Sad Tidings

[CLS2086]

Water cleaning is an industrial process during the making of !!!
They are all dry now. Take off all batery.
Maybe the internal be with you  ;-)

So now, buy quickly some true electronic contact spray cleaner (better the one that content a bit of oil) and spray them.

Use a teebrush full of spray for each socket and chip, and around each component to take off any paper particule.
If you also got an air-pulser use it !

Let it dry 1 day, and restart the operation 2 more times.

About the floppy drivers, you can spray them (mainly the 2 motors make them turn smoothly with your fingers !!) but not the head with a spray that content oil. Use a "dry" contact spray cleaner with a smooth coton or isopropil alcool.

About the monitors it's about the same but :
don't spray on the tube, it content "grafite" that is needed ! You may need to buy a "grafite/carbonate" spray.
Be gentle when you'll clean/brush the brown/orange wires at the end of the tube.
Change the thermal paste that were use.

About the books, curve them a bit and use an airdryer while opening little by little the book.
Sometime 1 / 2 s in a microwave can be good for books.

About the floppy  :roll:  push the metal shield and watch if there is some particle on them.

As you can read lot of things can be rescued if you are patient and strong

[WotTheFook]

A water displacing aerosol like Pocket Rocket or WD-40 will also stop things from rusting until you can dry them out properly.

I found an old pillowcase, with the component to be dried inside it, fastened to the nozzle of a hair dryer with a rubber band works wonders, as you aren't heating the entire room just to dry a floppy drive out.

You may be pleasantly surprised at what may have survived, I have known an A500, left out in the rain for months in a back garden, come back to life once cleaned and dried.

WTF

[webmany]

Another thing you can do is cover it in rice and leave it for two days.  The rice will soak up any moisture.  Used this to save a cell phone once.

[Vlabguy1]

I bet the computers will be just fine, if you give them enough time to dry out.

Open the cases,  take all expansion cards out, and hard drives.(label them as to which computer the go in)..towel any visable water off everthing..then wait.  If I were you I would wait atleast a week, if not longer just to be sure..whats the
rush right?  Use any anti-rust spray on anything that might rust.

Spray, on a rag then apply.  take your time..I bet most things will get working again.  

Good luck..keep us posted..

Rich
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[ottomobiehl]

Alright, quick update.

I took everything apart and labeled them to as where they go.  I also toweled everything off the best I could.  I set up a house fan and blew air across the everything overnight which did wonders in drying stuff off.

WotTheFook wrote:
A water displacing aerosol like Pocket Rocket or WD-40 will also stop things from rusting until you can dry them out properly.

My father had suggested this too so that's what I'm doing as I go.  Great suggestion btw.

I found an old pillowcase, with the component to be dried inside it, fastened to the nozzle of a hair dryer with a rubber band works wonders, as you aren't heating the entire room just to dry a floppy drive out.

Wow, another good idea and it seems a bit safer than using the oven.  I'm so doing this.

You may be pleasantly surprised at what may have survived, I have known an A500, left out in the rain for months in a back garden, come back to life once cleaned and dried.

 :-o I'm trying to think of a logical reason to put an A500 in the backyard and out in the elements other than the turnips needed an occasional game of lemmings.  However, if that miggy came back from the watery grave then I have a good feeling about mine.

webmany wrote:
Another thing you can do is cover it in rice and leave it for two days. The rice will soak up any moisture. Used this to save a cell phone once.

This actually intrigued me so I'm trying it for some of the more water logged stuff that I have.  I lost a cell phone to a water hazard in a miniature golf course last year so I wish I would have known that trick.  I liked that phone. ;-)

Vlabguy1 wrote:
I bet the computers will be just fine, if you give them enough time to dry out.

I sure hope so.  I wouldn't have been half as distraught as I am now if this would have happened to my Wintel box or my Ubuntu box.  The hardware is getting so rare anymore and it makes me sad. :-(

Thanks for the suggestions everyone. I'll keep you informed.  I know I have a lot of work ahead of me.

Oh, just wanted to let everyone know that those plastic storage containers with the lock on lids you can buy at Wal-mart, Target, or other such store, are worth their cost.  My folks had Christmas decorations (some very old) stored in those and they kept all the water out.  I've decide that I'm buying several to store my stuff in just in case.

[da9000]

A6000 wrote:

ottomobiehl wrote:
So, I'm hoping the HDD drives might have survived the drenching, at least on the inside.  For some reason I'm thinking they are air tight to keep dirt out.

Yes, they are sealed, so dust (and water) cannot get between the heads and the platters, just let them dry them off and keep your fingers crossed.

That's not true. HDDs are not air tight. They have tiny holes (with a small filter in front of the hole) for respiration. Anyone who's opened a hard drive would have noticed this.

[Lorraine]

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[orange]

check out this A2000. it works just fine..

[RRunner]

Wow, sorry to hear about your problem there!

I loaned my brother my A1000 when he went to college. He rented a downstairs apartment that had a high window overlooking the back yard. In the spring, they had a huge rain and the water in the backyard backed up in to this window and ran into his room. The A1000 was set up underneath this window and was completely soaked (monitor and all). He took it apart and set it over the floor vents in the house and left it for about a week. When he re-assembled all the parts, everything worked just fine including the floppy drives (3 of them... one internal and two external).

Hopefully after you dry everything out, all will be ok.