Water can be perniciously persistent and penetrative. It can soak in under and between components and remain trapped in there for days until driven out by heat or dry air.
When you say "No boot" - what are the exact symptoms? Do you get any signs of life at all? Drives spinning up, lights, etc. The reason I ask is that stripping this machine could well be premature - it may be as simple as needing a new motherboard battery, or a power supply. This "zip sound" of which you speak doesn't tell us much.
When you say "No boot" - what are the exact symptoms? Do you get any signs of life at all? Drives spinning up, lights, etc. The reason I ask is that stripping this machine could well be premature - it may be as simple as needing a new motherboard battery, or a power supply. This "zip sound" of which you speak doesn't tell us much.
Top of the line, several thousand dollar PowerMac with dual drives and multiple Nubus/RAM upgrades (as would have been found in many a mid-late '90s video production shop), and a "Video serve thingy". My money is very much on them belonging together, and at least one of your cards being useless without that box.
There's no PCI in an 8100. That'll be a PDS card.
*sigh*
Perhaps you should seek advice before acting, then.