Dropping your gadget in water is a common problem. This page gives guidance about the best ways to save i
...eir life in water. Even if only for a few moments, this can do irreparable damage. To summarise, your priorities should be:
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If you think of electricity as being like water:
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...een at a Restart Party, often with broken screens, dead batteries or water damage. None are easy to repair but some are harder than others. This page aims to
...damage, repairability depends on the degree and duration of the ingress of water. Look for signs of corrosion caused by electrolytic action. If only slight,
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...ngerous if you don't know what you're doing, especially in the presence of water or moisture.
...roblem, or there might occasionally be an O-ring you can replace, but once water or contaminants get into the works the chances of a successful repair are g
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...here is at least a theoretical possibility that the voltage generated will damage the motherboard. You may be able to prevent the fan spinning by inserting a
A high-end gaming computer may be water cooled. Water is actively pumped through the heat sink and then through a fan-cooled radi
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...e corrosion hasn't caused any other damage. Any other faults such as water damage may not be feasible to repair.
...lightly more complicated system allowing the clock to run fast until maybe 11:45 and then more slowly so as not to miss 12:00 precisely, or they maybe ab
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