Wet Laptop Recovery - Is it Possible?

[@Dell]

Phenomenal.

[@angelbeats39]

Howly. Ship.

[@angelbeats39]

DarkCoderzC IKR

[@SkinnyAnimus]

I bet dell didn't even know it was possible.

[@PCHCP011]

Surprise that DELL even watch this and response

[@CockyBallyTorture]

Wow dell you apparently watch youtube well at least you know your laptop design is good

[@newem1nem]

No matter what conditions, at all costs. Even soaked in rain and unplugged for a week....Adobe is always asking for a fkin update.

[@Christian-dc1sb]

H34dHun734R i dont even use flash player anymore

[@aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables]

omg xD

[@gamertygonl]

@@Christian-dc1sb dead

[@Christian-dc1sb]

@@gamertygonl yeah i know its completely non required

[@ClassifiedPerson]

@@Christian-dc1sb flash player dead

[@tyguy6296]

i had a pipe burst once in my room. soaked my laptop, tablet, phone, and plasma tv. the screen on the laptop was dead, but i swapped it out with a replacement part. disassembled the whole thing part by part and after some air drying for about a week it worked perfectly. the tablet and phone in rice worked like a charm. the plasma tv is the real amazing part though. it was plugged in and on while getting soaked. when we were cleaning out the room we tilted the tv and water started pouring out of the corner... like a lot of it. could have grabbed a small bucket and filled it. i assumed the tv was dead so i left it OUTSIDE on the patio for a week. just before i was about to throw it away i decided to plug it in and test it... worked fine. not so much as a dead pixel. amazed.

[@minpeeku]

Ty Guy Amazing stuff mate! You really care about your stuff, you persevere, oh man you are one amazing guy! I could imagine some people just throw away all their stuff. Great stuff man!

[@bretmohler9719]

Miniply he left off the part where he filed an insurance claim and got money for the devices that never actually got killed haha :p new TV meet old TV lol

[@tyguy6296]

***** HAHA i wish. the reason i was so determined to get everything working again was not because I "really care about my stuff"... it's because I didn't have any insurance lol. would have had to replace everything out of pocket

[@bretmohler9719]

Ty Guy i was just teasing anyway.. but yeah in that case you really lucked out. phone partly aside, at least none of those things are really critical..but its still money lost if they were trashed.

[@WyvernApalis]

Meanwhile apple products: *one rain droplet goes inside* I must now commit seppuku

[@SmartLifeEnthusiast]

Whenever you pull something apart, make a video off it - Replay video backwards for re-assembly - If something awesome/horrible happens, you can put it on youtube ;)

[@KingStarfire]

ThatCoder that sounds like a good idea actually

[@FarmYardGaming]

Done.

[@EmmaCross94]

I actually like this more unprofessional type of recording, bit of a blast from the past perhaps, but it's nice.

[@Spalding1250]

Same here!

[@mysticode]

Yep!

[@heynando]

Yeah the unprofessional clips are so much better, they provide a unique feel to the spectator, like if the spectator had a deep link with the holster of the show, thus allowing an unconscious immersion to take place whilst the content is being played.

[@trymhjelmervik2388]

well, it is still tech tips.

[@MCLegoking4]

Who gives a fuck! If it got over 10k likes then it's a success.

[@elijahjones4083]

now hes got water cooling :)

[@altidudx]

nice one

[@SirkyNL]

lol

[@BuddyShiba]

nice joke

[@thepyrotechnicpenguin4846]

lol

[@acertainsomeone9254]

Elijah Jones w

[@TazzanatorHD]

if there was ever an advertisement for dell's reliability and linus's skills then this video would be it xD

[@Helltech]

Was coming to post this. Lol

[@adamo4842]

I'm sorry but i have to.. it's Linus' not linus's

[@TazzanatorHD]

i myself am a grammar nazi but in the heat of the moment i failed myself xD

[@codebraker12]

the problem is… this will be a 10 min advertisement…

[@JorgeFuller]

You also fail in capitalization.

