Thanks all for your help. Another complication I forgot to mention: my laptop is docked in a docking station... I can't find the key to undock it. so I can't take the battery out...
On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 3:40 PM, STeve Andre' <[email protected]> wrote: > On Saturday 13 March 2010 13:50:54 Jerry Ro wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > Unfortunately I spilled a glass of water into a bag with my laptop, X61T, > > which was shut down at the time. Is there anything I can do to minimize > > the damage? I haven't turned it on since then. The laptop was sideways > > when it spilled so water got into the holes on the side, and the water > also > > reached the (touch)screen and the keyboard. Any information you can give > me > > would be helpful. > > > > Thanks, > > Jerr > > I am sorry to hear this! I have personal experience doing this... > > Besides the advice you've already gotten, figuring out a way to > run warmish--not hot--air into the space where the keyboard > was in a great idea. > > The keyboard comes out fairly easily. A hair drier on low, situated > far enough away such that a warm breeze is hitting it will do well. > > I have a friend with one of those $5000+ ovens, which can go down > to 110F or so, and we used that for drying out some watered ipods, > so thats an option. Just don't do as another friend did, and not > understand that their oven couldnt go below 250F or so, and melt > the plastic off a radio, resulting in a Dali-FM radio..... > > Be patient, as it can take a while for the water to all go away. I'd > wait two days. > > --STeve Andre' > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
