How to check health of motherboard & speakers in acer aspire A315-44P?

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This is gonna sound like a very theoretical and silly question, but it's driving me nuts. I recently bought Acer Aspire A315-44P which works great, although on the first startup I did notice that the Acer logo takes a few seconds to display after I press the power button, and the speakers are soft (as expected), even at full volume. I eventually sanitized the bottom of the laptop with a wet wipe (that I let dry before using so it's not too damp), then realized that theoretically speaking, micro droplets may have gotten past the vents onto the heat sink (the copper-like metal we can see through the vents), or even the motherboard under the heat sink, and the speakers at the side vents.

I haven't timed the speed of the start-up or measured the decibels of the speakers prior to this, but the startup now feels a tad slower, and the speakers softer than before. AcerSense (the software to check SSD health, RAM health, battery) show these components are in Good status, but there's no option to check motherboard / speakers health. Is there a way to gauge whether there was any negative impact to the motherboard or laptop functions from microscopic water damage from the wet wipe?

The RAM usage is about 47% when I just have a browser open, CPU usage is 2% at 38 degrees celsius, System is at 33 degrees celsius, ambient air temperature is 29 degrees celsius. RAM is 16GB, SSD harddrive is 500GB.

Many thanks in advance!

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  • Puraw
    Puraw ACE, Member Posts: 12,825 Trailblazer
    https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/710209/how-to-check-health-of-motherboard-speakers-in-acer-aspire-a315-44p

    Everything sounds normal, your boot time should be less than 30 sec. from the moment you press the Power button till the Windows login screen, Microsoft recommends disabling Hibernate and Fast Startup in Windows "Change what opening the lid does" and "Change settings currently unavailable". Keep any moisture away from your laptop. The speaker low volume issue is caused by the low quality RTK audio chip, you should use a good headset or external speakers that have a build-in amplifier. Alternatively enable the equalizers in DTS and Media player that boost the volume 12db and tweak the Windows sound settings like Audio enhancements.

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