Swimming Electronics
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techrecoveryTwo days after I deployed a IBM ThinkPad T42 to one of our departments, someone spilled a glass of water on it. After cleaning off *most* of the water, what do they do with this moist electronic piece of expensiveness? Try to turn it on of course.
Even better, one of the Vice Presidents brought his brand new Samsung i730 smartphone to dinner with him and accidentally bathed it in a vat of basalmic vinegar and oil. Suffice to say, it no longer works.
This week brings back fond memories of my last job at a Seattle Biotech, where I had to replace the keyboard on a Dell laptop after a lab tech spilled a can of beer into it. I still remember calling Dell's tech support when I realized one of the keyboard screws has been put in at an angle and was completely stripped, irremovable. Dell's suggestion: "Have you tried using a screwdriver?"
"Why no! I've been using my teeth!!"
*sigh*
Even better, one of the Vice Presidents brought his brand new Samsung i730 smartphone to dinner with him and accidentally bathed it in a vat of basalmic vinegar and oil. Suffice to say, it no longer works.
This week brings back fond memories of my last job at a Seattle Biotech, where I had to replace the keyboard on a Dell laptop after a lab tech spilled a can of beer into it. I still remember calling Dell's tech support when I realized one of the keyboard screws has been put in at an angle and was completely stripped, irremovable. Dell's suggestion: "Have you tried using a screwdriver?"
"Why no! I've been using my teeth!!"
*sigh*
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