Soup-related accidents

neilmarr · 11-03-2009, 11:25 AM

Anyone ever spilled a drop of Scotch Broth soup onto the keyboard of a new Samsung 10 netbook and then finds the thing's kaput? If so -- is there an easy fix for a technodunce? Hoots toots the noo. Neil

GeoffC · 11-03-2009, 11:50 AM

nope - sorry - only in my lap (sans any techno boxes)

wayrad · 11-03-2009, 12:35 PM

Sounds like time to visit the manufacturer's website for keyboard removal/disassembly instructions...

leandroide · 11-03-2009, 03:43 PM

Hi!

Sometimes, it is useful put the device into a heap of rice. Rice absorbs water (all liquids) very well.

Hope this helps,

L.

Rice... I mean no cooked rice. Don't use risotto or paella!!

dreams · 11-03-2009, 04:36 PM

Oh no!!

The rice idea seems to work..

see this post by hgosney..

from this thread..

Quote:

Originally Posted by hgosney

I have had success drying things out with rice.
Take a few cups of instant rice and put it in a sock and tie the sock closed, then take your reader and the sock of rice and put it in a ziplock bag.

Good Luck!

Madam Broshkina · 11-03-2009, 05:57 PM

I can't help you but in the future it would probably be a good idea to eat alphabet soup and use the letters to spell out helpful reminders. That is what I do.

fugazied · 11-03-2009, 06:04 PM

Add rice? You making a risotto out of it? (joke)

Yes with electronic devices they are generally somewhat forgiving IF you do not attempt to turn them on with moisture inside them. The rice thing does work I've seen an ipod which should have died been saved by using rice to absorb the moisture.

Another good trick I discovered a few years ago was salt to stop those redwine stains. Spill red wine, just drop a crapload of salt on it, seems to work!

neilmarr · 11-03-2009, 11:48 PM

Thanks a bunch folks, but I don't wanna make a meal of it. I wish I'd known about the rice trick for earlier accidents with other laptops that involved beer, wine and whisky, Leandroid. This time, though, it really was soup; kinda greasy (a bit like Madam Broshkina's offering but less literary). So I don't think that would work. I'll do some messing today and report back. Also, I didn't realise until I hit the Samsung forums earlier that you can buy replacement keyboards for the NC10. But I'm pretty ham-fisted and don't think I could do the job without causing even more problems. Cheers. Neil

neilmarr · 11-05-2009, 06:10 AM

This morning -- just before the Samsung chap came to take my NC 10 away for repair -- I thought I'll just give it one more run. And it was fine. On the third day, it had come back from the dead; a miracle or what? The Samsung man was understanding and left empty-handed but for a wee tip and a tummy full of cafe cognag. So everyone's happy. I guess the keyboard just needed a little drying time. If anything like this happens to you, it might be worth waiting a while before panicking to see if nature takes its course. Thanks for all the generous advice. Neil

leandroide · 11-05-2009, 07:34 AM

I'm glad that all ended well.

Maybe the soup was really greasy and the laptop just needed time to digest it!

kennyc · 11-05-2009, 08:41 AM

I'm glad it worked out, but please remember the moral of the story.

"Soup in the mouth is infinitely better than soup in the keyboard."

Slite · 11-05-2009, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kennyc

I'm glad it worked out, but please remember the moral of the story.

"Soup in the mouth is infinitely better than soup in the keyboard."

But that goes against the classical MobileRead saying.

"Don't have soup in your mouth when reading posts in the Lounge"

LazyScot · 11-05-2009, 08:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

But that goes against the classical MobileRead saying.

"Don't have soup in your mouth when reading posts in the Lounge"

Yes, but to be fair that is only because it should be tea....

Slite · 11-05-2009, 08:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LazyScot

Yes, but to be fair that is only because it should be tea....

Guess we need to change it to:

"Don't drink and read loungeposts at the same time"

Not as catchy though.

LazyScot · 11-05-2009, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Slite

Guess we need to change it to:

"Don't drink and read loungeposts at the same time"

Not as catchy though.

