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Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10 | Touchscreen got wet and stopped working Greetings, I had to work in the snow today and the touch screen got wet. After a while it quit working. The screen was on and looked good, but the touch thing wasn’t working. I had been wipping it off repeatedly but apparently not good enough. I removed the screen protector and there was water between the protector and the touchscreen. I wipped both dry but to not avail. I used a hair drier to try to dry it out. NO go. I then checked the web and this site and couldn’t find a similar experience. So I just had to think. Since I thought the touchscreen was some kind of bilayerd film and there might be water between the films just like there was between the screen protector and the top of the touch screen, I figured the hair dryer couldn’t get to it because of the capillary attraction. So …(god I am smart) I though I could squegee the water to the base of the screen by massaging the screen downward. DAMN – it worked. My day sucked, but now it is good again. Pat |
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| Moderator Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Atlanta, Ga. Posts: 1,234 | Glad to hear that you got it going again! __________________ Reidan Moderator, Dave’s iPAQ Dave’s iPAQ is not affiliated with HP Members Only FAQ Section . Have news? Submit it . Want to contact me? Use the contact form to send me an email. Want to support the site? Shop in our iPAQ store. NEW Dont forget our Podcast hotline telephone number in the US: 1-425-738-9506 available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Also dont forget to add us to your Podcast aggregator by clicking here. |
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Join Date: May 2004 Location: Saratoga, California Posts: 1,243 | So where are you that there’s snow – if it’s Lake Tahoe, please then I don’t want to know 🙂 __________________ Laura Moderator, Dave’s iPAQ Dave’s iPAQ is not affiliated with HP Members Only FAQ Section . Have news? Submit it . Want to contact me? Use the contact form to send me an email. Want to support the site? Shop in our iPAQ store. NEW Dont forget our Podcast hotline telephone number in the US: 1-425-738-9506 available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Also dont forget to add us to your Podcast aggregator by clicking here. |
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Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 10 | Oh yah, ziplocks I was working in the mountains west of Denver near Bailey Colorado. Corn snow with lightening and thunder. I go back tomorrow, and since I don’t have one of those heavy duty waterproof bags or boxes, I am taking a good supply of ziplock freezer bags. That should get me through the day OK. Pat |