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October 6th, 2001 20:00

HELP! ASAP!

I just used one of those canned air things that Fellowes puts out for the first time on my computer,it was bought in 98', and when i got to spraying around the motherboard I accidentially turned it to the side, and what looked like liquid sprayed on a little bit of the motherboard. I am running the computer right now, and everything seems ok. Is there anything I should be worried about? Please answer ASAP!

Dell Dimension V350
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Toshiba DVD ROM
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October 6th, 2001 21:00

My guess would be that if everything is "running alright" then you don't have a problem. If there were a problem, I would think it would occur immediately rather than on a delayed basis. Paul

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October 6th, 2001 21:00

The liquid was most likely liquid air. When you put air under pressure it will liquify at a higher temperature then normal atmospheric pressure. When you started spraying the can you released pressure which caused the air in the can to cool to the point it allowed a little bit of the air to liquify. I would bet that the liquid that landed on your system was not there very long at all. It probably vaporized almost immediatly.

The other possiblity is that it could be water. It depends on how dry the air was when it was compressed. Air of course holds water and the more you compress and cool the air the less water it will hold. The cooling effect when you lower the pressure in the can could cause the temperature to fall below the dew point in the can and allow some water to precipitate out.

Ralph Caddell

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Message Edited on 10/06/01 07:53PM by caddellwr

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October 6th, 2001 21:00

aint you supposed to use that on the keyboard only? not inside the pc.

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October 6th, 2001 21:00

I don't know I just used it. It said nothing about inside, and that was the first time I used one of those.

Dell Dimension V350
Pentium 2 @ 350 MHZ
Dell D1028L Monitor
Harman/Kardon Speakers (Like they put in Jaguars, pretty cool don't ya think!)
Toshiba DVD ROM
Zip 100mb
Windows 98 First Edition (Stinks)
128 mb RAM

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October 6th, 2001 22:00

Ralph is correct!

October 8th, 2001 14:00

Ralph is correct......X2!

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