[@MrBGeonzon]

I reburbish a lot of radios, headsets, timers, PCs, basestations for the fast food industry. Iv'e see everything from water damage, rats eating there way out of the equptment, headsets being droped in deep fryer. You'll be surprised as to what is still salvageable.

[@zraw49]

True

[@dalmationblack]

+Bryan Geonzon Why are there rats in a place where food is made?!

[@MrBGeonzon]

dalmation black Your guess is as good as mine. I'm guess a piece of food made it inside then the rat found its way inside to get to the food and couldn't get out then the rat chewed through some of the wires and eater starved to death or electrocuted its self.. (This is alot of assuming lol) When equipment just sits around for years and is never cleaned let alone ever opened then it breaks down and is sent to us to fix it usually has surprises mostly spiders, grease fumes typical stuff but every now and then ill find random stuff that caused the equipment failure

[@Burgahs]

+Bryan Geonzon now i know not to buy refurbished items

[@MrBGeonzon]

Burgahs HEY! I do good work! (Sometimes... depends on my mood...)

[@coccoborg]

I feel so good for you Linus! This story reminds me of the summer my mom gave me my first laptop when I was 12 or so: it was an old ACER with a 200MHz P2 I believe, slow and dusty, but I loved it. I left it outside over night and the following morning it was soaked. I opened up the bottom, removed the battery and let it dry for 2 days and it powered back to life.

[@jeslastname3163]

Done the same thing with my laptop. My daughter decided it was thirsty. An drowned my poor lappy. Pulled it apart (completely) dried everything with a towel. It took a few hours but it runs fine again. Done the same before with a router and a few phones. Seems to work most times.

[@SpartanMJO12]

your daughter decided your laptop was thirsty hold on for a second nope I can't keep my sides from going into orbit

[@jeslastname3163]

Yer lol To cute. Had to tell her that the laptop doesn't like water.

[@ZeldagigafanMatthew]

Jesse pog I remember making a little gif animation with a PCB igniting (I know, not very realistic), and then text flashed onscreen saying "water is out poison". But I would have waited a bit longer, and I do not recommend using a towel, fibers can get stuck, causing airflow problems or even worse, retain moisture. And I would have waited longer than a few hours.

[@jeslastname3163]

Yer noted.lol a towel is all i could think of tho. I don't have a compressor to blow it out. So i went all ghetto on it.. I really didn't think it would work.

[@Seanthedogboy]

These old style videos are still my favourite format. Congrats on getting spooked and then fixing your Laptop Linus!

[@lukerochevot]

One of the first LTT videos I ever watched, and possibly the best one the date. Can't believe it's been over 5 years since this video uploaded.

[@ViolentBooGaming]

Notebook: MEDIC! Linus: Hold still i'll get you up! Revive 100

[@Seralious]

**medkit ribbon**

[@ViolentBooGaming]

Node +200 xp

[@MikoKnight]

*Squad mate revive 110

[@Northstarswap]

UPGRADE NOW!

[@wajeehullah2843]

*Squad upgrade*

[@kazi789]

my S3 fell into a pond Went home put it into an oven and set to Reheat. And voila the plastic metled

[@Swordie100]

Are you dumb or something. xD?

[@7Sn0w]

You made my day :P

[@justanatural]

Swordie100 He is establishing the horrific (in my opinion) plastic material the Samsung Phones are based on!

[@PowerSenpai]

oh shite

[@yaadang]

wow! just wow!

[@cpufreak101]

here is a little tip, water is naturally not very conductive, it gets its conductivity by going through metal pipes and picking up extremely small shards of metal but still enough to make it conductive, rainwater isn't very conductive, its natural, so recovery based on rainwater versus, say, a hose, rainwater would have a greater chance of recovery.

[@Mythricia1988]

All sorts of contaminants make water conductive, not just metals or running through metal pipes, mineral deposits exist in a lot of places, including the atmosphere itself. Rainwater is not very clear, as it picks up lots of debris and pollutants after condensing. That said, it's true - clean water is not conductive, and there are worse sources of water than rain... But also rain water is pretty dirty, chemically speaking.

