news.ycombinator.com• Apr 21, 2023• 1 min read
Ask HN: How to deal with a possibly liquid-damaged monitor?Greetings,yesterday a small liquour-filled rack detached from the wall and a bottle of sugary liquour crashed on my SO's monitor (recent AOC 28" 4k panel).The frame split cleanly open and a few ml of liquid spilt through the ventilation grate on the controller board and internal PSU.Instantly pulled the plug (it was on standby), and turned it on its head which seemed to have prevented worse. On first inspection the panel doesn't seem to have cracked or sustained liquid damage, but I'm worried about the PSU. Searching online I could find quite a lot about cleaning "regular" PCBs, but nothing about PSU components (seems to be forbidden territory).Pictures, bad quality I know:PSU front: https://ibb.co/JnLpf67 (a few splodges)PSU back: https://ibb.co/0rH65HG (most visible gunk)Controller front: https://ibb.co/BgxhSpT (some gunk here too)The controller back looks pristine.The panel power supply port (top of first picture) has stuff in it as well. My plan is to carefully clean with 99% isopr
