Re: [Hampshire] Testing Hardware that got wet!

Steve Kirk wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Unfortunately last week water leaked from the upstairs flat through the
> ceiling, and as sod's law would have it, right over my desk + shelving!
> It shorted out power to my computer equipment, and took everything down
> so apologies to the list managers for any bouncing email etc!
>
> Anyway I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on testing out equipment
> without causing potential damage. I believe I've got away with little
> or no damage to the machines themselves, thanks in part to Sun's hugely
> well engineered workstations. However I do need to test it, and I'm not
> sure how to go about this and also I have a CRT monitor I need to test.
> I'm not overly keen on plugging it in and seeing what happens to do
> this testing, so any ideas greatly appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Steve
>

We get users call all the time about spilling coffee/tea in their
laptops, our advice to is leave it 3 days in a warm dry place before you
try turning it on again.

Invariably they phone back 30 minutes later to say they tried turning it
back on and it went pop and won't turn on anymore...

James