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I'd take it apart as much as you can, and set it under an incandescent light for a day or two and see if that fixes it.
Hmmm...I have a halogen desk lamp at work I could leave on overnight. (Assuming I set it away from anything flammable, natch. I already melted one corner of my monitor with this thing, so I know how hot it can get.)
My iPhone-oost is strong, but my bank account is weak. So I should probably try to rescue the Treo before I run out to the store.
This site brilliantly suggests a hair-dryer. Which I have!
After leaving the battery to dry out for a couple of hours, the phone seems provisionally to be working again. Unfortunately I have to put it back together to charge, but I can open it up tomorrow and let it dry more if I have to. Knock wood.
can you leave the battery cover off while charging?
Recently, (as in - during this last week), my computer has started giving me this message about a "failed floppy drive" and trying to send me to "set up" and I have NO IDEA what to do about this. Does this mean that my computer is ill?
What kind of computer is it? When does the message occur? During bootup? When you're using the drive? Does it have a floppy drive?
Possibly the CMOS battery is dying and your BIOS settings have gotten screwed up. Does your computer have trouble keeping time when it's shut off?
It's a Dell and it happens when I bootup. I don't think I do have a floppy drive - just a cd drive.
It hasn't had trouble before. (But the first time it happened one of the things I had to do is reset the time/date.)
Daniel, that robot is AWESOME!
sumi, I strongly suspect the CMOS battery (is that what you call it? Anyway, it backs up the BIOS as well as runs the clock when the computer is off) needs replacing.
In the meantime, you can go into the BIOS at bootup and tell your computer it has no floppy, but you might need to do that again.
Or you could just leave it on all the time.