[@LukeSevenski]

yes, but... his motherboard has metal in or on it making the water conductive sooooo... ya

[@LukeSevenski]

any type of metal can make water conductive .

[@LukeSevenski]

you make no sence first u say it isnt making water conductive then u say it is transfering electricity to it electricity can not transfer in a non conductive enviroment

[@LukeSevenski]

yep..

[@noahfischer6081]

Am I the only one that thinks that Linus seems so shattered in this video.

[@draken5379]

+SoloNita Exactly and it boot back from standby exactly where he left it, pretty great !

[@2knives1cook]

+Noah Fischer wouldn't you be if your pc might die?

[@DarthAwar]

+Noah Fischer No I Agree and it is sad when he is normally so upbeat and go lucky to see him so shattered! =(

[@DarthAwar]

+Draken Weiner I should point out that if had had a HDD instead of a SSD inside he would have lost all his work!

[@AlexanderLong]

+Darth Awar I don't think water would damage the data on HDD, but it might be much harder to recover the data though since you need to crack the HDD up to read the disks inside.

[@Razor2048]

Before putting it back together 100% inspect the fan, and see if you can access the base of the shaft to see if water got into the the oil. I have repaired water damaged laptops in the past (ones that were completely under water), and the main parts to die are the hard drive (benefit of an SSD), and the fans needing to be oiled. Turbine oil can be had for around $2 and works well on the fans. The LCD's almost always need to be replaced if under water, as water gets into the many layers of the LCD panel and discolors them ( in addition to damaging the lights and also causing dead pixels, so I usually just replace the panels) The modern power saving features on many laptops will protect the most sensitive components, as they are able to completely cut power to parts like the CPU and other items when turned off, even if the battery is connected.

[@lord_rahleo]

Amazed! Especially since its a dell.

[@DuaneErichZaan]

Dell laptops are pretty easy to disassemble, I don't see what's so amazing.

[@loveJessica281]

Duane Erich Zaan because through many experiences of mine, they are absolutely horrible.

[@spr0k3t]

Unimpressed. Try bringing a laptop back to life after a beer spill and 30 minutes in a swimming pool. Rain is nothing to fix. Oh, did another that had baby formula spill... Was gagging the entire time cleaning it. They both worked when I was through.

[@kasparskorde2327]

punkypenguin321 Your comment is shit quality.

[@blackopsy9]

Kaspars Korde you are what we call "a dont know anything about computers but likes dell because its a name brand" kinda guy.

[@Trifler500]

Linus: "Fortunately, I don't have an Apple computer, so it comes apart." +1

[@rodrigownh]

Please, don't get me wrong, but I just don't understand why some americans love to be hipsters against their local companies. I have a MacBook Pro with the best specs and I paid twice that an American would pay(bought in brazil) and IMHO is the best that I could buy, the easiest laptop computer ever to get fully taken apart, thanks to the precise and simplified internal design. If you think that brand or product X is better than Y, it's ok, you don't need to proliferate your hate or to hail the brand. Off-topic: My mother has this XPS 12 Duo(almost 4.5k USD in brazil) and is almost perfect, except for the screen that sucks completely, the ghosting is really strong, only problem on this machine.

[@Big1nz]

Rodrigo Martins not going hipster nigga.

[@Estirvana]

Rodrigo Martins Linus is Canadian but on to the point Apple have done some questionable things in the past(such as soldered on RAM). One thing that irks me(along with other people) is Apple clamming a lot of things that are revolutionary and one of a kind. Although I do agree Apple has done some neat stuff(homogenizing features into one package), it just screams PR nonsense.

[@rodrigownh]

undeadkillers Yes, I know he is Canadian, I was referring to people in the comments. Normally Americans and teens that keep spreading the hate of everything. If I don't like something, I don't need to hoist my flag and expect that the others will have the same opinion. I didn't remembered that, you are completely correct about the soldered RAM, this is why I have the non-retina MacBook Pro 15 model atm. In case of Linus, I respect his opinion, I watch him for some years and he devotes his life working with computers, I trust on his view, and probably he knows what he is saying.

