From: Marcus Andree S. Magalhaes (marcus.magalhaes_at_vlinfo.com.br)
Date: Tue Jun 22 2004 - 14:53:40 PDT
>
> I donīt understand why you need a new card if it only fell into dirty
> water? As long as it wasnīt salt water and the card was not powered
> nothing can happen if you clean it carfully with e.g. destilled water or
> better alcohol. I even cleaned a PEECEE kbd in my dishwasher but with a
> mild detergent - not the NaOH powder :-) and it works perfectly :-)
>
> Marco
>
Dirty and calcium salts can harm electric connections and pathways.
Probably you were able to wash your kbd because your tap water is
either soft from the source or passes thru a water softener...
But, as you said, an isopropyl alcool bath can do magic things to a
dead PCB. :)
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