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What do you do when you spill water all over your desk , including your mouse, iphone

  • 29-05-2015 12:19PM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭


    & USB Cd/Dvd Drive? Just happened to me and I've wiped everything with a towel. Anything else I Should do? It's a very expensive iMac :(
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,007 ✭✭✭✭The Muppet


    me0w wrote: »
    & USB Cd/Dvd Drive? Just happened to me and I've wiped everything with a towel. Anything else I Should do? It's a very expensive iMac :(

    Get your coat.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭Mint Aero


    me0w wrote: »
    It's a very expensive iMac :(

    Yeah they are and more fool you.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w


    Mint Aero wrote: »
    Yeah they are and more fool you.

    THanks!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,557 ✭✭✭the_monkey


    Don't switch it on and let it dry out, maybe get a hairdryer at it ... I have dropped phones in water before and this worked - important tho to leave it a good while off for drying time.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭Tefral


    First thing i do is pull the power chord and battery


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    me0w wrote: »
    & USB Cd/Dvd Drive? Just happened to me and I've wiped everything with a towel. Anything else I Should do? It's a very expensive iMac :(

    Its just water.
    The only way this will cause a problem is if it was turned on and caused a power surge and fried something.

    Turn off everything. remove power cables, remove batteries etc.
    Leave everything in a warm dry place for a few days.

    When you're sure everything is dry then you can turn it on.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,634 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


    You need bags of rice OP. Buy them in aldi.

    Spill the grains everywhere water has gotten into.

    Leave it over the weekend.

    What happens is that the rice attracts Asians, and they're brilliant at fixing stuff like that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭BrokenArrows


    the_monkey wrote: »
    Don't switch it on and let it dry out, maybe get a hairdryer at it ... I have dropped phones in water before and this worked - important tho to leave it a good while off for drying time.

    Dont use a hair dryer. It will dry it too quickly and could warp/melt stuff.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,949 ✭✭✭Mesrine65


    Leave it in a container of dry rice for a couple of days, all the moisture will be slowly absorbed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w


    cronin_j wrote: »
    First thing i do is pull the power chord and battery

    I've pulled the plug and blow dried the keyboard. How long should I do this for


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w



    What happens is that the rice attracts Asians, and they're brilliant at fixing stuff like that.

    Hahah funny if it wasnt your computer :pac:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 930 ✭✭✭Dramatik


    Bang it a few times with a hammer, this will help dislodge any water inside the unit. If that fails put it in the oven @ 200 degrees for 30 mins until the unit turns a golden brown colour.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 369 ✭✭walkingshadow


    When I spill water all over my desk, I ejaculate furiously over it to hide the water I've spilled.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 33,775 ✭✭✭✭RobertKK


    I dropped my iPhone into a bucket of water, got it out, did a Taylor Swift on the water and shaked it off. Then looked to see if it still worked and a sigh of relief as it was ok.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,743 ✭✭✭blatantrereg


    What do you do when you spill water all over your desk , including your mouse, iphone & USB Cd/Dvd Drive?

    I have a conniption.

    Though you're probably okay. I paid €80 [as far as I recall] to get an iphone repaired which had a smashed screen and had been immersed in water. (Though it would be a lot more to get Apple to do it.) Mouse is probably fine. No idea about dvd drive but they're cheap enough and you can get by without one okay in the short term.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,397 ✭✭✭✭Digital Solitude


    Leave the whole thing off until you're sure its dry, a week or so. You don't want to take any risk when you're talking the price of an iMac.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,635 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    the water itself won't do any harm, it's the ions in the water that can damage electronics.

    Did you see any ions in the water?
    If you did, you should probably pick them out with a cocktail stick

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 912 ✭✭✭chakotha


    Call it a week.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w


    Akrasia wrote: »
    the water itself won't do any harm, it's the ions in the water that can damage electronics.

    Did you see any ions in the water?
    If you did, you should probably pick them out with a cocktail stick

    WHAT


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,375 ✭✭✭✭kunst nugget


    RobertKK wrote: »
    I dropped my iPhone into a bucket of water, got it out, did a Taylor Swift on the water and shaked it off. Then looked to see if it still worked and a sigh of relief as it was ok.

    You pulled your pants down, sat on the ground and wiped your bare ass against the floor like an old dog? I don't know how that's going to help your iphone…


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  • Posts: 1,654 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Its usually red wine.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 23,635 ✭✭✭✭Akrasia


    me0w wrote: »
    WHAT

    Ouch, my ears

    Chomsky(2017) on the Republican party

    "Has there ever been an organisation in human history that is dedicated, with such commitment, to the destruction of organised human life on Earth?"



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w


    Its usually red wine.....

    Alcohol dries faster than water though doesnt it? it's just a bit stickier ?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,744 ✭✭✭diomed


    Buy a PC.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    Disassemble everything as best you can and put it in the hot press, not touching the tank.

    One of the kids fecked water in my laptop and it got in the screen and prevented the touch pad and keyboard from working just the other day. Everything is working perfectly now but there's a slight water stain in the top corner of the screen. I reckon that'll feck off soon though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 130 ✭✭me0w


    diomed wrote: »
    Buy a PC.

    Such a great idea I never thought of that.. I might just do that today. THANK YOU! :rolleyes:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,041 ✭✭✭zl1whqvjs75cdy


    me0w wrote: »
    Alcohol dries faster than water though doesnt it? it's just a bit stickier ?

    Yeah but it's got more ions and salts in it which will rightly **** anything electronic. Leave the thing off for a least a week in a hotpress op. Don't be tempted to turn in on any earlier than that or else it'll be ****ed. The longer you can leave it the better.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,649 ✭✭✭Virgil°


    Put on a swimsuit and act like you meant it. Don't break character for the full day.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,473 ✭✭✭✭Super-Rush


    Burn the house down.....


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    Hang on, was the iMac affected or just the keyboard? If the latter you may have to buy a new keyboard -- that's all.

    Edit:

    Actually read the op. The iPhone can get water damaged but you should be able to tell fairly quickly. If the touchscreen works you're ok.

    I'm not sure if you got water on the usb outlet on the iMac or not or just the peripherals but it doesn't sound in any of this that the iMacs internals got damaged.


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