[@guitarrakapo]

Ths guy might be a hipster, but at least his grammar is alright.

[@EvilNinetales]

"Fortunately I don't have an apple computer" 100% WIN

[@LittleTuberGames]

Yes. Yes indeed.

[@PolarAppleCaps]

Nah Linux

[@skyhacker6]

Apple product policy : after the product has been fully assembled, soak it over night is epoxy resin to prevent customer from trying to fix it by themselves ! ^^

[@nokkusuu]

+skyhacker6 Lol

[@jverheul2]

The L3mu

[@SpencerGray_CompSci]

As a computer repair tech, I am very glad to see that you took the time to attempt the repair. I have fixed a number of water damaged laptops and more. I think you could have taken the entire board out to make it dry a little easier, but it obviously wasn't a big deal. The best repair I've done was running jumper wires around a cracked motherboard to make the circuits work. The person did NOT want to lose their $1200 laptop so I made it work. I would love to meet up and talk tech with you sometime. You guys are the best.

[@TheNarratorworld]

You had no likes since last 8 years. Here is your first one :)

[@NafanyaZX]

And on the 7th day, it rose from the dead. All hail!

[@pathg13geek]

Well he didn't wait 7 days

[@BOOMProductionsVIDs]

pathg13 a week is 7 days :o

[@pathg13geek]

BOOMProductionsVIDs 9:10 They didn't wait whole week.

[@NafanyaZX]

pathg13 It seems you're utterly incapable of abstract thinking. What he said, was close enough to establish a connection (to connect the dots) and make the damn joke. And besides, I'm sure you've heard of how there is a place and a time for everything. Well, this was neither the place, nor the time to be pedantic/anal/meticulous. I wasn't writing a dissertation here, but tried to get a laugh out of people. For fuck's sake...

[@pathg13geek]

NafanyaZX Lol okay you can get mad for nothing, or you can live life XD Pick one?

[@mrmalad1]

Next day in the advertising departement of dell: this 1000 dollar Notebook is waterproof

[@thvec737]

You can see the future.

[@themartonfi]

It's not waterproof at all if he would have turned on the laptop while there was still water it would have easily died the only way it could be considered waterproof is if water CANNOT get inside of it at all.

[@mrmalad1]

themartonfi it was just a joke. there is nothing to be serious about

[@shortievid]

Dell should market their laptops as recoverable from water. And put this video in their site.

[@Revangelistautube]

I sneezed on my Compaq Before and it died.... :(

[@CaCTuCaTu4ECKuu]

My cat sneezed on my DDR slot and motherboard died as tottaly as processor and RAM dont left you PC opened when your cat seek

[@kiwicami287]

LMFAO you made my day

[@0xCAFEF00D]

Did it get a *cough* virus?

[@CaCTuCaTu4ECKuu]

No, it died instantly, I guess no)

[@PizzaBillund]

lol

[@FexyVRC]

I think it shut itself down because it says low battery. So it saved itself before the rain. So there wasn't enough power in the battery to spark with the rain.

[@JDsYoutubeAcc]

it doesn't really matter how much power is in the battery i don't think, I'm pretty sure a reaction would occur just based on the chemicals in it being mixed with water.

[@Formula21DI]

we dunno how long it was running on when it was left out, and the entire time that it was forgotten even if it went to sleep it would be draining the battery. on top of that it sat a week and that battery was losing charge that entire time so the fact the battery was dead means nothing.

[@LasseBjerre]

About 3 weeks ago I accidentally spilled half a liter of water on my Lenovo laptop. It took about 3 seconds before it shut down, and needless to say I was pretty sure it died. Took the battery out and disassembled it. I let the thing dry at a radiator for something like 13 hours, and it actually turned on. The battery was full AND was charging when the accident happened. The thing is, normal tap water (and rain for that matter) is not a very good conductor. You would think that water is the worst thing that could happen to your electronics, but that is not necessarily the case.

