Rebrief or Scrub at 12:00
Before hand the British Team are doing a lecture on AATs and Starting
Last night during the bar games my laptop took 1/4 pint of water on - it is now much heavier than it should be. I have turned it on once briefly and there is evidence of water in the screen. I am hoping it will dry. If anybody has any sensible suggestions on what to do please call Norfolk Gliding Club 01379 677207 and ask for me.
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Don't turn it on, take the battery and any PC cards, removable drives etc. out and dry it thoroughly: put it somewhere very dry, say an airing cupboard, on top of a gas boiler (check not too hot), or an oven running at less than 50C. Hell even run a tumble drier for ten minutes then rest it in the drum.
It takes *days* to dry something like a laptop out - don't be tempted to short-cut. Give it at least 72 hours.
Heh, if you do try an electric oven, not gas obviously, 1. put a thermometer in there for an hour first to make sure it's not getting too hot 2. use the bottom shelf and 3. rest the laptop on a block of wood so heat isn't conducted straight into it via the shelf
I agree with Dan G: dry out very carefully and very throughly and you might well get away with it.
We had a monitor in the office at Booker that had a vase of water poured into it resulting in the building circuit breakers tripping. I left it to dry for a quite few days (we had warmer and drier summers in those days) and it was fine.
Also, I had a 720 channel radio that I squirted horrid mucky water into being a bit enthusiastic bleeding a radiator. Again, leaving it to try for a few days (I think I put it in the airing cupboard) sorted it out.
Turning it on is only likely to make things worse. Leaving the battery in would probably be a bad idea, too.
Oops, "leaving it to dry", not "try", obviously.
Just remembered that you can take the hard drive out of laptops very easily - do that too. If it didn't get wet dry the rest of the laptop seperately - the hdd is possibly the most sensitive compenent, so best keep that away from any aggressive drying unless it needs it.
Also, there should be a cover over the memory upgrade slot - take that off as well. The more places for water vapour to escape, the better.
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