[rescue] Must have peripherals [was Re: worth it for the disks?]

[Shawn Wallbridge]

Andrew Weiss wrote:

> On Thursday, August 1, 2002, at 02:36 PM, Shawn Wallbridge wrote:
>
>> Try throwing it in a dishwasher. VERY low heat, then let it sit out 
>> for 3 weeks to dry. If you are in a hurry, you can throw it in an 
>> oven @ 100F for a couple hours.
>>
>> I have saved many keyboards this way.
>>
>> shawn
>>
>
> Dude... this reminds me of the time when I worked at a computer store 
> doing service and some guy had a flood... so he stuck his Gateway 
> computer in the oven to dry it out.  This only corroded everything 
> worse because he didn't bother washing it ahead of time... (lots of 
> mud) there was also no way his drives would ever work again... but 
> believe it or not the CPU and MOBO did work.
> I still had a great laugh.
>
> -Andrew
>
I have done it a couple times. I have never had a problem. When I was 
first told to do it, I was positive the guy was BSing me, but sure 
enough it works great. It fixed my favourite keyboard once already.

shawn