[@edwardstables5153]

***** If the lithium got mixed with water it is more than likely that the laptop wouldn't have survived at all. That stuff can be dangerous!

[@TheFPSPower]

edward stables It would have lit on fire... Case solved.

[@chark2131]

Linus i thought we told you not to water cool your laptop

[@Killer1986Chris]

you're*

[@SmallDoki]

Daniel Stevenson He's still not as cool as water cool... I regret nothing

[@nannerhammock1692]

killer1986chris it's your. Your version would be used like this, "you're an idiot."

[@Killer1986Chris]

Actually as I was responding to Daniel saying "your cool" you're wrong bitch, now sit your ass down before daddy spanks you again.

[@roosternugget69420]

I have an HP 15 laptop, the same thing happened, (Except it fell out of my bag, fell three feet, and into a 4 ft ditch while still on) The laptop shut off, which is what scared me, so I spent the whole day in school with a laptop that was completely taken apart, just air drying it, and at the end of the day, I reassembled it, and it ended up working perfectly fine. Now I use it as a Linux machine.

[@DannySwish]

I think the only reason that laptop ever stood a chance was because rainwater is mostly distilled. There aren't a ton of electrolytes in it to fry anything.

[@shadoudirges]

The more plausible reason is that todays laptop's components are designed to be more resilient to extreme conditions (better insulated capacitors/batteries, built in fail safes, etc.) that if water does get inside the laptop, as long as you take the proper procedures, the machine has a very good chance of not turning into a paper weight.

[@avetruetocaesar3463]

Yes i think it is also the reason why my brand new g602 is now malfunctioning. Water dripped in mouse, while i was cleaning the dust and something sugary, was holding the DPI clicks, pretty tough and frustrating because i just bought it. So yeah accidentally, when i was cleaning the case, water dripped on a little circuit inside the case. Didn't really bother me because never had done such thing before and many times i had left out my equipments outside, under rain, or forgot them. Nothing happened, nothing malfunctioned. But that water was coming from water systems, not purified, non distilled. After all that happened, i realized that my mouse started to malfcuntion, didn't read anything sometimes. Unwanted clicks, skipping etc. I tried to wash circuits with Vodka (since it's distilled alcohol) but it didn't really work out well. Then someone told me to put the circuits in paint thinner (synthetic). It worked. I salvaged my mouse big time. Only G4 doesn't work and i have to use ALT+TAB or Ctrl+Alt+Del, click somewhere, then back to desktop. So if anyone wants to clean their mouse up, use distilled water, or don't use anything at all. Alcohol (for medical purposes one) works best. But i didn't have any pure alcohol at the time. Thinner also works but it's a bruising/abrasive material. So be aware, don't let your parts sink in thinner for more than a few seconds. You never know what will happen.

[@Grrizz84]

Kaptan Kosto I put mine in with a load in the dishwasher then let it dry for a few days :)

[@FKProds]

Sam B erm

[@jbutton15]

FKProds rainwater is not by any means distilled. cleaner then tap water maybe but damn sure not pure. have you ever heard of acid rain. it worked bc the laptop was well built and he knew what to do

[@agenericaccount3935]

Hibernation. Betcha it ran out of juice and shut down before it got wet.

[@davidsucesso2419]

It would have battery reserve at least for the clock.. amazing computer

[@WyvernApalis]

@@davidsucesso2419 maybe it connected to the internet and recalibrated the clock

[@WyvernApalis]

@Laptop Gamer bruh did you come from the 19th century

[@0x8badf00d]

The RTC usually has its own battery, even in laptops.

[@Ganbalf]

That laptop is a tank.

[@berwynhan5077]

ikr

[@collin5353]

It’s been 7 years, I remember watching this video when it came out and I used the techniques shown here to save my xps 15 yesterday.

[@oceanvoisin9653]

I would be laughing soo hard if when he turned it on it showed porn and he said right where I left it

[@babatulani6361]

My iPod once fell to a toilet. Full of pee and shit and it's still alive to this day.

[@icey_flames]

+yrjosmiel73 Same exact thing happened to my phone two weeks ago and it still lives.

