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05-26-2007, 09:30 PM
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Water?
Hi There,
Yesterday i dropped a cup of water on the floor and a tiny bit of water splashed up on to the ps3. Sounds fairly dumb i know, but the ps3 is on my av stand and the cup hit the living room floor, it's just unfortunate that a splash hit the ps3. Hit other stuff too, but only in places that would cause no problems.
The ps3 is in it's vertical position, a tiny bit of water hit the side and front of the case (not an issue as there is no vent holes or places to let water in where it hit) and the top of the case where all the vent holes are. It was just one very small drop and was kind of in between a couple of the vent holes, i suspect a tiny bit may have got through one of the vent holes.
The ps3 was off when this happened but on standby, with the red light on. I obviously flicked the power switch at the back immediately.
Is this likely to have caused any damage? The ps3 was off and it really was an extremely small amount of water, if any even got into the case that is. A couple of hours later, maybe a bit late i know, i used a hairdrier to blow warm air into the top of the ps3 through the vent holes, i did this for about 10 mins.
As i said this was yesterday, i have not switched the ps3 on at all yet, it's been approx 24 hrs since it happened.
I really do look after my electronic equipment, so much so that my wife thinks im obsessive about it! I never put things in stupid places and try my best to avoid things like this happening. I'm really quite gutted.
Any help much appreciated.
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05-26-2007, 09:42 PM
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Should be fine yeah. Only way to find out is to turn it on though.
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05-26-2007, 09:55 PM
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Platty Isn't English
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nah i think it will be OK mate there's nothing to worry about, especially when you got the hairdryer on it fro 10 minutes over a small drop of water lol. So just use it as usual and see if you notice something out of the ordinary but i highly doubt it hope i helped out.
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05-26-2007, 10:01 PM
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PS3Chat Members
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Location: Manchester, England
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just try it on dude should be alright ...let us know
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05-27-2007, 02:00 PM
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Location: Western Australia
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Its going to explode and send shards of awesomeness shooting through your hands and arms. Get your little sister/brother or a homeless person to turn it on for you. Or, if your not completely sure if it WAS infact, wrecked, tip another cup of water onto it.
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05-27-2007, 03:08 PM
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should be fine fella, my girlfriend spilt a pint of orange juice on two seperate occasions on are sky box and it's still working a year later. Adrop of water will be no problem.
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05-27-2007, 04:22 PM
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if it works, it aint broke...
have you even tried it yet, anyway?
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05-27-2007, 10:49 PM
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Location: Bronx, New York
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if its a little drop of water then theres really nothing to worry about
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05-27-2007, 11:09 PM
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dont worry realy water dosnt conduct eletricity that well at all unless its dirty water or high slat to water lvl.
I've spekt water on my laptop ps2 vcr dvd palyer and all kind of other things lol. your best bet if your realy worried with the ps3 OFF get a hair dryer and jsut use low seetings in hte are for 10-15 mins then let the system sit for 1 hour just to cool off and let any other water you may not have gotten dry off and you should be good to go
but like i said again pure water donst conduct eletrcity that well all at
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“A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.”
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"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein
Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're going to like it.
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05-29-2007, 03:19 AM
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Thanks for all the replies!
I switched it on and it's now not functioning correctly.
2 or 3 times the screen has gone black and the controller has become unresponsive, the power button was also unresponsive. The only way to switch the unit off was by using the mains switch at the back.
This has happened when launching a game and when watching a streamed movie, it never happened before the incident.
I left the unit for 4 days before switching it on. When i turned it on i installed the 1.8 update pretty much immediately. I'm now wondering if this is due to somekind of 1.8 bug, or due to what happened.
Either way i'm not too happy.
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05-29-2007, 03:49 PM
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Location: Western Australia
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How I Mine For Fish?
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05-29-2007, 04:10 PM
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take it back get a new one DONT TELL THEM ABOUT THE WATER
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Wizard's Ninth Rule
“A contradiction can not exist in reality. Not in part, nor in whole.”
`Terry Goodkind
"I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."
-- Albert Einstein
Welcome to my nightmare, I think you're going to like it.
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05-29-2007, 04:59 PM
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Platty Isn't English
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bummer dude
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