Hi: Might want to wrap laptop and dock in dishtowel. Then place in box. Then fill the box with silica gel. Easy cheap source for the gel is "crystal" type kitty litter. Then close up the box so the moisture it soaks up is from the laptop and not from the room air. Towel is to help keep the litter from getting inside the laptop.
Good luck Chris ----- Original Message ---- From: Bruce Markowitz <[email protected]> To: Jerry Ro <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sat, March 13, 2010 2:01:32 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] something sad In which case you are probably in trouble. Just shake all the water out, leave it sit for a week in a warm, hopefully not humid room, and see what happens. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Ro" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 13, 2010 3:46 PM Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] something sad > 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 _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
