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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)
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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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[โ€“] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 29 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Rice is a terrible desiccant. Yes, it absorbs water when boiled

If you want to save your electronics after they've taken a bath, here's how to do so.

  1. Turn it off and disconnect from power ASAP. If you can, pull the battery.
  2. Dry as much standing water as possible
  3. Set a fan to blow on it for a day or two.

Airflow is the solution to drying something out, and rice blocks airflow.

[โ€“] cordlesslamp 28 points 3 months ago

My entire family's logic:

_Drop electronic devices in water

_Pick it up

_Swing it a few times

_Immediately and furiously try to turn it on to see if it's still work.