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ceciline02@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

if you ever dropped water or liquids on a notebook and placed it in a bucket full of rice afterwards, did the notebook work again?

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if you ever dropped water or liquids on a notebook and placed it in a bucket full of rice afterwards, did the notebook work again?

ceciline02@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16155441

rice absorbs moisture.

Curious if this works to recover notebooks or other electronics.

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    Use desiccants instead of rice and never power it on until completely dry

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      Yeah the rice is only going to get tiny particles of rice inside the device and otherwise not assist in drying out even slightly making the issue worse

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      Use airflow instead of a desiccant. Much more effective.

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        Stuff like silica gel can work fine, but you need to use a lot of it in an enclosed space (even better if you can circulate warm air through it) but, yeah, airflow does work just fine pretty much anywhere.

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        Maybe where you live haha

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          It works in Louisiana, so it’s not climate dependent.

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            The humidity is near 100% most of the year here

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              Same with Louisiana. There were several times when it looked like it was raining, but it was just so humid water was condensing into droplets.

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                Like fog?

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                  No, there wasn’t any fog. It seemed like it was drizzling, but it wasn’t

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      And open it up and clean the shit out of it because non-distilled water leaves a lot of contaminants even after it dries.

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