[ltp] Spilled Water on R32

[James Knott]

Over the years, I have often cleaned circuit boards under hot tap water, 
without problem.  Provided no physical damage occurred with the spill, 
it should be OK.  Another remedy would be a thorough cleaning with alcohol.


Sasha Z wrote:
> Have you tried going over the board with some DI water to thoroughly
> clean it of impurities? Spray the board with a douche, swirl it
> around, dump waste water... repeat. Do this a couple times, let the
> board dry overnight. Try again.
> 
> I have recovered from more than one spillage incident this way. :)
> 
> Incidentally, a slightly more advanced process with sonic vibrators is
> used in real PCB production plants to clean off PCB's.
> 
> On Mon, 16 Aug 2004 12:19:52 -0400, morpheus <morpheus@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
>>Hi,
>>
>>I recently spilled a full glass of water on my running R32 (sigh).  It
>>instantly switched off, and I could hear the water boiling as it hit the
>>CPU...there was actually steam coming from my keyboard.  Since then, I
>>only use travel mugs with lids near my PCs...
>>
>>Anyway, after taking it apart and drying everything out, then putting it
>>back together, I only have two problems:
>>
>>1. DVD/CD in ultrabay is not recognized...this problem was intermittent
>>at first (after the water incident) but now it never recognizes it.  I
>>don't mind, since I have a new 42p, so I just SMBShare the DVD on that.
>>Incidentally, the DVD/CD drive works in other thinkpads, so it's
>>probably a problem with the controller or the ultrabay.
>>
>>2. Cannot run on battery power.  Well, I rarely take it out anywhere,
>>since I'm using it more as a file server/firewall, but it is annoying.
>>Has anyone ever repaired/replaced the battery charger unit on the R32?
>>Is it a separate unit?
>>
>>Any help would be appreciated...
>>
>>On Mon, 2004-08-16 at 06:20, Henrik Brix Andersen wrote:
>>
>>>Hi,
>>>
>>>On Sat, 2004-08-14 at 20:25, Ajai Khattri wrote:
>>>
>>>>Do you think the battery is dead or is there something more seriously
>>>>wrong?
>>>
>>>Try removing the battery and plug the thinkpad into AC - then boot it.
>>>If the thinkpad boots ok it's a battery related problem.
>>>
>>>Regards,
>>>Brix
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>>>Henrik Brix Andersen <brix@gimp.org>
>>
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