Hi, ... reporting on the sad thing that happened.
I decided to wait for two days... A week was too much, I needed the computer. In any case, I plugged it in, no battery, only electricity, on the docking station, and it seems to work for now! I am not sure if I should take any other precautions, now that I have already turned it on. Is there any testing that I have the laptop go through to check if everything is really alright? I did not put in the battery, but I don't think it should matter. Thank you all guys for all of your advice, it was worth gold. Jerr. On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 6:30 PM, Repair Clinic <[email protected]>wrote: > In any case, get back to us, so we can learn from your experienc. > > I have yet to see a Thinkpad motherboard destroyed by water only, unless > the board was steeped in water. I have seen a lot of bad Sony VAIOS, Acers, > and HP laptops damage by even little bits of water. > > RB > > > - - - - - > > > I believe in equality. Equality for everybody > No matter how stupid they are or how > superior I am to them. > > .. ... .... ..... ...... ~ Steve Martin > > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 10:51 AM, Bruce Markowitz <[email protected] > > wrote: > >> You have to take it apart and dry it thouroghly. There is nothing to be >> afraid of, since the system board is probably shot anyway. If there had been >> no battery, I think you could have saved it. But the battery does put energy >> into the system, so the odds are against you. In any case, take it all apart >> and dry it out really well. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jerry Ro" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 6:56 AM >> >> Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] something sad >> >> >> Okay, I managed to undock it (found the key) and I removed the battery... >>> When I undocked it (12 hours after it happened), I saw a very very small >>> "puddle" next to the battery, which makes me worry what goes inside... >>> I am tempted to unscrew it and use a hair drier, not sure if it is wise. >>> >>> On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 8:18 PM, Jonathan Berry <[email protected] >>> >wrote: >>> >>> Here on the Wet Coast a dehumidifier (sort of like an air >>>> conditioner, but not quite) is a very useful tool around the >>>> house anyway. It is more than 100% efficient as a heater >>>> because of the free heat from the condensation of water vapour, >>>> but OTOH electricity is expensive. >>>> >>>> Anyway, a dehumidifier would help your task of drying out the >>>> computer before applying juice^H^H^H^H^H electricity. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> happy >>>> Jonathan Berry and Erika http://members.shaw.ca/berry5868/fun.htm >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
