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Posted by: ATIRAGEPRO [COLOR=darkblue]If the water was spilled anywhere NEAR the PSU don't even think about plugging it back into the wall.[/COLOR] Don't blowdry it either. Just wait a thousand years and it will come back.:( :cool: Posted by: a4pr3nt1c3 any idea how long i should wait before trying it again? i was supposed to have a tournament in super smash brothers on this thing this weekend. Posted by: ATIRAGEPRO [COLOR=darkblue]30 days.[/COLOR] :( :( :( :cool: Posted by: a4pr3nt1c3 ****. i think i might just buy another used one, and then sell this one when/if it starts working again. Posted by: ATIRAGEPRO [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by a4pr3nt1c3 [/i] [B]****. i think i might just buy another used one, and then sell this one when/if it starts working again. [/B][/QUOTE][COLOR=darkblue]*^^Agrees w- that post^^*[/COLOR] :confused: :cool: Posted by: Lord AnthraX [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by a4pr3nt1c3 [/i] [B]my dad accidentally spilled a lot of water on top of my gamecube, and it would not turn on when i got home a few hours later. right now i have it with a hair dryer blowing into it and i don't know what else to do. i've had my phone recover from being dropped in a pond for almost 20 minutes, so i'm hoping it can be fixed, but any help would be appreciated. [/B][/QUOTE] LOL ROFLCAKES Posted by: killians45 Just to let you know, ANYTIME you get water on electronics do NOT turn it on to test it. Immediatley unplug it, remove whatever you can and let it air dry. You turn it on, you energize it, it blows. Let it dry, then turn it on. Even thats not fool proof but there is a better chance of salvation doing it that way ;) Posted by: Deathawk Haha, reminds me when my brother spilled milk on my playstation. It worked well too... well not really, but it still worked.. Posted by: n30phYte [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by a4pr3nt1c3 [/i] [B]any idea how long i should wait before trying it again? [/B][/QUOTE] as long as you possibly can. there's no real true tested time frame to go by but the longer, the better. take that hair dryer off of it as well. it's best to let it air dry. my girlfriend spilled her drink all over my ps2 once and i let it sit out on for about three weeks. it fired right up and onto eBay it went. :p Posted by: Amd gt player my super nintendo went thru a washign machine and still worcks so did my gamboy andvamced the uper nintendo story is funny tho mom cleaned basement and put a dufle bag with the super nintendo in it thru th wash i unno how she didnt realsie somethign was in it and i waited like a motnh turned it o nand still worcked but my gambo yadvance went thru the dryer so when i pgot em out of the dryer it turned on imidiatly only problem was i got a bunch of dust under teh glas of my screen but u probably killed it by turning it on let it dry for like 3 weeks or so then try again Posted by: FrankieG Here's holding out hope for you, but I wouldn't hold your breath. :( Posted by: NvidiaDude yeh, your better off buying new 1 possibly around £30 preused or somethin Posted by: sprtnbsblplya [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by n30phYte [/i] [B] my girlfriend spilled her drink all over my ps2 once and i let it sit out on for about three weeks. it fired right up and onto eBay it went. :p [/B][/QUOTE] lol, thats why I dont shop on ebay anymore. Posted by: motoxer4533 [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by Amd gt player [/i] [B]my super nintendo went thru a washign machine and still worcks so did my gamboy andvamced the uper nintendo story is funny tho mom cleaned basement and put a dufle bag with the super nintendo in it thru th wash i unno how she didnt realsie somethign was in it and i waited like a motnh turned it o nand still worcked but my gambo yadvance went thru the dryer so when i pgot em out of the dryer it turned on imidiatly only problem was i got a bunch of dust under teh glas of my screen but u probably killed it by turning it on let it dry for like 3 weeks or so then try again [/B][/QUOTE] That is [I]THE[/I] worst typing/spelling/grammar I have [I]EVER[/I] seen. Posted by: kfc469 blow a normal fan on it for a while. Ok...funny story time. My bro put his cell phone through the wash while it was still on. Naturally, when he took it out it didn't work anymore. My dad had the crazy idea to put the phone in the toaster to dry it out. I tried telling him that would fry(pun intended) the phone, but he didn't believe me. He toasted it at 200 degrees for 30ish minutes and when he took it out and turned it on...it worked!!! It has worked ever since. So, if you don't care about it, you could throw the gamecube in the oven for a while. It might fix it, or it might not...:) Posted by: Juice Daddy [QUOTE][i]Originally posted by killians45 [/i] [B]Just to let you know, ANYTIME you get water on electronics do NOT turn it on to test it. Immediatley unplug it, remove whatever you can and let it air dry. You turn it on, you energize it, it blows. Let it dry, then turn it on. Even thats not fool proof but there is a better chance of salvation doing it that way ;) [/B][/QUOTE] agreed, do NOT turn it on right away my suggestion, although uncommon, would be to: disassemble it, rinse the parts with DISTILED Water or Isopropyl Alcohol then let it air dry in a dust free area (maybe let a fan blow on the parts) vBulletin Copyright ©2000 - 2003, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited. PPC Management vB Easy Archive Final - Created by Xenon |