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Jul 22, 2021 12:15:26 GMT
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Post by markcbrown on Jul 22, 2021 12:15:26 GMT
On my birthday, while we was out our apartment got flooded yesterday by the apartment above us. Ceiling, walls and carpet soaked. My laptop was fried in the processs as is was sitting on the dining room table under a shower of wate. Everything is waterlogged even my backup hard drive. There are no words. Six years of work were on that hdd. Hopefully when it dries out, I can see if it is salvageable. 😕
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Post by Ken on Jul 22, 2021 15:55:59 GMT
Sorry to hear that. There is no reason why your laptop should not be recoverable. Take your time and let it dry out slowly. The hard drives are normally sealed units so should be okay. Check all the connectors are clean and dry. If you can open the case of the laptop do so and let the insides dry slowly. Do not be tempted to use a hair dryer/blower, The only problem may be the battery but again slowly slowly. Double check all connectors.
Good Luck.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jul 22, 2021 17:34:08 GMT
If you have a plastic container [with lid] the lap top will fit in, you can try taking a pound or two of dry rice, pour the rice in the bottom, cover the rice with paper towels, then place the laptop on top of the towels and loosely cover.
I've dried a cellphone the same way a few times after the three-and-a-half-year-old dropped it into water.
If the laptop is dead the drive can be removed and put into an external case to allow file access. You should also be able to put the drive from your backup drive into a new case as long as it doesn't smell like burnt circuitry.
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Post by JesusNinja on Jul 22, 2021 23:36:06 GMT
Not sure if it will work but when cell phones get wet people put them in a bag of rice for a few days. That might work with the HD's. Sorry to hear about the flooding. Had that happen in my old place too, sucks.
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Post by JesusNinja on Jul 22, 2021 23:36:44 GMT
Not sure if it will work but when cell phones get wet people put them in a bag of rice for a few days. That might work with the HD's. Sorry to hear about the flooding. Had that happen in my old place too, sucks. LOL Didn't read Cameron's post. Yeah what he said
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Jul 23, 2021 10:06:03 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2021 10:06:03 GMT
On my birthday, while we was out our apartment got flooded yesterday by the apartment above us. Ceiling, walls and carpet soaked. My laptop was fried in the processs as is was sitting on the dining room table under a shower of wate. Everything is waterlogged even my backup hard drive. There are no words. Six years of work were on that hdd. Hopefully when it dries out, I can see if it is salvageable. 😕 Blowdryer for hair. Low heat.
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Jul 23, 2021 12:02:36 GMT
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Post by markcbrown on Jul 23, 2021 12:02:36 GMT
Thanks for all the advice, however the laptop was on and powered up when it got doused by a stream of water. It blew the power and caused a surge to fry the mother board and everything attached to it. I can't get the hdd or backup drive to work, it's just not responding. Six years of work was on the hdd. I don't know if I can restore what was lost. The apartment is still drying out. We'll, if anything lesson learned to keep backup drive unplugged from laptop. At least I have my books in print and those files on lulu, which is some relief. Thanks again.
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Post by JesusNinja on Jul 23, 2021 17:42:25 GMT
Mark believe it or not I once spilled Coke into the vents on my pc. Graphic card popped and stopped working. I kept it though and a few months out of curiosity reinstalled it. It booted right up. So yes the motherboard probably did fry, but I'd keep it and open the box or if laptop maybe take the board out and let it sit in the sun for awhile. Always a chance it might still work.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jul 23, 2021 19:31:27 GMT
Even if the laptop isn't recoverable, there's a good chance the hard drive is. Same goes for the hard drive in backup drive case.
It's worth checking the drives to see if you can recover the data.
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Post by Ken on Jul 24, 2021 6:59:48 GMT
Hairdryer- NEVER NEVER NEVER. The stream of air generates STATIC which will destroy chips. NEVER NEVER NEVER
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Jul 24, 2021 20:25:55 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2021 20:25:55 GMT
Hairdryer- NEVER NEVER NEVER. The stream of air generates STATIC which will destroy chips. NEVER NEVER NEVER Six nevers. 😊 What does Shakespeare say about protesting?
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Post by JesusNinja on Jul 24, 2021 22:36:27 GMT
I actually know a guy on Youtube that cleans out every pc he works on with a leaf blower. He blows out all the dust with it then works on them. He caught a lot of slack but so far not one problem. He actually did a video proving that what he was doing wasn't hurting anything. Used voltage meters etc to measure and static and there was none. Compressed air on the other hand I will agree with as moisture does build in the propellant in the can.I've used a vacuum cleaner for the same thing and no problem.
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Post by Retread-Retired-Cameron on Jul 24, 2021 23:33:13 GMT
Relative humidity also plays a part.
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Post by Ken on Jul 25, 2021 8:01:59 GMT
Ninja, 60 years as a Professional Electronics Engineer says differently.
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Post by BlueAndGold on Jul 25, 2021 12:34:23 GMT
I have to agree with Ken. Electrostatic forces build rapidly in a dry air stream. ESD (Electro Static Discharge) can damage bipolar components in ways that are not immediately obvious, leading to failures weeks or months down the road. There ARE conductive and grounded hoses made for such applications but non-deionized hair dryer is not one of them.
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