Hi, This is my first post to this list. I had used low end mac's Quadra list while refurbishing my old Quadra to give to a friend and the folks there were so helpful. I am hoping to have similar luck here.
You see, I've done something absolutely awful to my dear Ti Powerbook! Feel free to tell me what an idiot I am... believe me, that's what I am saying to myself!! You see I accidentally spilled beer(!) on the surface of the laptop. It was a bottle less than half full and it tipped onto the laptop. The opening landed right about between the space bar and the track pad. The second it tipped I grabbed it, so it only had a half a second to spill. And it wasn't full. So it's not like it poured in. I immediately soaked up what was there with paper towels (cussing profusely...) The liquid was mostly confined to this area of the lower keyboard. I removed the keyboard pad, and very carefully soaked up any droplets that I saw. Again, there wasn't a whole lot, it wasn't soaked. Mostly just at the ridge where the keyboard sits. I opened the battery area and wiped in there and wiped the battery. I removed the back and there was a small amount on the back metel cover. I looked inside and used a non static dry cloth to very carefull soak up anything I could see, but there wasn't much. There was one droplet on the large chip in the center that I think said "lucent" (is that the processor?) But not much to get from the back. I put it all back together, and booted it up. It did boot up, but the screen was all dark. I could barely make out the desktop underneath. I let it run for a short while hoping the heat generated might help evaporate anything. No change, restarted, no change. So I shut down and packed it up and left it propped up with one corner down (the cd corner) hoping if there is anything in there it could flow down and out. I left it like that overnight. Went to bed and prayed for my mac. Today, started up, and same thing. Everything seems to work, but the screen is very dark. I can barely see the desktop, but I can see enough to see that it seems "normal" in there. I opened the monitors control panel and tried to adjust the monitor to overcompensate for the darkness. Not able to make any significant difference. I thought it might be as simple as "brightness", and but it is turned all the way up. Incidentally, turning the brightness all the way down then all the way back up makes no discernable difference to the screen. So maybe it is a brightness thing, and it is just stuck at the lowest...? I've left it running so it can warm up and evaporate or whatever. I linked to it via ethernet, and everything appears to be there, and normal when linked remotely. I ran norton on it and it was fine. So, the good news is that it seems to be "ok" except for the monitor display (which of course is a pretty crucial feature!) There is only one local mac service place here and I don't have alot of faith in them... would rather try to troubleshoot this myself if I can. I am kicking myself so much, I absolutely love this laptop and I can't believe I have done this. Can any of you help me with any ideas of how to remedy this problem? Thanks and sorry so long... Susan -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
