[Hrgeeks] Wife juice

Mon Mar 29 14:46:15 EDT 2010

I've heard the moisture can be removed by placing the item in a bag or bowl
of dry rice filled enough to cover the item.
Let set for a few days to a week.

http://hubpages.com/hub/Apple-iPhone-Water-Damage

On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 12:00 PM, <hrgeeks-request at hrgeeks.com> wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:57:27 -0400
> From: John Bos <jbos at pobox.com>
> Subject: Re: [Hrgeeks] Wife Juice
> To: derez at packetforge.net, HRGeeks <hrgeeks at hrgeeks.com>
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> Update:
>
> I continued drying it for another week or so then plugged it in. It booted
> halfway through bios and just stopped so I removed all the removable parts
> again except the hard drive. It booted this time and ran very slowly.
> Started adding back the parts one at a time. Finally found the cd drive to
> be causing problems so i replaced it with a spare. Now the laptop
> has returned to full functionality except for occasional sticky keys
> and buttons.
>
> Bossman
>
>
> On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:23 AM, derez <derez at packetforge.net> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 00:13 -0500, John Bos wrote:
> > > Wife spilled fruit juice in my Dell Inspiron E1405.
> > > I removed CD drive, keyboard, HD etc.
> > > Wiped everything out and let it dry for 2 days.
> > > Reassembled partially.
> > >
> > >
> > > When I power on i see a green led for about 5 seconds, No sounds,
> > > clicks, HD noises, monitor flickers.... nothing.
> > > Then the led goes out.
> > >
> > >
> > > Any practical ideas?
> >
> > Sounds like you have done most of the easy and perhaps more, but
> > ultimately you have to weigh your time spent dealing with it against
> > buying another equivalent machine (or nicer machine for same money :) ).
> > Troubleshooting sucks and you can waste a lot of time on it (as I have
> > over the years). Not only is it your time today, but future time as well
> > since will never have any idea what damage the juice did that could
> > cause it to fail in the future. Basically, initial cost of time spent +
> > cost of time spent dealing with problems in the future + cost of wife
> > being upset for losing data and access is far higher than cost of
> > another machine..
> >
> > ( $(ti) + $(t(1+n)) + $(w:/) ) < $(another machine)
> >
> > Don't pick me apart on the calculation as it may not be academically
> > accurate symbols but you guys get the idea ;)
> >
> >
> > ~d
> >
> >
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> Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 10:18:35 -0400
> From: remad <listaggy at remad.net>
> Subject: Re: [Hrgeeks] Wife Juice
> To: HRGeeks <hrgeeks at hrgeeks.com>
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> Depending on the model keyboards can be had pretty cheap on ebay.
> Most people smash the screens and part them out.  Could be a quick and
> easy fix.
>
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 9:57 AM, John Bos <jbos at pobox.com> wrote:
> > Update:
> > I continued drying it for another week or so then plugged it in. It
> booted
> > halfway through bios and just stopped so I removed all the removable
> parts
> > again except the hard drive. It booted this time and ran very slowly.
> > Started adding back the parts one at a time. Finally found the cd drive
> to
> > be causing problems so i replaced it with a spare. Now the laptop
> > has?returned?to full functionality except for occasional sticky keys
> > and?buttons.
> > Bossman
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 6, 2010 at 11:23 AM, derez <derez at packetforge.net> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, 2010-03-05 at 00:13 -0500, John Bos wrote:
> >> > Wife spilled fruit juice in my Dell Inspiron E1405.
> >> > I removed CD drive, keyboard, HD etc.
> >> > Wiped everything out and let it dry for 2 days.
> >> > Reassembled partially.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > When I power on i see a green led for about 5 seconds, No sounds,
> >> > clicks, HD noises, monitor flickers.... nothing.
> >> > Then the led goes out.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Any practical ideas?
> >>
> >> Sounds like you have done most of the easy and perhaps more, but
> >> ultimately you have to weigh your time spent dealing with it against
> >> buying another equivalent machine (or nicer machine for same money :) ).
> >> Troubleshooting sucks and you can waste a lot of time on it (as I have
> >> over the years). Not only is it your time today, but future time as well
> >> since will never have any idea what damage the juice did that could
> >> cause it to fail in the future. Basically, initial cost of time spent +
> >> cost of time spent dealing with problems in the future + cost of wife
> >> being upset for losing data and access is far higher than cost of
> >> another machine..
> >>
> >> ( $(ti) + $(t(1+n)) + $(w:/) ) < $(another machine)
> >>
> >> Don't pick me apart on the calculation as it may not be academically
> >> accurate symbols but you guys get the idea ;)
> >>
> >>
> >> ~d
> >>
> >
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