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Underwater XO Laptops sometimes work!? Just DON'T try this at home...<br>
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Marten Vijn wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 18:43 +0200, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:s.boutayeb@free.fr">s.boutayeb@free.fr</a> wrote:
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<pre wrap="">hi all,
OLPC France is preparing a "mini" deployment of 100 XOs in a small island in
Madagascar (see <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.nosykomba.org">http://www.nosykomba.org</a> and <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://antitourne.free.fr/">http://antitourne.free.fr/</a>).
So, considering the marine environment, and the potential risk of the exposition
of the Xos to salt water, does anyone has experienced problems caused by salt
water or moisture on any part of the XOs?
Thank you for your feedback!
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# incidents
I think there it not a big difference with coffee :)
You can save a lot damage by:
- when it gets wet remove the battery immediately
then:
- take the XO apart clean it form salt
- let dry ~ 3 days
- test it on power supply, without the battery
- when switching on, and it works, leave it on for a couple of hours
When it broken check the motherboard for corruption and so.
# structural issues
If it is a general problem you may consider to protect the XO
by using a spray that protects it against water. A problem may be
that once "salted" motherboards keep attacking humidity from the air.
cheers,
Marten
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<pre wrap="">Best regards
Samy
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