a disaster

[amigaksi]

What conclusion are we trying to draw here-- that even if you bathe the Amiga, it will still work as long as you dry it out for a week+ ?

I had a floppy drive that was really dirty and most disks failed on it.  I bathed it in water and tried after letting it dry for a month and it still does not work.  It was better when it was dirty.  Now it reads ZERO disks.  Seems like I killed something just by the bathing process.

[amigaksi]

>Huh?

I was looking for a more technical answer that's why I gave the example of the floppy drive.  If we know the exact thing that's happening when water is poured on electronic equipment, we can find the best solution.

[amigaksi]

>Surely you are joking or exaggerating! You didn't really try to clean a floppy drive in water, did you?

I wasn't joking; given the seriousness of some of the issues I deal with, I try to state that I'm joking if I'm joking in order not to deceive anyone.

Just could not reach the interior of the floppy to clean with a cotton swab so decided to give it a bath only to find it became worse.  No one wanted it when I tried to give it away so I had to do something with it.

So the motor coil/parts would ruin with water-- what about the coil of wire around the power connector on the A500?  Is that a different type of coil?