And lo on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:28:22 +0100, Bill Pragnell  
<bil### [at] hotmailcom> did spake, saying:

> Well, I put it back together and booted it up last night. I think it  
> needs some more drying time :(
>
> I think the HD and motherboard and everything actually within the case  
> is fine. However, the screen has been badly affected - it has big glare  
> artifacts across more than a quarter of its area, although all the  
> pixels seem to be firing OK so maybe the moisture is in a different  
> layer or something. The keyboard has 7-8 non-functional keys and I have  
> a suspicion it's sending the wrong characters, because I can no longer  
> log in - it complains about the password, even though all those keys  
> appear to work.

That'd be the hangover, try not to type so heavily.

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Phil Cook

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scott wrote:
> I had a look through a few documents here and my suspicion is that the 
> ethanol might have done some permanent damage to the polarisers.
Yeek, now I hope it was the beer after all. Do you make LCDs for Apple 
or can I also hope that their materials are sufficiently different that 
I might be in the clear? :-\

> FWIW we use IPA (isopropyl alcohol) for cleaning the polarisers... might 
> be worth a shot if you can get to the inside.
I'll look into it, cheers

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>> I had a look through a few documents here and my suspicion is that the 
>> ethanol might have done some permanent damage to the polarisers.
> Yeek, now I hope it was the beer after all. Do you make LCDs for Apple or 
> can I also hope that their materials are sufficiently different that I 
> might be in the clear? :-\

I know we supply the LCDs for the full-size iPods and the iPhone, not sure 
about any other Apple products though, it's not out of the realms of 
possibility that we do.  The other groups tend to keep themselves very much 
to themselves, I only really know about LCDs in phones and cars in Europe. 
But even within my small area of knowledge we use several different 
polariser suppliers and each of them has several different versions of 
polarisers, each with different good and bad points.  It's always a matter 
of compromises when you select which one to use.

It's worth noting though that the front polariser usually has some 
anti-glare and anti-reflection coatings (unless you have one of those "CRT" 
effect LCDs...) and possibly even some layer to protect it from impact with 
the keyboard, so the front is usually much better protected than the back...

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It lives!

24h in an airing cupboard, 24h sealed in a bin liner with a tray of 
silica crystals. The keyboard works perfectly, although the touchpad 
button sticks a little. It boots to the desktop properly, no problems. 
The screen is still a bit munged, but I think the effect has shrunk 
slightly, so I'm going to keep drying it when not in use. The pixels all 
fire ok, it's just a smudge of brightness variation... looks really weird!

I've invested in an external drive to back up my system properly just in 
case the HD throws in the towel at a later date (which I was meaning to 
do anyway, so not really an unexpected cost).

Thanks for the sounding board, everybode :)

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"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
news:46e93964@news.povray.org...
> It lives!
>
> 24h in an airing cupboard, 24h sealed in a bin liner with a tray of
> silica crystals. The keyboard works perfectly, although the touchpad
> button sticks a little. It boots to the desktop properly, no problems.
> The screen is still a bit munged, but I think the effect has shrunk
> slightly, so I'm going to keep drying it when not in use. The pixels all
> fire ok, it's just a smudge of brightness variation... looks really weird!
>
> I've invested in an external drive to back up my system properly just in
> case the HD throws in the towel at a later date (which I was meaning to
> do anyway, so not really an unexpected cost).
>
> Thanks for the sounding board, everybode :)

Very Impressive. I just bought a MacBook Pro this afternoon and I hope to
never have to go through this. I am reassured however that it is possible in
some cases.

-r

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Ross wrote:
> "Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote in message
> news:46e93964@news.povray.org...
>> It lives!
>>
>> 24h in an airing cupboard, 24h sealed in a bin liner with a tray of
>> silica crystals. The keyboard works perfectly, although the touchpad
>> button sticks a little. It boots to the desktop properly, no problems.
>> The screen is still a bit munged, but I think the effect has shrunk
>> slightly, so I'm going to keep drying it when not in use. The pixels all
>> fire ok, it's just a smudge of brightness variation... looks really weird!
>>
>> I've invested in an external drive to back up my system properly just in
>> case the HD throws in the towel at a later date (which I was meaning to
>> do anyway, so not really an unexpected cost).
>>
>> Thanks for the sounding board, everybode :)
> 
> Very Impressive. I just bought a MacBook Pro this afternoon and I hope to
> never have to go through this. I am reassured however that it is possible in
> some cases.

Get one of those silicone keyboard covers if your home is a high-risk 
beverage environment. I plan to. Any day now. Promise.

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