Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!pacbell.com!att!linac!mp.cs.niu.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!vaxf.iastate.edu!TNAB0 From: tnab0@isuvax.iastate.edu (ALLAN) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Motherboard in Dishwasher? Message-ID: <1991May10.001418.19522@news.iastate.edu> Date: 10 May 91 00:14:18 GMT References: Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: tnab0@isuvax.iastate.edu Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA. Lines: 32 In article , whitewolf@gnh-starport.cts.com (Tae Song) writes: >|People, PEOPLE, get with the program!!! >| >|Motherboards & keyboards in WATER? H2O? Di-hydrogen oxide? That clear >|fluid? >| >|Hmm, I don't think so... >| >|Circuit boards (which includes motherboards and the circuit board in a >|keyboard and lots of other boards) are, well, they're not plastic. I'm no >|expert on circuit board composition, but older circiut boards behave like >|paper, ie they will absorb water, etc. Newer circuit boards are less >|suseptible to this, but they can still absorb water. Don't forget that >|water also contains clorine and other chemicals that can do nasty things >|to circuit boards and edge connectors. Also don't forget that chips are >|NOT guaranteed to be waterproof and, well, water could get stuck in a chip. Just a comment: My stereo was submerged when my house flooded this summer, and all I did was pop it open, hose it off and let it dry for a week - and it was OK. Works perfectly good (except the pots for the volume, etc are a bit "sticky") If it works for a stereo, it should work ok for a computer, I guess. _.___ |Come walk with me through endless time. | This space __/__o__\__ |See what has been and what the future sees. | intention- / _____ \ |Share the wisdom of the old world that has passed, | ally left \__/ \__/ |Step in a life that's yet to be born. | blank M1 Abrams | ---- Slayer | Engineering |"And if I offended you, oh I'm sorry, but maybe you needed to Support, ARDEC | be offended, but here's my apology and one more thing... Rock Island, Il| Fuck you!" ---- Suicidal Tendencies