[ltp] thinkpad 760el dead

[Richard Neill]

For what it's worth, the difference is probably due to the salt content. 
  Coke doesn't conduct so well, and wouldn't burn out pcb tracks.

Better luck next time :-)

Richard


Guy Yasko wrote:

>>>>>>"James" == James Mckenzie <jjmckenzie51@earthlink.net> writes:
>>>>>>
> 
>     James> Guy: I wonder what that cat did.  I've split Coke on a
>     James> laptop keyboard and was able to clean it up so the machine
>     James> could be used again.  I think that George could buy a new
>     James> keyboard and the machine would start working again.
> 
> in our case, the machine was dead dead dead.
> 
> the cat piss got onto the motherboard before i could turn the machine
> upside down -- a matter of a couple of seconds.  this produced that
> wonderful burnt electronics smell -- mixed with cat piss, of course.
> when i took the thing apart to recover the hard disk, i could see
> burns on the mobo from where it had shorted, mostly around the area
> where the power adapter went in.
> 
> this happened to an apple powerbook.  i don't know if thinkpads would
> be any more or less susceptible to this sort of thing.  some more than
> others i suppose.  however, i would guess that there are more than
> enough holes on most laptops for a spilled or squirted liquid to short
> the motherboard.
> 
> g.y.
> 
> 



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