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Posted by badgolferman on September 7, 2006, 6:36 am
Please log in for more thread options yesterday. My neighbors say they worked before they put them out there. However it rained that morning so the innards are wet. I opened up the computer to let it dry out and it doesn't look wet inside. The monitor I don't know about. How long should I wait before turning on the monitor? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Roby on September 7, 2006, 8:47 am
Please log in for more thread options The manufacturer has included circuitry that will produce an unmistakable signal if there's water in there. To address the possibility that the user may be impaired, several signals are issued: visual, audible and olfactory. To further protect the user, the monitor will self-destruct after/during the signalling process. Your money will be refunded ... did you get a receipt when you rescued the stuff from roadside? I would wait a week or more and do the first test outside. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Mike Walsh on September 7, 2006, 9:55 am
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It is best to take the cover off the monitor to let it dry. If you can't get the cover off then use a fan to blow air through the vents for a few hours. Also let the PC dry with the cover off. There could be moisture present that is not easily visible. badgolferman wrote: >
> Picked up a PIII computer and monitor off the side of the road > yesterday. My neighbors say they worked before they put them out > there. However it rained that morning so the innards are wet. I > opened up the computer to let it dry out and it doesn't look wet > inside. The monitor I don't know about. How long should I wait before > turning on the monitor? -- Mike Walsh West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.A. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rod Speed on September 7, 2006, 1:11 pm
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> Picked up a PIII computer and monitor off the side of the road
> yesterday. My neighbors say they worked before they put them > out there. However it rained that morning so the innards are wet. > I opened up the computer to let it dry out and it doesn't look wet > inside. The monitor I don't know about. How long should I wait > before turning on the monitor? Until its dry inside if it got wet inside. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by kony on September 7, 2006, 1:19 pm
Please log in for more thread options On Thu, 7 Sep 2006 06:36:10 -0400, "badgolferman"
>Picked up a PIII computer and monitor off the side of the road
>yesterday. My neighbors say they worked before they put them out >there. However it rained that morning so the innards are wet. I >opened up the computer to let it dry out and it doesn't look wet >inside. The monitor I don't know about. How long should I wait before >turning on the monitor? One day is not very long, water can wick behind surface mount chips and stay there for a long time. I suggest pointing a fan at the opened system and leaving it running for at least 24 hours. Open the monitor and then carefully tilt it side to side, forwards, backwards, and upside down, so that the typical waffled plastic casing moldings won't have any pooled water sitting in them (which might take quite a bit longer to dry otherwise), and leave it open also sitting next to the fan. Do same to PSU if it seems to have gotten wet inside. If you aren't in a rush to power these parts on, leave them sit even longer. You might also pull the battery out of the motherboard now, if it looks like much water got into the system. Water likes to run into cracks along flat surfaces so this might mean parts like the optical or floppy drives need a lot more time to dry out, rotating them at several angles as suggested for the monitor casing parts and/or disassembly and forced air too. If the system was really dusty inside and then wet, it could be a mucky mess rightabout now. Formerly reasonable slot contacts could now have a cement-like hardened crust of dust that needs to soak and be rinsed off. if the parts are of little value to you, you could always just take the easy route, open both cases up, leave them sit for a couple days and stand back when you plug it in. Why did they throw away a working P3 system anyway? Offer to haul off any more interesting stuff for a small recycling fee. ;-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> yesterday. My neighbors say they worked before they put them out
> there. However it rained that morning so the innards are wet. I
> opened up the computer to let it dry out and it doesn't look wet
> inside. The monitor I don't know about. How long should I wait before
> turning on the monitor?