Storm + Old Mac = ring tone....

OK, so I get caught in that thunderstorm, my bag gets a bit damp, and now my aging PowerBook G4 won't boot up..... makes the usual whirring noise.... then three 'duh-duh-duh'.... like an engaged tone on the phone..... and the screen remains blank...

Has it finally died?

** sobs into probably already damp keyboard **

put in the airing cupboard let it dry out and it might be ok once all the wet has stopped short circuiting the electrons
have done this with mobiles and portable radio's my boiler at home just needs to dry out

Once it's dry and still looks dead

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US

i've dropped my iphone in a pint twice, and pored a third one on it. After a lot of drying, up to a week, it's amazingly come back to life again

once it's dry and still looks dead and apple have told you to piss off
try one of the local high street computer shops the dudes in there can work magic with old hard disc's you may have lost the computer but you may not have lost the data

+1 for resetting the PRAM once its dry.

If it's still fucked after then, may I ask what model it is? I have an old Powerbook with a dodgy hard drive or logic board. I'd like to fix to donate to my friend, who cannot afford another laptop and her PC one just died.

once pint was unlucky two pints was careless the third being poured over the top just sounds like down right tomfoolery

Thanks for all that..... back of the laptop awesomely hot.... could fry an egg on it...... might try that if it doesn't come back to life...... now..... where did I put that back-up CD........

p.s. A mate managed to drop his new iPhone down the loo in the pub, it nestled ontop of the pile of toilet paper and his Number Two...... and all was well :-)

3 beeps = no good banks

apparently. You've got soggy banks.

Hope it's ok!

The key advice missing here is to remove your battery (obviously remove a power supply cord too) before putting it somewhere to dry.

Also, the longer it is allowed to dry without power, the better. Moisture can hang around for over a week and will permanently damage the board if the moisture shorts something because of power heading where it shouldn't.