When your day goes in the toilet

[Sarah Fox]

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PS I even resurrected a laptop computer that had a glass of wine spilled =
into it (the computer I'm using now).  However, if anything liquid gets =
into a hard drive (which fortunately it didn't), the hard drive would =
need to be replaced....  unless.....  to rescue your data, at least...

(1) Put the hard drive into a container of distilled water.
(2) Slowly pull a partial vacuum on the hard drive to draw out the air =
inside, and sloooowly release the vacuum.  (The water will flow into the =
hard drive through the filtered vent hole.)
(3) Shake water around inside the hard drive.
(4) Remove from the water and slooooowly pull a vacuum again, which will =
cause the water to come back out.
(5) Repeat a few times=20
(6) Vacuum out the water, and draw a hard, prolonged vacuum to =
completely evacuate all remaining water.
(7) Pray to the computer gods.
(8) Reinstall and power up.
(9) Pull your data off of the hard drive and load it onto a replacement. =
 Why?  The internal debris would have been scattered from the filter, so =
the hard drive's life expectancy might not be so good.
(10) Send me an email to tell me if it worked.  :-)

Peace,
Sarah

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: Sarah Fox=20
  To: Pianotech=20
  Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:02 PM
  Subject: Re: When your day goes in the toilet


  Hi James,

  For your Nokia and anybody else's near-flush experience, take heart =
that most electronic devices CAN be brought back to life if you do it =
the right way:  (1) Remove batteries.  (2) Submerse in a container of =
distilled water.  (3) Open the case to expose the insides.  (4) Flush =
with a couple more fresh rinses of distilled water.  (5) Blow out the =
excess water and let dry (*thoroughly*).  (6) Reassemble and power up.  =
(Why is distilled water different from tap water?  It doesn't have any =
salts in it and therefore doesn't conduct electricity.)  I had done this =
several times throughout the years and then ran into some guy who was an =
electronics technician for the Navy.  He had used the exact same method =
on a daily basis (and with great success) on equipment that got dunked =
in seawater.  ;-)

  Peace,
  Sarah

    ----- Original Message -----=20
    From: James Grebe=20
    To: Pianotech=20
    Sent: Friday, May 20, 2005 7:34 AM
    Subject: Re: When your day goes in the toilet


    Maybe your pocket PC came back, but cell phones do not after being =
dunked in the toilet.  I had that experience and when the battery gets =
wet if has a dye that shows it has been wet on the battery and it is NOT =
covered under warranty and the cell phone was unfixable.  I had to go =
back to my old cell phone because the new one, though only 1 month old =
it had to be replaced and they could not fix it. I did not have =
replacement insurance.  I used to have a Motorola pager and it went =
through the washing machine but after 1 day of drying out it did come =
back.  Praise be to Motorola and not Nokia.
    Jim
    James Grebe
    Piano-Forte Tuning & Repair
    Creator of Handsome Hardwood Caster Cups, piano benches, writing =
instruments
    (314) 608-4137
    WWW.JamesGrebe.com
    1526 Raspberry Lane
    Arnold, MO 63010
    BECOME WHAT YOU BELIEVE!
    pianoman@accessus.net
      ----- Original Message -----=20
      From: Piannaman@aol.com=20
      To: pianotech@ptg.org=20
      Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:32 PM
      Subject: When your day goes in the toilet


      From the files of "Embarassing but True."  If you can't laugh at =
yourself, who CAN you laugh at?

      So I finish tuning this lady's piano, and the diuretic effects of =
the morning's coffee kick in.  "M'am, may I use your facilities?"

      "Yes, no problem."  She shows me to the door. =20

      I'm wearing my shop apron.  Don't know why, probably because of =
the convenient pocket space it affords me to put things like my pocket =
PC in(foreshadowing here...)

      Business done, apron back in place--without my IPAQ, which has =
fallen into the (fortunately freshly flushed) toilet.  Flushed for most =
of the day were appointments, Tunelab, contacts, and map functions. =20

      Things to be thankful for:=20

      My wonderful wife, who offered me personalized GPS service via my =
cell phone from her job at the university.

      I tune mostly by ear, anyway.  (4 of the five jobs consisted of =
lowering the pitch on new pianos, 2 by over 20 cents each).

      Since my day was so busy, I'd made out all of today's invoices in =
advance, so at least I had everyone's address handy.

      SD cards, which saved EVERYTHING today.

      Water dries out.

      Computers can come back from a dunking.=20

      It's been a long day.  Time for a glass o' vino.

      Dave Stahl




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