Cannot Connect To Internet Wireless.....[SOLVED]

[Douglas Pollard]

On 01/25/2013 08:39 PM, Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Friday 25 January 2013 20:33:30 Edward M did opine:
> Message additions Copyright Friday 25 January 2013 by Gene Heskett
>
>> On 1/25/2013 4:56 PM, Doug wrote:
>>> On 01/25/2013 07:29 PM, Eddie G. O'Connor Jr. wrote:
>>>> I want to thank all who responded to my initial inquiry, but as fate
>>>> would have it, my sister's child spilled her soda all over the entire
>>>> laptop!... and so I no longer can use it. (Makes a great mantel piece
>>>> curio!) I am now in the market for a brand new machine...I want to go
>>>> with Ubuntu 12.10 this time around straight out the gate. If I should
>>>> have any problems with it I will be sure to contact you all again!
>>>> Once again thank you all for your efforts. May you all have an
>>>> excellent day!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> EGO II
>>> Open the laptop fo as to see as much of the innards as possible. Dunk
>>> it in plain cool water in your bathtub and swish it around good, or,
>>> better yet, spray it with a garden hose,
>>> not so forcefully as to dislodge anything that's supposed to be
>>> there.  (Maybe you could use your shower under tepid water.) After
>>> that put it in a warm, dry place for a week or so
>>> to let it thoroughly dry out, and then see where you are.  Can''t
>>> hurt, might help.
>>>
>>> --doug
>>         Are you kidding?  disassemble the unit then use a hair blow dryer
>> on low settings,soak up visible water
>>         with an absorbent cloth,etc.
>>
>>        iam enclosing an howto:
>>        http://www.ehow.com/how_4809596_fix-wet-laptop.html
> Tain't water, its soda pop, loaded with both sugar and salt.  Take the
> battery out NOW, and wash it out, best done believe it or not, in the
> dishwasher with no soap in the soap pocket, using as little heat as the
> dishwasher can be set to use.  Then dry, in this cooler weather on the
> north side of the equator, on a rack over a furnace vent, high enough not
> to get more than about 35C.  For a week or so.  Then put the battery back
> in & see if it will work.
>
> Cheers, Gene
Try what Doug says I once washed out a Zenith transoceanic radio that 
had been submerged in saltwater and after a couple weeks it worked 
fine.   Dougpol1

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