water damage

**simbob** · May 6th, 2005, 06:23 PM

guys, i spilt wate ron my mouse

its all good apart from the right click button no longer works. any chance of revival, ive just had it under the hair dryer for a little bit and its done no good, think im best leaving it over night? think it might revive?

**Autokad** · May 6th, 2005, 06:26 PM

you might try taking it apart and seeing what you can do then....

**simbob** · May 6th, 2005, 06:27 PM

i ahve, right now its just the bair circuitboard

**nunyadam** · May 6th, 2005, 06:28 PM

you can actually take them apart to dry them fairly easily. or you can leave it to dry for a day or so. might work might not.

**simbob** · May 6th, 2005, 06:31 PM

well wish it luck coz its gonna live inside my tower to help out the drying!

**Bovon** · May 7th, 2005, 02:27 PM

spray or dip the circuit board with alcohol and then dry it out. Alcohol blends with water (same specific gravity) and then will evaporate...should remove any small traces of water inside.

The reason the right click does not work is because the water went down the tiny shaft to the switch...you need to get some alcohol down into that switch and then blow it some more with the hair dryer..but use caution..do not get got!

**simbob** · May 7th, 2005, 03:02 PM

well the right clicks still not working lol, had time to dry, guessill ave to buy a new mouse..................sigh

**mjolnir1134** · May 7th, 2005, 03:17 PM

Hopefully that watered mouse wasn't a really nice expensive one. I'd buy a new one if a button stopped working.

Do you order online? Heres a nice and cheap optical mouse I found for you in newegg! Check it out: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826147001

**mjolnir1134** · May 7th, 2005, 03:18 PM

here's a slightly more expenisve (3 dollar difference

) and nicer mouse if you want

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826147006

**ArcticFox** · May 7th, 2005, 04:19 PM

Hey, now's a good time to upgrade.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16826104158

**rrcn** · May 7th, 2005, 04:31 PM

IMHO, don't skimp on your (keyboard and) mouse. The two most used pieces of hardware and they should be as comfortable and reliable as possible. So if you are going to upgrade, upgrade to something good.

**electric** · May 7th, 2005, 04:35 PM

Originally Posted by simbob

guys, i spilt wate ron my mouse

its all good apart from the right click button no longer works. any chance of revival, ive just had it under the hair dryer for a little bit and its done no good, think im best leaving it over night? think it might revive?

leave it over night and it should be fine; been there done that

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