PDA vulnerability

[+Nellies Knackers]

After being dropped in a river by me on sunday night I was pleasently surprised yesterday when my XDA2i came back to life after a good dry out, a few previous attempts just left the screen flickering hopelessly but it finally got it together.

All I have to do now is get rid of the damp splat between the lcd and touchscreen

Anyone know of a fish with a use for a pda?

[+CrazyL200]

If your adept with working with intricate things, they can be stripped for fitting new touch screens, so you should be able to separate them and dry it out properly.

But, I'd look for some advice on how to on your particular model.

[+lordelph]

...on the other hand, I can tell you that my experiments have revealed you can't clean a Sony Viao by pouring a glass of red wine into the keyboard and frantically shaking it upside down like an etch-a-sketch.

[+Archer4]

...on the other hand, I can tell you that my experiments have revealed you can't clean a Sony Viao by pouring a glass of red wine into the keyboard and frantically shaking it upside down like an etch-a-sketch.

 

...but if you put a plastic bag through a laser printer you can chip it off after it has gone cold

 

Not forgetting that a lot of electronic things don't mind being wet - until you touch a button to see if they still work. Generally best to stick wet kit it in the airing cupboard for a couple of days before you touch anything - if it's bust it was bust already anyway, if it is OK you've probably avoided busting it by trying it out while wet to see if it still works

Haven't used them yet but there seem to be a few sites around to fix problems that make people throw PDAs away - e.g. inverted screens/won't charge up/cracked screens/touchscreens/failed backlights etc

[+Nellies Knackers]

Admittedly the very first thing after recovering from the river was removing the battery, sim, and memory card before allowing to dry so that probably helped the cause.

Must try the red wine trick next, sounds fun.

[+webscouter.]

When I was in the calibration business we had an oven to dry out electronic test equipment that had fallen in the water. It basically had an oversized hairdryer that kept the temperature around 150 degrees. You might try puttting it in your oven with the light on for a couple days.

[+Captain Gore-tex]

In answer to your original question, how about a Flounder(ing)

[+Simply Paul]

THE fish for Geocaching: A Plaice.

 

I'm here all week. Try the veal.

[+Alibags]

...on the other hand, I can tell you that my experiments have revealed you can't clean a Sony Viao by pouring a glass of red wine into the keyboard and frantically shaking it upside down like an etch-a-sketch.

 

...but if you put a plastic bag through a laser printer you can chip it off after it has gone cold

 

and I am reliably infomed that laminators don't like it when you attempt to laminate documents with attached TB dog tags

[alistair_uk]

and I am reliably infomed that laminators don't like it when you attempt to laminate documents with attached TB dog tags

I see. Was it a laminateor that informed you?

Edited September 18, 2006 by alistair_uk

[+Alibags]

and I am reliably infomed that laminators don't like it when you attempt to laminate documents with attached TB dog tags

I see. Was it a laminateor that informed you?

 

No, it was a man nonchalently sidling away from a smoking company laminator, who hissed the info to me in secretive tones

[+Jonovich]

After being dropped in a river by me on sunday night I was pleasently surprised yesterday when my XDA2i came back to life after a good dry out, a few previous attempts just left the screen flickering hopelessly but it finally got it together.

 

Maybe time to get an OtterBox for it? (The PDA, not the Fish)

 

J

[+Nellies Knackers]

Usually when boating I have a lanyard around the leather wallet attached to my belt loop which has saved it many a time but this particular day we fell across a riverside pub with a good band on in the afternoon so stopped for a beer or two(read as seven), by the time we got to the planned overnight mooring(another pub) we may have been a little intoxicated and didn't use the lanyard when going to the pub, it was leaning down to open the canopy when the 'sploosh' was heard.

I just can't see why boaters are assumed pi**ed until proven otherwise

I guess if it survived once it'll survive again