This site brilliantly suggests a hair-dryer. Which I have!
Inara: So. Would you like to lecture me on the wickedness of my ways? Book: I brought you some supper, but if you'd prefer a lecture, I've a few very catchy ones prepped. Sin and hellfire... one has lepers.
'Serenity'
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Jessica - Aug 14, 2008 3:09:59 pm PDT #7423 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Jessica - Aug 14, 2008 5:05:15 pm PDT #7424 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
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.
DCJensen - Aug 14, 2008 6:26:31 pm PDT #7425 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
can you leave the battery cover off while charging?
DCJensen - Aug 14, 2008 7:27:49 pm PDT #7426 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 3:15:01 am PDT #7427 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
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?
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 4:15:21 am PDT #7428 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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?
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 4:45:33 am PDT #7429 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
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.)
Jon B. - Aug 15, 2008 8:00:08 am PDT #7430 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Daniel, that robot is AWESOME!
tommyrot - Aug 15, 2008 8:02:45 am PDT #7431 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
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.
sumi - Aug 15, 2008 8:05:49 am PDT #7432 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Okay.
CMOS battery. Huh. How pricy is that? And will I be able to replace it myself?