[Ti] Heat up ...shut down-need information

[John Griffin]

I can’t believe that any water would have actually reached the  
motherboard since none of the components actually touch the bottom  
plate. There would always be some space between a film of water and  
the electronic components. What actually touches is protected by  
rubber or plastic spacers. However, here is a possible explanation of  
what might have happened. The humidity sensor might have triggered  
shutting the computer down. In this case you would have to store the  
computer in a very dry environment for a day or so. Or if you have  
access to a vacuum chamber (I have an environmental scientist friend  
who has access to one), you could put it in and all traces of  
humidity and moisture would disappear very quickly, then reset the  
Power Manager and PRAM before attempting to start up.

Of course if it was more than just a film of water, some might have  
touched the lower RAM module or gotten into the Airport/PCMCIA  
circuitry - or even the bottom part of the hard drive or DVD drive  
that contains the controller circuitry.

Let’s hope it isn’t too serious...

jg

On 26-Oct-05, at 3:52 PM, T Molnar wrote:

> So.....
> can any one throw some light (not water please) on this?
>