AHowes
Ok.. well from that pic it's safe to say he should remove the led panel from the backside and the black sticky tape used to hold it on. (Use heat to warm up the tape to safely remove without pulling stuff off with it).

Guessing that could be holding water. Or atleast stayed damp after since he could not get to it.

I'd remove it totally for now.. clean good under it.

Maybe try to put it back later after replacing the double sided tape.

Oh, good point! I actually thought that too and meant to say something, but got distracted by the controller datasheet lol, totally forgot to write that. Thanks for catching that too!

Well folks, here's the update...
 
It's working!! So far... I disassembled the card and wiped it very thoroughly with 99.9% isopropyl. I'm thanking my lucky stars, though I know I'm not out of the woods yet. Obviously I'm keeping an eye on things like temp, abnormal fan speeds, etc, but probably won't feel like it's really safe until months down the road when I've pushed it.
 
Also, I did claim that water had gotten everywhere, which it did, but I do wonder if I was saved by a few things. Namely the backplate not having too many holes where water could penetrate and get on the actual PCB - I think what happened was (as a another user stated), surface tension was both my enemy and my friend: first the fact that it didn't break on the initial spill which allowed it to pool UNDER my desk before dripping onto my computer, but then I think where it landed on the back plate caused it to slide off the sides and mostly down the radiator fins into the LED panel (btw, I took that off and wiped/fanned it off as well, so I appreciate the suggestion there as I wouldn't have thought of that). I think the fact that my case's roof vents aren't directly over the motherboard also saved my other components. Even there were some drips in that area, it seems the bulk of the water dripped all way through to the fans on the bottom -- all of which are running smoothly atm.
 
All that to say, everything appears to working well without any immediately noticeable damage. I want to thank every single person here for your suggestions - you also saved me a great deal of pain and heartache!

AHowes

oranjoose
Well folks, here's the update...
 
It's working!! So far... I disassembled the card and wiped it very thoroughly with 99.9% isopropyl. I'm thanking my lucky stars, though I know I'm not out of the woods yet. Obviously I'm keeping an eye on things like temp, abnormal fan speeds, etc, but probably won't feel like it's really safe until months down the road when I've pushed it.
 
Also, I did claim that water had gotten everywhere, which it did, but I do wonder if I was saved by a few things. Namely the backplate not having too many holes where water could penetrate and get on the actual PCB - I think what happened was (as a another user stated), surface tension was both my enemy and my friend: first the fact that it didn't break on the initial spill which allowed it to pool UNDER my desk before dripping onto my computer, but then I think where it landed on the back plate caused it to slide off the sides and mostly down the radiator fins into the LED panel (btw, I took that off and wiped/fanned it off as well, so I appreciate the suggestion there as I wouldn't have thought of that). I think the fact that my case's roof vents aren't directly over the motherboard also saved my other components. Even there were some drips in that area, it seems the bulk of the water dripped all way through to the fans on the bottom -- all of which are running smoothly atm.
 
All that to say, everything appears to working well without any immediately noticeable damage. I want to thank every single person here for your suggestions - you also saved me a great deal of pain and heartache!

HELL YES!!! Wow.. ya lucked out big time!

Glad all is well and I'm sure no drink is gona be around that desk anytime soon haha

No more drinks are allowed in this ROOM! But seriously, I never have drinks on or above my tower, just a super freak accident that I'll take care to never let happen again. 

oranjoose
Well folks, here's the update...
 
It's working!! So far... I disassembled the card and wiped it very thoroughly with 99.9% isopropyl. I'm thanking my lucky stars, though I know I'm not out of the woods yet. Obviously I'm keeping an eye on things like temp, abnormal fan speeds, etc, but probably won't feel like it's really safe until months down the road when I've pushed it.
 
Also, I did claim that water had gotten everywhere, which it did, but I do wonder if I was saved by a few things. Namely the backplate not having too many holes where water could penetrate and get on the actual PCB - I think what happened was (as a another user stated), surface tension was both my enemy and my friend: first the fact that it didn't break on the initial spill which allowed it to pool UNDER my desk before dripping onto my computer, but then I think where it landed on the back plate caused it to slide off the sides and mostly down the radiator fins into the LED panel (btw, I took that off and wiped/fanned it off as well, so I appreciate the suggestion there as I wouldn't have thought of that). I think the fact that my case's roof vents aren't directly over the motherboard also saved my other components. Even there were some drips in that area, it seems the bulk of the water dripped all way through to the fans on the bottom -- all of which are running smoothly atm.
 