Perhaps we could adapt the ZCD maxim:

"Read first, then drink"

11-03-2009, 11:25 AM	#1
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,233 Karma: 5881759 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Soup-related accidents Anyone ever spilled a drop of Scotch Broth soup onto the keyboard of a new Samsung 10 netbook and then finds the thing's kaput? If so -- is there an easy fix for a technodunce? Hoots toots the noo. Neil __________________ BEWRITE BOOKS / BEWRITE BLOG

11-03-2009, 11:50 AM	#2
GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 26,684 Karma: 16550486 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	nope - sorry - only in my lap (sans any techno boxes) __________________ > My Cats

11-03-2009, 05:57 PM	#6
Madam Broshkina Manic Do Fuse Posts: 2,304 Karma: 151512 Join Date: Oct 2006 Device: Sony 500, 505, 350, Kindle 3, DXG, nook, Irex DR800SG, iPad	I can't help you but in the future it would probably be a good idea to eat alphabet soup and use the letters to spell out helpful reminders. That is what I do. __________________

11-03-2009, 06:04 PM	#7
fugazied Wizard Posts: 1,305 Karma: 1958 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: iPod Touch	Add rice? You making a risotto out of it? (joke) Yes with electronic devices they are generally somewhat forgiving IF you do not attempt to turn them on with moisture inside them. The rice thing does work I've seen an ipod which should have died been saved by using rice to absorb the moisture. Another good trick I discovered a few years ago was salt to stop those redwine stains. Spill red wine, just drop a crapload of salt on it, seems to work! __________________ Using: Kindle DX + iPhone! EBook Fanatic!

11-03-2009, 11:48 PM	#8
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,233 Karma: 5881759 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Thanks a bunch folks, but I don't wanna make a meal of it. I wish I'd known about the rice trick for earlier accidents with other laptops that involved beer, wine and whisky, Leandroid. This time, though, it really was soup; kinda greasy (a bit like Madam Broshkina's offering but less literary). So I don't think that would work. I'll do some messing today and report back. Also, I didn't realise until I hit the Samsung forums earlier that you can buy replacement keyboards for the NC10. But I'm pretty ham-fisted and don't think I could do the job without causing even more problems. Cheers. Neil __________________ BEWRITE BOOKS / BEWRITE BLOG

11-03-2009, 12:35 PM	#3
wayrad Fanatic Posts: 541 Karma: 1017253 Join Date: May 2008 Location: USA Device: Droid Incredible, NookColor	Sounds like time to visit the manufacturer's website for keyboard removal/disassembly instructions...

11-03-2009, 03:43 PM	#4
leandroide Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 92 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vigo, Spain Device: Papyre 6.1 (Hanlin V3)	Hi! Sometimes, it is useful put the device into a heap of rice. Rice absorbs water (all liquids) very well. Hope this helps, L. Rice... I mean no cooked rice. Don't use risotto or paella!!

11-05-2009, 06:10 AM	#9
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,233 Karma: 5881759 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	This morning -- just before the Samsung chap came to take my NC 10 away for repair -- I thought I'll just give it one more run. And it was fine. On the third day, it had come back from the dead; a miracle or what? The Samsung man was understanding and left empty-handed but for a wee tip and a tummy full of cafe cognag. So everyone's happy. I guess the keyboard just needed a little drying time. If anything like this happens to you, it might be worth waiting a while before panicking to see if nature takes its course. Thanks for all the generous advice. Neil __________________ BEWRITE BOOKS / BEWRITE BLOG

11-05-2009, 07:34 AM	#10
leandroide Zealot Posts: 144 Karma: 92 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Vigo, Spain Device: Papyre 6.1 (Hanlin V3)	I'm glad that all ended well. Maybe the soup was really greasy and the laptop just needed time to digest it!

11-05-2009, 08:41 AM	#11
kennyc Priorities! Priorties! Posts: 29,928 Karma: 36862314 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Denver, CO Device: Kindle2; Galaxy SIII; Xoom; Kindle Fire	I'm glad it worked out, but please remember the moral of the story. "Soup in the mouth is infinitely better than soup in the keyboard." __________________ Kenny A. Chaffin Art Gallery - Print Gallery - Writing&Poetry "Strive on with Awareness" - Siddhartha Gautama

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