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by dom2please

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So I'm sitting outside on the laptop, phone rings, but after a few minutes the cordless battery dies, so into the house I go, laptop sitting on the table outside.

In the mean time a T-storm comes and rains all over the laptop, ops!!!! So at first NADA, so I shut it down, drained the water, left it on edge, then the next day put a blow dryer on low and tried drying it out.

Now I have a rather normal 1/3 of the screen showing. The rest is various shades of white (gray, etc.). An external display works fine so I'm feeling like it's not the MB (on board video). However there is a very small daughter board which the back light and display cable plug into which I guess could have been fried.

Anyway if one or more of you techies could offer an opinion I'd really appreciate it.

David

HP DV9310 wide screen
2GB RAM(shared)
Vista Business
Vista Business

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by Former member

You will need to get this checked. Get it checked at a shop where they might be able to put in another part that is giving you this problem.
But next time when you are outside get one of these:
Toughbook:
http://www.toughbook-europe.com/ENG/toughbooks_home.aspx

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.
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by mjd420nova

The water has gotten into the display element and is shorting out the driver elements. The display panel could be removed and dried out seperately and maybe restored to operation. The successful restoration of the system was fortunate because of the rain being free of minerals. Had it been a sprinkler you'd have been looking for a new unit. The display panel is easily replaced and cost around $200. from the mfgr.

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