Go to your nearest apothecary and tell them you need some magic blue smoke.
Unplug it, make sure it's dry before you turn anything back on, and investigate for burnt chips. If a chip is burnt, don't plug it into anything else (I lost a mobo when I tried to plug my mom's fried hard drive in, not noticing the burn marks on the circuit board on the bottom of the drive). Chances are something needs a replacement. Jake On Oct 23, 2012, at 10:35 AM, Matthew Gardner wrote: > So, my wife informs me that my daughter spilled water on our desktop machine > (while it was running), and it shut off and won't turn back on. She said > something smelled smokey. I haven't gotten home to look at it yet, but I was > wondering what the best way is to diagnose water damage problems and find out > what is salvageable. Should I wait some amount of time before even trying, > in the hopes that it might dry and still be ok? > > Matt > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
