Crossed Wires While Flattening Capacitor, Big Boom Options

[Bandit5317]

I was flattening capacitors for my project and accidently crossed the wires for one of them. I fired it up and the psu went straight to red, so I moved the motherboard and inspected it to see if anything was wrong, but I didn't see anything. I tried it again, same thing happened, so I gave the mobe a good spraying of CO2 and tried it again. I heard a hissing noise, a pop like a small firecracker, then more hissing. I immediately unplugged the power. I found the troublesome capacitor to be the big one closest to the power connector. I have extra capacitors to replace it with, but will this cause any other problems. Also, some of the fluids from inside the capacitor leaked onto the mobo. How conductive is this stuff? I haven't turned it on or even plugged it in since this happened. Any help is appreciated.

[RDC]

Not only is it conductive but it'll eat up the board if ya don't get it all cleaned off there real good, the longer ya wait the worse it'll be since it's soaking into the board right now.

As far as what damage it cause, besides the conductive board eating electrolyte that's all over it now, is hard to say, probably nothing. If it stressed it to the point it popped a FET or Regulator somewhere your PSU would be showing a red light and the thing wouldn't power back on, but you'll have to clean up the mess and reinstall the cap properly then fire it up to see if there's any other damage.

[Bandit5317]

Thanks RDC. I cleaned up all of the liquid crap (there doesn't seem to be any damage to the board, yet) and replaced the capacitor. Turned it on and it worked the first time . I'm not usually that lucky when I break these things .