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if you ever dropped water or liquids on a notebook and placed it in a bucket full of rice afterwards, did the notebook work again? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by ceciline02@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/16155441

rice absorbs moisture.

Curious if this works to recover notebooks or other electronics.

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[–] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 10 points 3 months ago

Put the laptop in a sealed container along with a container of Damp-rid. Wait about 3 days, and the laptop will be dry*.

* this does not mean that the laptop will work