Last night my basement got flooded. The really bad news is my pc and consoles were all submerged in water for at least two hours. When I got to my pc i could smell something burning and heard popping noises till i unplugged the extension cord. At its highest point there was a little more then a foot of water flowing down here.

I was wondering if there was anything i could do that might help save the tech. My consoles were all unplugged but obviously the pc took a hit. I also had an unopened Legend of Zelda 3ds that also got soaked, I was forced to open it and there is water inside the screen.

If anyone knows anything that can help me save the tech it would be much appreciated. My priorities are obviously the pc so knowing what parts might still work after that ordeal would help.

Shiiit I would be surprised if anything works after that. Electronics are usually not built to survive that sort of treatment. It is bad enough splashing water on electronics but having it completely submerged??? I just hope you have insurance.

The only thing I can think is to let it air-dry and see if you can salvage any of the parts. A lot of times people will drop things in pools or leave their phones in their pocket when washing their clothes, and just letting the device dry before trying to use it seems to do the trick.

For the PC, I would guess your PSU has probably gone to crap, and your motherboard probably didn't stand much of a chance, either. The optical drive probably survived (yay, the cheap part!) and I wouldn't know if other parts like the GPU would be significantly affected unless they were also completely submerged in the water.

The CPU is fine, right guys? It's that liquid cooling thing that's all the rage these days.

Well this little trick sometimes works for getting water out of phones, if you want to try to save a part (and have no better options):

Carefully dry the outside of the part as best you can (preferably with compressed air).

Fill a bag (a bag large enough to hold your part) 1/3 full with rice, put the part in, fill up with rice and close - leave closed for 2 days - clean rice dust off very carefully (preferably with compressed air/a soft brush), then ideally try the part on a disposable rig (as there's a small chance you could damage your new motherboard).

jjf28's idea is quite good, although if you want something a little more moisture absorbant than rice, go with a proper dessicant, such as damprid: http://www.damprid.com/ . You should be able to buy cheap knock-offs from the $1 shop that will work just as well as the name-brand stuff - because it's exactly the same chemical, and chemistry doesn't care about brands yo!

Rig that up in an air-tight bag or plastic container with a tight lid. Don't put the part near the damp rid itself, because it turns to liquid when it absorbs water.

Don't turn *anything* on. Sometimes what kills the tech is not the water itself but it shorting when someone then tries to turn it on (with phones this could be just checking the screen or whatever). I think your ds will be fine after the water evaporates but it may look like evaporated water under the screen forever. I'd be more adraid of the junk that would've come with the water caking on your stuff too, so you might have to do some extensive cleaning. After it dries of course...

Anything that was powered will be fine in time, but everything else is in trouble. Sorry to say.

Flooded, huh? We did get some mean rain here in Chicago recently.

It wasn't just Wing Zero that's for sure...I had friends who got hit hard too.

Let us know what you get from the insurance company, if anything bro. <3

Care to elaborate? Also I can post some pics if anyones interested.

Opps. I forgot to include "wasn't". Anything that was not powered or was shut off should be fine.
Sorry to crush your hopes there.

With any hope the popping and arcing was the shorting within the extension cord, and not your electronics. ;o

It looks like the popping was coming from the monitor power cord, it cracked open and smells like burnt plastic. I'm hopeing my pc automaticly shut itself off at the first sign of water and will be ok when it dries.

Um, electronics don't do that. If it "turned itself off at the first sign of water", it'd be because it shorted out. You might be lucky and there could be minimal or no damage, but I wouldn't go expecting that to be the outcome.

In short: you'll be lucky if it works. And it could still develop problems in a few weeks / months time. Certainly if it does work, the first thing you should do is back up your important files onto local storage.