[@ТониАндреев]

+yrjosmiel73 Sooo it found its proper place ?? *shots fired

[@Adam-eb3rs]

+yrjosmiel73 Should've flushed it.

[@babatulani6361]

Adam High Definition Except it's my only PDA and it's a gift. It's rude to simply throw away a gift.

[@Adam-eb3rs]

+yrjosmiel73 It's rude to shit of gifts too.

[@Tracomaster]

whow this is really one of the rare times I have seen you kinda down linus :O anyway good effort!

[@Tracomaster]

XD haha yeah I know but still...

[@dudeomfgstfux]

8:40 he literally has a bucket of motherboards lying around.

[@davida1hiwaaynet]

Great video! I have a Dell work laptop which has gone with me to more countries around the world than I can count. I know they are well built but this really drives the point home!

[@jamesb1221222]

It works, but the laptop may not live as long as it should. Moisture will oxidize and decay some of the solder joints and connectors on the board as well as rusting some of the steel parts, screws and wire terminals in the connectors. I wouldn't expect to be using the thing long term. Its lifespan will probably depend on how drenched the internals were and for how long. Actually, a follow up for the working state of the laptop would be pretty cool :) +LinusTechTips

[@connivingkhajiit]

jamesb1221222 Linus probably knows that.

[@britisheas1273]

jamesb1221222 couldn't that work by resoldering? and replacing screws

[@connorPiper0]

Considering they still use it today, I would say none of that happened. So it has lasted at least 2 years 7 months.

[@goclunker]

jamesb1221222 if you clean the boards with alky ( full complete disassembly) it will prevent the oxidation, done when its still wet obviously

[@shishiromura]

This, my friends, is the stuff of legend!

[@altor23]

Well done man. I had a 32" Sanyo CRT screen TV that had a water main broken by a clumsy siding guy. Right behind it. Had water poring straight through the back of the set. In through the top vent holes and out through the bottom. The set was in stand by mode. I did the same thing, opened it up, used a blow dryer on the PCB's, and a large fan on it for a week. Put it back together and it fired right up. Worked for several more years.

[@Avriox]

Now your notebook is watercooled ;)

[@fokjohnpainkiller]

It was a perfect chance to overclock it... What a shame to dry it out

[@KannibalKanadian]

Chris Fokjohn i hope to god you're not serious

[@dspangs]

That was a bad pun and you should feel bad.

[@StoneMountain64]

LOL WTF!!! that is insane!

[@D.Ronoa69]

Hey! Stone!!

[@MultiSciGeek]

so who are you, stone?

[@EvilWiffles]

he is stoned

[@arieswar7140]

Come out stone.. im tired of you!.

[@D.Ronoa69]

TheCovertCamper He hooked me up with a free game. Awesome dude!

[@livesimplyandhumbly]

Yet, Windows 8 is still broken.

[@MarcTelesha]

+AirScholar But it isn't broken you just don't like the user interface. Technically Windows 8 was a huge success and is why Windows 10 is mostly just Windows 8 with a new UI.

[@livesimplyandhumbly]

Marc Telesha No, it certainly is broken. Google Windows bugs. 20% of our Windows machines are in storage because Windows bugs on those machines are beyond use.

[@GummiKu]

+Ryan Basile If you haven't figured it out yet. Win + X. I so love it myself

[@livesimplyandhumbly]

***** Microsoft should just purchase Solaris and then hire "other" companies maintain it.

[@4571police]

Windows 10 came out on July 29

[@evanb.6150]

Sad Linus is so depressing

[@ninjamike1211]

it is so sad, isn't it.

[@SirkyNL]

watch the vid xD

[@ishmaelratshikombo8163]

tell me about it lmao

[@Eresz7]

Evan B. Yea man,i also kinda feel the same way if my laptop get wet and broke up..

[@Wavepush]

Retirement Linus is even more depressing

[@darrenc2171]

Linus you was so dam lucky to get that going again I wish I could of taken apart my old phone and got that running again. keep up the good work with the videos.

