The rice just acts as a desiccant, providing there isn't too much water/moisture involved. If there's a lot of water/moisture then the rice can start breaking down, leaving you with a starchy film on your computer parts.
________________________________ From: Illirik Smirnov <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 1:02 PM Subject: Re: water in the laptop.... Here is my handy-dandy way to dry electronics. I drop things in water often, and this has worked very well: 1) Open everything and remove batteries, hard disks, etc. 2) Take each object (computer, hard disk, memory, battery, etc) and place them in a bowl or other open-top container of rice. For laptops, keep the screen hinge open. Rice is porous and sucks up water. 3) Put the bowls in the oven at 110 Fahrenheit (43C) for several hours. -- -- Illirik Smirnov Chaotic Neutral since 1997 "A Charisma of 28 will seduce the dragon on a 14 or higher... 20? Oh well, I suppose you get the treasure." They see me rollin, they hatin; patrollin, tryin to catch me rollin nat one Ron Paul // Jello Biafra 2012: For A Better America= Proud member of the Enloe HS Debate Team: "At Least Someone Placed" On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 1:17 PM, dc <[email protected]> wrote: Some newer clothes dryers come with a sweater rack that clips into the >dryer without tumbling. When my wife spilled water on her Dell laptop >I opened it up and placed it on the dryer rack at a low setting for a >couple of hours. I figured it was safe enough for wool sweaters so it >should be OK for a laptop. Might be a little safer than the oven. > > > >On Feb 22, 12:28 am, "David W. Morris" <[email protected]> wrote: >> I dropped my cell phone into a swimming pool once about 5 > 6 years >> ago, and it took me a few minutes to fish it out. It was still on, so >> I turned it off and removed the battery. I placed it in the oven and >> set the temperature to 100 degrees (or maybe it was 120 degrees) for >> about 1 or 2 hours and then let it cool down. > > >> Insert your open laptop into the Oven at low temperature at your own >> risk, but hopefully, after you have dried it out thoroughly, it will >> come to life again. You might need to replace the battery. > > >-- >You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for >those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power >Macs. >The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette >guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml >To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
