I think I Bricked my Tablet... in a different way..

[photoweborama]

I was playing Solitair and went to the bathroom and set on the counter next to the sink..
I was washing my hands, and you guessed it... I somehow knocked it in the sink.....

The screen has a bunch of lines on it and started to make a crackle noise through the speaker..
I quickly took it apart and cut the battery leads to the main board... I'm drying it out right now...

This would be a real funny story if I did not pay $120.00 for the thing!!!!

Doh!!!
Maybe I should stick to guitars....

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[jimbo7630]

I've heard of them drying out with no major ill effects, cutting the leads may, however, be problematical when you come to rejoin them!

[photoweborama]

I hope not. It just looks like two little beads of solder.
I've soldered so much, I feel like I have lead and tin in my fingertips!

How long do you think I should dry it out for?

I intend to solder the ground first then the hot lead..

[vampirefo.]

I dropped a cell phone in water before, I took it a part placed it in a bowl of uncooked rice for 24 hours, phone worked great after that, the dried rice sucks all the moisture out of the phone.

[photoweborama]

Hum.... I'll have to think of that... I'm Asian... and we eat a lot of rice... I might not have enough to spare.

[jimbo7630]

My mother spilled a load of soup onto and into her cellphone, in 24 hours it was up and running again! The rice or an Airing/drying cupboard for 24 hours should just about do it!

[vampirefo.]

[photoweborama]

Well I got it dried out so it will run, but the screen now has faint lines on one side of the screen, and a general cloudy look on the screen when it shows white areas.
I'm going to stick in rice tonight when I go to bed.

I use it a lot so I'll live with it for the day, or forever if the rice does not fix it.

Sent from my Android.

[photoweborama]

Ok. I stuck it in rice.. I really did not need it today.. I'm just addicted to it..

But I may have done it wrong... I used Japanese CalRose rice... Should I have used Texas Long Grain?

[photoweborama]

The rice has improved the screen quite a bit, but I think it is going ttake quite some time before the sceeen is back to normal.

I think it will take three days to a week before it is back to normal, but at least there is hope!

Sent from my Android.