Its not the water that gets you , unless it fried something ... its the minerals in it that are left on the board and are consequently what makes water conductive , use distilled water to soak off all the stuff and break cleaner from a local auto parts store to finish her off, its kept me out of some sticky situations.
Regards JKZfixme On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 12:04 PM, James E. LaBarre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > On 9/22/2008 8:43 PM, andy wrote: > > Is there a such a thing as a computer bath? A buddy of mine asked if > > there's any way to revive his daughter's laptop that had a glass of > > orange juice spilled right on it. > > > Not quite the same as liquid in a laptop, but I used denatured alcohol > to clean some boards after the house fire. the mainboard and router > worked fine afterwards. The mainboard was primarily soot covered, while > the router was mainly waterlogged. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org > http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug > Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium > Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise > Oct 1 - Ubikeys > Oct 4 - Linux Fest > Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software > Dec 3 - TBD > > _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
