on 11/23/02 3:24 AM, Dan Knight at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We've lost both an Acer laptop and a WallStreet over the last two years > due to soft drink spills. I've also salvaged every single external > keyboard that someone has spilled on by unplugging it, rinsing it under > water, and letting it dry overnight. No such luck with laptops, though.
In spite of my "encouragements" to my wife to keep drinks away from her laptop, she has had three or four spills onto her keyboard. It's been different things--sweet tea (iced tea) pepsi, and hot tea. Each time, she shut off her computer immediately, and I was forced to take her keyboard apart. Once was on her Duo, and twice on her PB 1400 (It has a g3 card so it belongs on this list) :-) Anyway, the Duo was a simple fix, because the keyboard is so cheaply built. :-) The 1400 surprised me, however. It appears that the keyboard in that thing can trap a fair amount of liquid, and not let any of it escape onto the mobo below, or drip into the actual actuators inside. It is a marvel of engineering. I was quite surprised at how well it holds liquid. The last time I had it out, I purposely poured clean water on it to see how much it would hold, and it was quite a lot. The problem is getting the liquid out without spilling it! I used kleenex and Q-tips to get the liquid out, and it seems to work well. I wonder if other, newer models have these little "dams" built into them? If that's the case, then turning off the laptop very quickly and not moving it would be the best thing to do... -- Jon Glass Krakow, Poland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sometimes the majority only means that all the fools are on the same side. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
