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when some dimbulb manages to knock an entire cup of coffee INTO the case, getting every component inside covered in the hot liquid, how long to let it dry off before firing it back up?
[ amazingly enough, the powered up system did NOT fry at the time it happened. ]
by jaqui Accepted solution
by bart777 Accepted solution
The thing here is to make sure that you not only get the liquid, but also any sugra that might have been in it.
With it unplugged I'd wipe out as much of it as I could. Pull the cards and make sure that nothing got into the slots as well.
Cofee and soda are the worst.
by jaqui Accepted solution
it was me and my own system. :D
I put the coffee down and went to sit down, knocking the coffee over and watched the tin cup fall into the open case.
no sugar, just coffee and cream.
metal coffee cup.. hot coffee, open case, powered up system, and nothing fried.
that is just amazing.
by thumbsup2 Accepted solution
... I would use denatured alcohol and a Q-Tip to clean every square inch of every component, including down in the slots.
As Bart said, coffee and soda are the worst kind of spills. Remember, in the old days, those two liquids were used to clean rubber stamps. They're NOT good for computer components, especially when they're allowed to dry.
by jaqui Accepted solution
ammonia based glass cleaner not a good idea? :D
I think taking it down to components and scrubbing it under runner cold water got all the coffee off.
by thechas Accepted solution
Alcohol is not necessarily the best cleaner for a water based spill.
Flushing the system with distilled water and then allowing it to air dry would be my choice. Most circuit board manufactures are using some form of water based cleaning these days anyway.
As to how long to let it dry, I would say a minimum of 4 hours. Longer if the humidity in the office is high or the temperature is low.
Most of the circuit board materials are at least slightly hygroscopic, and will absorb some of the water. You want to give them enough time to fully dry out before applying power. There are also small spaces between the components and the circuit board. These can hold water droplets for longer than you might think.
The circuit board cleaning systems usually use some form of air knife to force the cleaning rinse out from under parts.
Chas
by dumphrey Accepted solution
parts cleaner I use in these situations, and more commonly on keyboards. It cleans up and dries out much like wd40 does for cars and locks.
Dry time is 24 to 48 hours depending on current conditions.
by thumbsup2 Accepted solution
... according to the news this morning, there's traces of drugs in the drinking water. Maybe you need to use bottled water? ;)
Whatever you use, be sure to disassemble all of the components and let a fan blow on them for a few hours. :D
by tig2 Accepted solution
Cleaning will have to occur.
I have immersed pagers in isopropyl alcohol for 30
minutes and then let dry for a few hours after the pager
was soaked by another liquid (Can we all say "knocked
into the toilet"?). That was effective.
In a computer I have used isopropyl to clean
motherboards but the times that I have done that were to
de-gunk from random dirt, not clean up after a spill.
By theory, the isopropyl displaces the other liquid but
dries very quickly and does not leave residue.
I would give it a minimum of 24 hours and every prayer
you can think of.
Good luck!
by jaqui Accepted solution
good came of this incident.
I was wondering why I was having trouble accessing the floppy drive, found out I had not put the floppy cable into the box. :D
by mjd420nova Accepted solution
by dr dij Accepted solution
with some type of sealing compound, which should help prevent damage.
but the pins of components still pierce this layer and the dried liquid could cross-conduct or destroy components above the board
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by oh smeg Accepted solution
The easy answer is that the Arthritis is just so much worse at 90 years of age than it was at 50. :D
Besides obtaining Full Time work at 90 is a lot harder as well. :^0
Col ]:)
by oh smeg Accepted solution
Certainly not the Techs who have to clean up after them at least. :D
Now to your problem wash out with water and allow to Air Dry. When Air Dry cook the Different Circuit Boards in a Low Oven [i]less than 50 C with heat applied from bottom of oven[/i] preferably electric for a hour.
When finished cooking remove and reassemble computer and apply power. You need to apply a low heat because the modern Circuit Boards are Multi Layered and water can get between them and cause corrosion.
When Computer is working properly take person who split Coffee into Computer and hang them by their Privates for several hours except for Jaqui who would enjoy this way too much. For the impossible to deal with Jaqui immerse in 409 meters of water for 3 days without any [b]SCUBA[/b] Equipment. :^0
Col
PM me mate if you need to know any more.
by dumphrey Accepted solution
far for a coffee spill? Maybe a complete submersion... but like Diji said, the boards are coated, even though they are ML, to help prevent absorption (atmosphere etc), surly this could offset a quick spill?
But really I guess nothing is designed to have liquid spilled into it.
by oh smeg Accepted solution
It's with the clean up afterwords. Being an Organic Compound it needs to be cleaned off the Boards or it can start to decompose and then the chemicals released can attack the Circuitry and destroy the Boards.
Water is the best to clean these with but you need to make sure that the M'Board at least is Completely Dry even between the different Layers of the M'Board/
Or where you asking about Disciplining the one who split the coffee? :D
Col
by jdclyde Accepted solution
with all that caffeine in it? :D
What was the numbnut doing, using the tower for a cup holder? :0
We lost a monitor like that about a year ago. Assclown called that his monitor wouldn't turn on. This is in a VERY dusty environment, so when the monitor and PC were CLEAN, that was a tip that something was up.
When I looked closer, I could see the long time rings from someone using the PC to hold their drinks. Looking at the monitor, you could SEE coffee inside the vents where they couldn't get to.
When the user came back in with HIS boss, he tried playing hot shot asking if I had fixed the piece of crap we had given him to work with.
I explained that I replaced the coffee soaked monitor with a different one, and that they typically don't work so well with the coffee dumped in them. B-)
by Member 25348569 Accepted solution
If you read further up you'll see that in Jaq's second post he owns up!
:D
by jdclyde Accepted solution
by Member 25348569 Accepted solution
I just thought that with the way you were laying into the coffee-spilling "numbnut", you ought to know.
Given my hobby of schadenfreude, how could I NOT point it out. It might embarrass you, Jaq or both of you. How could I lose?
:D
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