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tommywong198 · 04-20-2007, 05:28 PM

I spilled a v small amount of distilled water on my ThinkPad T42 LCD screen.....the water got inside the screen at the left top corner, i did not turn the computer off immediately as i thought distilled water wont have short circuit effect without ions....

then i tried to move my laptop to one side, hoping the water to come out, it didnt, so i let it dry for two days

For the first day, immediately after the accident, the laptop montor turned white sometimes, and when i moved my mouse, there is a vertical coloured line following the direction of my mouse, then i tried to connect my laptop to another monitor, everything worked fine, i can check email, etc....

After letting it dry for 24 hrs, i turned it on again, the situation got worse, the screen is white now.....however, when i tilt the screen to 180 degree, it runs perfect, although there s still some water left at the lefttop corner
and then i tried to connect my laptop to another monitor, it works well at first.....ibm logo, and then i got choices....run window normally, safe mode, safe mode with network, most recent setting that works....something like that, i clicked run window normally, then windows xp started, after that there s a blue page....error message, and then the system reboots

After waiting for another 24 hrs, i turned it on again, the screen is now having a black background with vertical coloured line not moving, the water at the lefttop corner was almost gone, and then the same error meesage page appears when i connect it to another monitor

Can anyone tell me what happened?

04-20-2007, 05:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
tommywong198 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4 OS: WinXP	IBM Laptop T42 waterspill....help! I spilled a v small amount of distilled water on my ThinkPad T42 LCD screen.....the water got inside the screen at the left top corner, i did not turn the computer off immediately as i thought distilled water wont have short circuit effect without ions.... then i tried to move my laptop to one side, hoping the water to come out, it didnt, so i let it dry for two days For the first day, immediately after the accident, the laptop montor turned white sometimes, and when i moved my mouse, there is a vertical coloured line following the direction of my mouse, then i tried to connect my laptop to another monitor, everything worked fine, i can check email, etc.... After letting it dry for 24 hrs, i turned it on again, the situation got worse, the screen is white now.....however, when i tilt the screen to 180 degree, it runs perfect, although there s still some water left at the lefttop corner and then i tried to connect my laptop to another monitor, it works well at first.....ibm logo, and then i got choices....run window normally, safe mode, safe mode with network, most recent setting that works....something like that, i clicked run window normally, then windows xp started, after that there s a blue page....error message, and then the system reboots After waiting for another 24 hrs, i turned it on again, the screen is now having a black background with vertical coloured line not moving, the water at the lefttop corner was almost gone, and then the same error meesage page appears when i connect it to another monitor Can anyone tell me what happened?