Thanks for the advice....when the Wallstreet was originally watered I took it
completely apart (even the PCMIA cage was out)in under 5 minutes...this may not be
impressive but it was at 6am (and I'm a night owl) while my very sorry wife watched
and hoped....it sat for a week before I re-assembled it. I didn't find any real water
but I'm guessing at this point that it's a loss due to a short. So now I'm stuck
w/Gateway desktop. :(
thanks again folks
ed
>Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 15:08:38 -0400
>Subject: Re: Waterlogged wallstreet
>From: Laurent Daudelin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>on 05/06/04 14:41, Ken at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> My Reply follows quote. On 05/06/2004 11:09 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
>>
>>> Recently my Wallstreet was attacked by a glass of water. I took it apart
>>> and there didn't seem to be any water inside the machine....but of course,
>>> now she's dead (and I'm so depressed). If I plug it in it tries to start
>>> up, whiring while the green power light goes on...but I don't think the
>>> hard drive even starts spinning and then it shuts back down. In this
>>> process the screen doesn't light up and I have to wait a couple of hours
>>> for this to happen again (it won't start with the startup button). So the
>>> process (just to repeat) goes like this.
>>>
>>> 1. Empty battery bays. Insert power cord.
>>> 2. Startup light comes on, quick whirring sound for 2-3 second.
>>> 3. Sound stops, light goes off, and the machine is dead.
>>> 4. Repeat in an hour with same results.
>>>
>>> It doesn't seem to me like the entire machine is shot and with the wide
>>> array of parts on ebay I'm hoping someone could give me an idea on what
>>> this might be....any ideas from the Wallstreet family?
>> ---------
>> If you are lucky, and your water is soft, you may be able to revive the
>> machine by THOROUGHLY drying in out. As a minimum, I would remove the
>> keyboard, hard drive, processor card and disconnect as many of the ribbon
>> cable connectors as I could reach without disassembling the computer and
>> let it air dry for a day or so.
>>
>> I suspect that water has gotten into some of the connectors and is
>> causing faulty circuits. I suppose you could use a hair dryer on it after
>> you have done the disconnections to speed things up, just don't over heat
>> things!
>
>There is also another unfortunate possibility. If the original poster did
>try to power it up before it was completely dry, it is possible that
>remaining water caused some shorts that could have fried some electronic
>components in it which could be permanently damaged, even if the PowerBook
>is now let to dry completely...
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