liquid inside T40

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beerak · #1 Post by **beerak** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 10:59 am

Hi,

my friend spilled a beer to his T40,

he turned it on and it worked, but he noticed a liquid near the spacebar so he hibernated it.

then it has not started again

Any ideas what could happen ?

Steve007 · #2 Post by **Steve007** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:14 am

beerak wrote:Any ideas what could happen ?

Flat battery?

Leon · #3 Post by **Leon** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 11:26 am

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=3139

slagmi · #4 Post by **slagmi** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 12:31 pm

maybe ok once it't really thoroughly dry-

battery out and fan on it for a couple of days!

lid open in front of a dehumidifier may cut that down to 1 day

and yea, like in the thread leon posted taking it apart as much as possible is good-- but only if you are comfortable doing so

it really depends a lot on how quicklly it was turned off after the spill
and where exactly the liquid went.

atlacatl · #5 Post by **atlacatl** » Thu Mar 03, 2005 4:00 pm

That just to show you...Drinking and heave machinery don't mix...

I've hear that you can wash up your electronics with distiled water...Good luck...

ctbenski · #6 Post by **ctbenski** » Fri Mar 04, 2005 8:21 am

Hi,
had same situation once. I have kids who spilled 1 liter of orange juice on my running thinkpad:-)
Removed the battery at once, disassembled, removed bios battery.Washed everything with distilled water, dried for 3 days on radiator. Worked again!
Benski at o2.pl

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