dog knocked wine all over the laptop

[Ankf00]

it shorted out a few second later... is the thing f'ed? should i rinse it w/ distilled w/o batt & hd? or maybe gank some de-ionized from the university... :D

[nrc]

When you say "it shorted out" exactly what does that mean? If you let the smoke out then it's probably not going to be just a clean-up job.

[eiregosod]

sounds like its fluxed. the capacitors need to contain the smoke otherwise they wont work :tony:.

[Ankf00]

no smoke or anything, seemed to just shut off in the same way as if the battery ran out

[cameraman]

You probably will want to use the "University" water but try to get any and all liquid soaked up with towels before it has time to dry.

[nrc]

Yes, towel it off and lay it so as much of the liquid as possible can run out - probably keyboard down.

If it went in through the keyboard the keyboard is probably toast. If you're lucky that's replaceable.

I hope it was good wine. :\

[mapguy]

WTF? Drinking wine? Going all metro on us?




Nancy boy...






























:D

[coolhand]

Was it Franzia?

[Ankf00]

I drink my franzia straight from the spout, no spillage there :tony:

it was a pretty good chenin blanc I picked up in walla walla last week. what a waste... and no metro, i'm about to head to the creek with a case of peebers :D

[Mr. Vengeance]

Get a can of contact cleaner. Magic stuff.

[Ankf00]

deionized on the way, yay nerdy phd friends :)

[coolhand]

My old roommate and I bought Franzi once. It tasted like Vodka Grape Juice.

A wine industry friend told me that they take pre-mature grapes off the wine, mash them and ADD alcohol to the mix. It is not fermented grapes.

I guess it is good for getting trashed.

[Methanolandbrats]

Put the puter in the oven on low to dry it out. Euthanize the f'n dog. BUy some beer and pour the wine down the sink. You'll be fine.

[OW]

Sure............Blame the Dog...............

[racermike]

deionized on the way, yay nerdy phd friends :)

Thats nasty stuff, yet will probably be the one thing that might help.

[Ankf00]

fried laptop. shopping time.

[racermike]

Thats either an expensive dog, or expensive bottle of wine, depending on how you look at it.

[Ankf00]

laptop was 4 yo old. serviceable, but serviceable like Gretzky in NYR sweater serviceable.

[Ankf00]

what online sites to check out other than newegg or tigerdirect? I ended up w/ the HP last time b/c of LMT's sweet discount, but no more LMT so no more sweet discount.

I'm thinking this: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=8897679&productCategoryId=abcat0502003&type=product&tab=2&id=1212192350379#productdetail

internets + itunes mostly, although i'm starting to play with fluent and solidworks at home lately