Ants laid eggs on motherboard of laptop

Hardware

One day I noticed that ants were coming and going from my laptop so I looked below and found out that they laid eggs on my motherboard. Now I cleaned up the board with acetone and soft bristle brush gently and then blew hot air on it to make sure there's no residue left. There's no short circuit yet, no burnt marks or broken pins or cracked IC. But the laptop isn't turning on. The RGB backlight is turning on and it's letting me force shutdown using the power button but the fans aren't spinning, not even twitching. And the storage indicator on the laptop isn't turning on either. I just want to know how cooked I am and if it's something that can be repaired or I'll just have to get my whole motherboard replaced.

Model no - ASUS A15 FA506HIRB.

Here are some pics before I was done with the cleaning, and I checked at the end that there was no short. I can open it back up if anyone asks me to share fresh pics of the affected areas but I don't want to unless it's absolutely necessary. Thank you if anyone ends up helping in any way.

Posted May 2, 2026, 4:27 AM UTC

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