All that to say, everything appears to working well without any immediately noticeable damage. I want to thank every single person here for your suggestions - you also saved me a great deal of pain and heartache!

After a water spill you did the right thing...tear apart and dry it out...good news!

oranjoose
Well folks, here's the update...
 
It's working!! So far... I disassembled the card and wiped it very thoroughly with 99.9% isopropyl. I'm thanking my lucky stars, though I know I'm not out of the woods yet. Obviously I'm keeping an eye on things like temp, abnormal fan speeds, etc, but probably won't feel like it's really safe until months down the road when I've pushed it.
 
Also, I did claim that water had gotten everywhere, which it did, but I do wonder if I was saved by a few things. Namely the backplate not having too many holes where water could penetrate and get on the actual PCB - I think what happened was (as a another user stated), surface tension was both my enemy and my friend: first the fact that it didn't break on the initial spill which allowed it to pool UNDER my desk before dripping onto my computer, but then I think where it landed on the back plate caused it to slide off the sides and mostly down the radiator fins into the LED panel (btw, I took that off and wiped/fanned it off as well, so I appreciate the suggestion there as I wouldn't have thought of that). I think the fact that my case's roof vents aren't directly over the motherboard also saved my other components. Even there were some drips in that area, it seems the bulk of the water dripped all way through to the fans on the bottom -- all of which are running smoothly atm.
 
All that to say, everything appears to working well without any immediately noticeable damage. I want to thank every single person here for your suggestions - you also saved me a great deal of pain and heartache!

NOICE! Happy for you. that is a scary event for sure, but I was hopeful you'd be alright. Also, I like Hoggle's idea about the silica packet.

irakandjii

firerain
Spray some wd40 like all over the pcb, then wipe it down. Then dry it out real good. Should be good if it did not fry at the spill.

This is absurd and dangerous!  WD 40 is flammable, it leaves a film that will attract dirt to short later, it penetrates the into really fine spaces with unknown effect. 
it serve NO PURPOSE in ELECTRONICS!

What kills most electronics is corrosion or a short. You can actually wash your parts in tap water and they will work no problem. The main thing you need to do is dry it out and prevent corrosion/rust. Something like wd40 does that. 
 
About the flamable part. If your pc has flames you are doing something wrong. Alcohol is flammable as well.
 
Here is an example: youtube.com/watch?v=A0_qPz8TT9c

You too can do this with one simple trick.
The trick is to stay away from gigabyte power supplies.

irakandjii
Ya and people sniff WD40 too, put it in toilets, use it as oil .. go go WD40 ... miracle fluid
BTW I looked at the video .... you have got to be kidding me ... He did in once for PR .. He was testing / using sonic cleaner which was the theme of the video .. a spray that is not WD40 .. 
If you want to use WD40 go ahead, just don't tell others to use s rust remover / penetrating oil on electronics..  There are products designed for that. 
lol .. Good lord ya gotta love the internet
 

No, not pr he has done that for years now. He actually bring back a lot of tech back to life.
Yes he uses a different spray but wd40 will do the trick as well. The most important part is that you need to dry out the part 100%. Spray like wd40 will help you get water out of tight places.

water + gpu is fine
water + gpu + power is NOT FINE
 
sounds like you did all the right stuff. i'd add some compressed air/hair dryer/a short bake in the oven can all be useful if you find yourself in this situation again. but the best way is to ask for help, good on you for recognizing you were in over your head and asking for help.

HeavyHemi

redteamgo
Wd40 is just an oil based solvent. Pc will never hit a flashpoint high enough to ignite wd40 residue. Not my first choice but extremely unlikely to harm anything. It will all evaporate fairly quickly.

Just use 90% rubbing alcohol and a clean rag or a paper towel.

Well, the aromatics will... leaving a oily residue that is super fantastic at collecting dust.

so I didn’t recommend wd40 , just said the residue won’t spontaneously ignite from ambient case temps 😎

make sure to NOT get any iso on acrylic parts. It will cause it to crack and fail at some point 

Don't turn it on for a few daysand pray