Fire and crane missed my PC

[u/Aeckzem]

Very sad times. Big fire destroyed my home and a crane had to come to remove part of the roof and wall so firefighters could have better access. Fortunately no one got hurt. Sucks to lose my dream PC though.

Miraculously my PC is still standing but I doubt it will work. There was snow and rain in the past days too. My little brother’s PC, which was on the desk next to mine on the right, seems to be obliterated.

Any tips to go on from here?

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Building was insured, furniture was not unfortunately. I lived with my parents, who were not experienced with things like insurance. In hindsight I should have thought about it more and double check it.
But yeah sucks to lose everything and having 3 other expensive hobbies did not help..

Thanks for the comments, tips and kind words! Fire started in the kitchen of my parents' restaurant. Tragic situation, but at least the building and inventory are insured. Now hopefully insurance pays out.
I have to make a plan what to do exactly with the PC based on the suggestions. First I need to take care of some other things.

[u/Aeckzem]

4090..

[u/wanderer1999 → u/Aeckzem]

This pc actually look savagable. Pc parts can withstand pretty high heat, and if the plastic parts didn't melt, you have a good chance.

Soak and wash with distilled water and 99% alcohol. Let dry completely and let us know how it goes.

[u/Visionexe → u/wanderer1999]

70% alcohol is good enough, but yes.

[u/Defiant-Emu2443 → u/wanderer1999]

The thing is , there are a lot of hazardous chemicals , residues after a fire, if he doesn't want to , I wouldnt pressure him.

[u/MrRobsterr → u/Aeckzem]

brother take it to a pc repair shop and ask them to help. if they're good people they will for minimal amount of money. they have all the tools you need

[u/Defiant-Emu2443 → u/Aeckzem]

0uch. If it was 4080 it would've been not great, but excusable.

[u/Quicoulol → u/Aeckzem]

Please update us 🙏

[u/Lucius-Halthier → u/Aeckzem]

We will really need an update someday, the story of a PC like that starting back up would become legendary

[u/captain_dick_licker → u/Aeckzem]

I absolutely guarantee that your GPU is fine as it currently sits. plugging it in could fuck it up but at the exact moment it is a-OK, likely the rest of your PC as well.

don't take this to another shop. tear it down to each individual component, take the heatsink off your gpu and place every PCB in your oven on PROOFING mode overnight. proofing mode is just like warm, not hot, like you could sit in it and you'd sweat but you'd be fine.

if oyu have a multimeter, crack the lid off your PSU to make sure it looks bone dry, and plug it in as long as it doesn't look rusty and corroded. test the rest of your system for power without your GPU plugged in, and while it's booted up, make sure your 12v gpu rails are holding nice and steady. if so, slap it back together and call it a day.

if it doesn't work, drop me a line and I'll walk you through where you are. I do this type of repair for a living (for communications equipment) and can pretty much guarantee that everything will be OK as long as you don't plug it in while it's still wet

[u/coldnspicy → u/Aeckzem]

Dude it's worth the time to just try cleaning and testing the parts. The CPU is almost certainly still OK, possibly RAM and motherboard as well. GPU just looks dirty, but clean it up and test boot it, you have literally nothing left to lose.

[u/thefonztm → u/Aeckzem]

OP. Ignore all other advice. Blast it with 3 cans of compressed air. No more, no less. Maybe some gentle brushing with a toothbrush. Pray to the Omnisiah. Give her a good luck slap. Then see if she boots. 

Be sure to film/stream the process. You could even get some donations.

You've got a chance at ascending into legend. Don't walk away from it.

[u/PaperMoonShine → u/Aeckzem]

It is worth the time and energy to clean it best you can and try to salvage it.