[TriLUG] [OT] I killed my laptop ...

[Shane O'Donnell]

Coffee dumped in the left hand side of my T42 keyboard cost me only a
keyboard and a DVD drive....guess I was lucky.

Shane O.

On 3/31/06, Marc Wiatrowski <wia at iglass.net> wrote:
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Matt Frye
> > Sent: Friday, March 31, 2006 4:26 PM
> > To: Triangle Linux Users Group discussion list
> > Subject: Re: [TriLUG] [OT] I killed my laptop ...
> >
> > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2006, Lisa Boyd wrote:
> > > > This morning I spilled Coke on the corner of my laptop
> > (IBM Thinkpad
> > > > T43). Do any of you know/recommend a place to get it
> > repaired? Or is
> > > > it really toast?
> > >
> > On 3/29/06, Joseph Mack NA3T <jmack at wm7d.net> wrote:
> > > there's very little in modern electronics that will have a
> > > problem with (distilled) water or being dunked in Coke, if
> > > it's turned off. Everthing is encapsulated in plastic
> > > coating of some sort or other.
> >
> > Normally, I would agree with this statement, but my experience with
> > new-ish Thinkpads tells me differently.  In my case, my T42 came into
> > intimate contact with ginger ale while en route to Dallas.  Within 30
> > seconds, the screen flickered and the unit shut down...permanently.
> >
>
> I'd have to agree, though mine took a little while.  Spilled some coffee
> on the keyboard of a Dell, thought I dodged the bullet, but then a couple
> hours later the hard drive died...  Don't ask if I used that time to do
> a backup.  :(
>
> marc
>
>
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