What a great story Peter. Perhaps worthy of a Readers Digest entry !
> On 13 Mar 2020, at 8:51 am, Peter Crisp <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks Peter and yes, and I have had similar experiences with garage remote > controllers, a number of times (doh!) - my wife immediately submerges it in > an empty bowl and covers it completely with dry rice grains. The hygroscopic > nature of the rice will provide a drying effect to the contents of the unit > (printed circuit board etc) and reduce/minimise corrosive effects of the > components being wet. May still be a good idea for your item Peter but the > fact it has come back to life means it is probably pretty dried out at a > micro level. > > Not recommended as a test but recovery from accidental washing has always > been successful for me. > > > > Kind Regards > > > Peter Crisp > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > [email protected] > > To: > <[email protected]> > Cc: > > Sent: > Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:35:55 +0800 > Subject: > A salutary lesson > > > I thought the following story might offer hope to those had a s similar > experience, or are about to… > > A couple of years ago I saw, in the Booragoon Apple Store, what looked a > great idea: a 64Gb SanDisk Connect USB drive. The label on the box calls it a > “Wireless Stick”, so called because it has a built-in wireless transmitter > which creates a wireless network to which other devices can connect. It’s > ideal for extending the storage space of my iPad and iPhone. I measn I can > keep the device in my pocket or bag and never have worry about dropping or > forgetting it. It’s the perfect solution for accessing portable music, for > example. Great for the gym. > > Last year, shortly before Christmas, I found it in the pocket of my gym > shorts after taking it out of the washing machine. It was dead. No response > of any kind. Not even the wireless was working. I wasn’t prepared to consign > it to the bin just yet, so I kept it to one side, asnd I’ve been testing it > every couple of weeks ever since. Slowly, changes stated happening. > Eventually I started getting messages that I has ejected a drive without > warning, similar signs of activity. > > A couple of days ago I gave it yet another try (it had been a couple of weeks > since the previous go) and all of a sudden everything was back! the drive > mounted happily, all the files were there, and even the wireless network was > working. > > I guess the lesson from all this is that if you give your USB drive a > dunking, don’t give up. Just give it about three months to dry out. > > > Kind regards, > > Peter Hinchliffe Apwin Computer Services > FileMaker Pro Solutions Developer > Perth, Western Australia > Phone (618) 9332 6482 Mob 0403 046 948 > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > Mac because I prefer it -- Windows because I have to. > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> Regards, Stephen Chape
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