hard to get off. So it's wise to check is there is flux left on the board or not before dunking it in isopropyl. Most computor parts are fully cleaned in the manufacturing process, but if you got some budget items in your build, there's a chance they havn't been. So always check the board first before applying isopropyl, even if by hand with cotton or something, to clean it.

Step one: DON'T PANIC

Been a while since I actually learned something in an LTT video. Water, then alcohol bathing is a great troubleshooting step. I'd love to see a version of this with a battery powered device like a laptop or tablet. The troubleshooting steps are similar but still wildly different due to the dangers of batteries.

Great video! Would love to see another one almost exactly like this but with a laptop.

I've been following ltt for ages now, you guys got me into building PCs which is one of my favorit things to do! i am so happy you guys keep making content for us i really hope it never stops and this video specifically really reminded me of why I fell in love with this channel to begin with !! :) keep up the good work , you'll always have a follower in me ! ( definitely not a fanboy hahaha )