On Monday 22 September 2008, andy wrote: > Is there a such a thing as a computer bath? A buddy of mine asked if > there's any way to revive his daughter's laptop that had a glass of > orange juice spilled right on it.
> On Tuesday 23 September 2008, Jeremy Bongio wrote: > Couldn't alcohol be used to clean rather than water? There are some things to avoid trying cleaning with immersion/submersion -- at least the hard disk and the batteries -- and there's usually another internal backup BIOS battery to remove along with the main one, and that one usually requires disassembly to get to. Every hard disk has a small filtered breather hole, and the reason is that the heads inside the hard disk actually ride on a thin film of air -- so they're not completely sealed. Alcohol may work, but water is generally safer and cheaper. Without the hard disk and the batteries, your friend could probably safely wash the laptop in the bathtub with water and wait for it to dry. I've had to do that on several occasions for keyboards and computer parts, and it always worked out well, but I've never had to wash a full laptop in the tub thusfar. Certain computer keyboards have even been designed to tolerate being put thought he dishwasher without any disassembly -- on occasion we've done that, too (even when they're not designed for it) but that's usually overkill. Mostly the diswashable keyboards are meant for hospitals that need to wash their keyboards often. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Sep 3 - Porkchop - The Areas of My Expertise Oct 1 - Ubikeys Oct 4 - Linux Fest Nov 5 - Releasing Open Source Software Dec 3 - TBD
