Re: HELP: iBook G4 doused with ginger ale

Entity Roger Johnstone spoke thus:

> Clean water is harmless to
> most electronic components and indeed modern circuit board manufacturing
> processes often use water to wash away the solder flux after the boards
> are completed.
One time I left a window open while gone and a big thunderstorm blew in and
dumped water all over my Cube. The video card got wet and even after drying
out refused to work reliably. So I took out the video card and there was
some corrosion (rain water is mildly acidic, like soda pop) that had bridged
some of the soldered terminals. So I brushed it all of with a soft brush and
it has worked ever since.

-- Gnarlie

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