Likely she's buying a new one, but it doesn't hurt to try, I've saved phones and pagers that went in various wet places. (Same applies to gameboys, computers, anything built from printed circuit boards.)
Most important is to remove the battery immediately, even if "off". With the length of a wash cycle, you may be shafted already on this, but it's more important during drying than during immersion. Reason -- residual solder-flux on the board is ionic and conductive -- they don't wash them like the used to -- and will disolve and the ions will field-align, and as it dries, will form crystals that, due to field alignment, grow in exactly the wrong direction and short out adjacent traces in potentially damaging ways. This is why Steve O recommends rinsing in DISTILLED water, it will draw out more of the flux ions than water that is already mineral-bearing. If no transistors or fuses are toasted, rewetting with distilled water and FLUSHING and slow drying -- with all batteries removed -- may recover the device. Do *not* attempt to accerate drying of any device including a liquid crystal panel above a very low warmth. A marble bun warmer might be the right technology here. -- Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
