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liquid was some alcoholic drink. Turning off pc was for sure my first step. pulled out DP cables, I took out my gpu and reseated it, tested each DP cable in different ports, same quality/image. I don’t have onboard graphics thru my cpu so not sure how to test to see if it’s my mobo.
gpt
Ok. Sticky sugary drinks are particularly bad. You could try cleaning stuff with alcohol as that evaporates. All connections need to be cleaned. Depending on where the liquid ran you may have to remove the CPU and clean the socket. Check the mobo and see if liquid has pooled anywhere or gone over transistors and chips. That graphical error looks like a GPU problem, so that will also need removing, the cover taking off and everything checking on the circuit board for liquid damage. I wish you the best of luck, and get your buddy to have his cheque book ready to replace anything that's busted.