[ltp] How screwed am I?

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> You could help it to dry by removing the various drives - this also 
> means that if water is slowly trickling through the system, your HDD 
> (and data!) are less likely to get wet...
> 
> Richard
> 
> Ken Restivo wrote:
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> > In a fit of pique, my daughter spilled a glass of water, some of which 
> splashed onto my 600E.
> > 
> > The 600E immediately powered off. Fast, too, before I could unplug it and/or 
> take the battery out.
> > 
> > At one time I owned laptops that had "dew detectors" on them, and would shut 
> the thing off (and/or refuse to power on) if there was too much moisture 
> detected. Do the TP's have these too? I'm hoping against all hope that the 
> engineers at IBM thought this through and added some safety feature to power it 
> off if it had too much moisture or condensation.
> > 
> > I am letting the thing dry now. Should I bother trying to power it back on 
> again? Or, should I be heading straight to Ebay?
> > 
> > Thanks.
> > 
> > - -ken
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