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if you ever dropped water or liquids on a notebook and placed it in a bucket full of rice afterwards, did the notebook work again? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 5 months ago by ceciline02@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16155441

rice absorbs moisture.

Curious if this works to recover notebooks or other electronics.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 35 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Use desiccants instead of rice and never power it on until completely dry

[–] Fashtas@aussie.zone 12 points 5 months ago

Yeah the rice is only going to get tiny particles of rice inside the device and otherwise not assist in drying out even slightly making the issue worse

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Use airflow instead of a desiccant. Much more effective.

[–] FartsWithAnAccent@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

Stuff like silica gel can work fine, but you need to use a lot of it in an enclosed space (even better if you can circulate warm air through it) but, yeah, airflow does work just fine pretty much anywhere.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Maybe where you live haha

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It works in Louisiana, so it's not climate dependent.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The humidity is near 100% most of the year here

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Same with Louisiana. There were several times when it looked like it was raining, but it was just so humid water was condensing into droplets.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Like fog?

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 1 points 5 months ago

No, there wasn't any fog. It seemed like it was drizzling, but it wasn't

[–] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 7 points 5 months ago

And open it up and clean the shit out of it because non-distilled water leaves a lot of contaminants even after it dries.