Comments on: Shouting at Tomorrow http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/ Life is random, so is my blog. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:05:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Jami Leigh http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Jami Leigh Mon, 13 Mar 2006 14:55:51 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-2035 Wow, Rich Tatum is a vault of helpful info! Wow, Rich Tatum is a vault of helpful info!

]]> By: Rich Tatum http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-2030 Rich Tatum Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:51:48 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-2030 PS: I don't recommend a blow dryer. The heated air will generate a lot of static electricity on the objects it strikes. Not something to do with delicate electronics with RAM memory. Rich. <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/">BlogRodent</a> PS: I don’t recommend a blow dryer. The heated air will generate a lot of static electricity on the objects it strikes. Not something to do with delicate electronics with RAM memory.

Rich.
BlogRodent

]]> By: Rich Tatum http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-2028 Rich Tatum Mon, 13 Mar 2006 00:50:10 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-2028 The soap residue could cause you some problems. Go down to the store and get a couple gallons of steam distilled water. If they don't have that, purified water will do. Then rinse the devil out of it. Oh, be sure to remove the battery, first. Disassembling it won't hurt and will help you be sure to reach all the nooks and crannies. Be sure you know how to put it back together. Put the disassembled Palm parts in a warm, dry place with good ventilation... it wouldn't hurt to point a fan in the general direction. If you have an electric heating pad/blanket, to put underneath for radiant heating that'd be fine, too. (If you have a gas stove that is lit by a pilot light, you could place it in your oven to dry out. That's a nice, warm, arid place for electronics. Just don't forget it's in there before you warm up your oven for your next casserole. Remove the knob to your oven and put it next to your Palm Pilot so you don't forget!) Then walk away for a few days. Really. Just let it sit. I'd wait a week. Some people report waiting up to a month to be sure everything dried out. If you keep it warm and ventilated even the moisture in the screen will go away. You just have to be patient. After some time, it'll be good and dry. Try putting the battery back in and recharging. If it doesn't recharge, you may need a new battery. And if you need a new battery and things charge up fine, you may find that you lost all your data ... you might even have to do a hard reboot, thereboy losing you data if you haven't already. (BTW: if you have a memory card/memory stick in your Palm, be sure to remove it.) My kids dropped my Palm in the toilet at least twice. Both times it recovered fine. Electronics won't really die when water hits them ... it's the residue left behind and the risk of electrical shorts that are the biggest problems. When I used to work in computer support, our tech team would wash old keyboards, etc. in a washing machine without soap, then let them air-dry for several days. They were good as new! Hope this helps. Regards, Rich <a href="http://tatumweb.com/blog/">BlogRodent</a> The soap residue could cause you some problems. Go down to the store and get a couple gallons of steam distilled water. If they don’t have that, purified water will do. Then rinse the devil out of it. Oh, be sure to remove the battery, first. Disassembling it won’t hurt and will help you be sure to reach all the nooks and crannies. Be sure you know how to put it back together.

Put the disassembled Palm parts in a warm, dry place with good ventilation… it wouldn’t hurt to point a fan in the general direction. If you have an electric heating pad/blanket, to put underneath for radiant heating that’d be fine, too.

(If you have a gas stove that is lit by a pilot light, you could place it in your oven to dry out. That’s a nice, warm, arid place for electronics. Just don’t forget it’s in there before you warm up your oven for your next casserole. Remove the knob to your oven and put it next to your Palm Pilot so you don’t forget!)

Then walk away for a few days. Really. Just let it sit. I’d wait a week. Some people report waiting up to a month to be sure everything dried out. If you keep it warm and ventilated even the moisture in the screen will go away. You just have to be patient.

After some time, it’ll be good and dry. Try putting the battery back in and recharging. If it doesn’t recharge, you may need a new battery. And if you need a new battery and things charge up fine, you may find that you lost all your data … you might even have to do a hard reboot, thereboy losing you data if you haven’t already. (BTW: if you have a memory card/memory stick in your Palm, be sure to remove it.)

My kids dropped my Palm in the toilet at least twice. Both times it recovered fine. Electronics won’t really die when water hits them … it’s the residue left behind and the risk of electrical shorts that are the biggest problems.

When I used to work in computer support, our tech team would wash old keyboards, etc. in a washing machine without soap, then let them air-dry for several days. They were good as new!

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Rich
BlogRodent

]]> By: Patti http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Patti Tue, 07 Mar 2006 17:49:16 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-1978 Amy, we went through a similar period of loss, although I have to admit, on a much smaller scale. I experienced frustration just as you are know but let me tell you what I learned. God has something bigger and better planned for you. Sometimes we've got such a tight grips on our THINGS that God has to yank them away from us so He can give us something better. Had we stayed in the situation we were in, we wouldn't have been able to receive what He had planned for us. The day we lost our home, I got down on my knees and told God... "I have no idea why you're doing this, but I know that you know what the outcome is going to be and I'm trusting you with it." It was hard, very hard to live by that for the time we had to be in limbo, but after it was all over, I could look back and see why it had to happen. Don't give up honey. You don't have to worry about the road God is leading you down, He's already paved it. You just have to walk down it with Him. Amy, we went through a similar period of loss, although I have to admit, on a much smaller scale. I experienced frustration just as you are know but let me tell you what I learned. God has something bigger and better planned for you. Sometimes we’ve got such a tight grips on our THINGS that God has to yank them away from us so He can give us something better. Had we stayed in the situation we were in, we wouldn’t have been able to receive what He had planned for us. The day we lost our home, I got down on my knees and told God… “I have no idea why you’re doing this, but I know that you know what the outcome is going to be and I’m trusting you with it.” It was hard, very hard to live by that for the time we had to be in limbo, but after it was all over, I could look back and see why it had to happen. Don’t give up honey. You don’t have to worry about the road God is leading you down, He’s already paved it. You just have to walk down it with Him.

]]> By: Amy http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1955 Amy Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:43:54 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-1955 I'm drying out all the little parts right now... In hopes that a day of air will help. Thanks. I’m drying out all the little parts right now… In hopes that a day of air will help. Thanks.

]]> By: Carol http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1953 Carol Fri, 03 Mar 2006 03:34:33 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-1953 Are you sure it's dead? Sometimes electronics freak out when they're wet, but make like a phoenix when they dry out. Did you take a blow dryer to it yet? It's worth a shot. Sad without my Treo, so I feel for ya. Are you sure it’s dead? Sometimes electronics freak out when they’re wet, but make like a phoenix when they dry out. Did you take a blow dryer to it yet? It’s worth a shot.

Sad without my Treo, so I feel for ya.

]]> By: Judi http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/comment-page-1/#comment-1951 Judi Fri, 03 Mar 2006 02:54:10 +0000 http://gentlewhisper.com/blog/2006/03/02/shouting-at-tomorrow/#comment-1951 These verses have been my prayer for you. These verses have been my prayer for you.

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