To: Hotmetal
help me too! my desktop just gave a loud pop sound then crashed...it still fires up but screen says there is no signal...is it dead?
9 posted on
01/10/2010 8:15:23 AM PST by
dalebert
To: dalebert
13 posted on
01/10/2010 8:20:01 AM PST by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: dalebert
No, it just needs to be washed.
27 posted on
01/10/2010 8:25:07 AM PST by
Krankor
To: dalebert
.it still fires upMake sure it is still plugged in then pour water over the keyboard (and into the big box with the lights on it if it is a desktop rather than a notebook computer.)
Once you let the smoke out of the computer chips inside the box it ought to function much more predictably.
48 posted on
01/10/2010 9:01:32 AM PST by
paulycy
(AMERICA: Less safe. Less free. More broke.)
To: dalebert
help me too! my desktop just gave a loud pop sound then crashed...it still fires up but screen says there is no signal...is it dead?Did any of the smoke get out? Computers don't work if any of the smoke gets out.
75 posted on
01/11/2010 6:38:40 AM PST by
zeugma
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