[ltp] thinkpad 760el dead

[James Mckenzie]

Ouch!  Cat urine is not good for any electronics, especially
motherboards.  Time to buy a new laptop.

James Mckenzie

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.
>
> --
> Guy Yasko -- gyasko@mx7.ttcn.ne.jp
>
> I wish I was on a Cincinnati street corner holding a clean dog!
>
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