[@bababoy11]

Part of the reason it survived is that the keyboard is a completely separate removable part that is sealed from the rest of the laptop. And keyboards don't actually have a circuit constantly running, only when you press a key so it couldn't have shorted out, the keyboard anyways.

[@RWoody1995]

water still got into the rest of the laptop quite thoroughly

[@BurtyHaxx]

only when you press a key yes? ... well that is because you press connecting the circuit yes? ... water is conductive bypassing the press and this causes it to short circuit and if it was connected to a second button due to the waters conductivity it would fry the circuit board ... i know as I've spilled so many fluids on my keyboards (without pressing a button) i should have learnt by now to stop drinking at my pc :P

[@JoeGP]

4 keys died on my desktops keyboard when i accidentally spilled pepsi on it, so i wouldn't say they can't died like that. It was one of those membrane types with 3 layers of plastic encasing wires.

[@BurtyHaxx]

yeah 2 of mine died that were membrane, it wasn't wires though it was a flexi pcb... one with vodka coke, the other milk :P thats why i moved onto a mechanical keyboard, more resistant to small spills

[@JoeGP]

Michael Burt that's what a "flexi pcb" is, wires sandwiched between 2 transparent sheets of plastic.

[@xXPvPJokerPvPXx]

39 people were mad because there laptop/pc didnt make it :(

[@Brycereigle2000]

Hahaha ya

[@dedog2003]

Their*

[@Swermie]

why can't you spell?

[@jamez6398]

Swermin Like Swermie He's probably Norwegian.

[@nickam4100]

Where? Kappa

[@raptorswire3128]

I have been fixing computers at work for about year and half. Computers from the cnc machines that were incredibly dirty inside so I was washing them in the water. The best way how to dry them is to use compressed air and blow all the drops off the pcb board because if you leave it there just to dry out, the water leaves soils and minerals on the place (Probably not case of the rain water, but I am not sure here). Those minerals can cause corrosion and oxidation over time and after few weeks you can encounter problems, so don't rely on it if its working after drying - it can still start failing after some time. If you blow the drops off with the compressed air though, it is a very good way how to leave it very clean and working for years and it will also look like totally new 😉

[@alexflavoie]

"it rained last night" everyday in BC. Ever.

[@pcgamingtoday5471]

does bc stand for "big cheese" ?

[@alexflavoie]

pcgaming today Yes, its a province where we eat only cheese. Kappa

[@pcgamingtoday5471]

Alex Lavoie It's a joke there is an meme called big cheese $200

[@alexflavoie]

Ya, my comment was a joke too

[@AndreBorisov]

Alex Lavoie You are welcome to visit Netherlands. BC, been to Vancouver for a while, nor London, got NOTHING on Holland. It rains seriously like >250 days a year.

[@bridyboo3967]

DELL MAKE LINUS A MILLIONAIRE NOW!

[@anubis__92]

wow I was a little surprised it turned back on and all, but the fact that it was exactly where you left it AFTER you had taken it almost completely is nothing short of amazing. great video guys! :)

[@Mr._Sandman]

About 3 months before you posted this video, I accidentally spilled a full alcoholic beverage on my open notebook while it was on (an Asus G74SX RoG notebook, worth about $1300 then), killing it almost instantly... Apparently, my notebook doesn't like vodka. I attempted repair (after the hangover), but the damage was done; It would power on, but wouldn't POST at all. I also damaged the LCD panel, as you could see liquid splotching on the display before it died completely.I couldn't work on it because I didn't have the space/tools/patience to do it after it had happened, so I just boxed it up and let it gather dust until an opportunity came about to where I could work on it. About a month ago, present time, I went ahead and attempted refurbishing the system. I took it entirely apart, took some 'Isopropyl corrosion removing' solution and a toothbrush to it for a good amount of time on components that appeared to be 'sticky', and let it dry overnight. I'm proud to say that my biggest fail turned into my greatest success, as it boots and runs as it used to before the incident! Working in an electronics repair shop (and having ~15 years experience) has it's benefits, I suppose.

[@moe9596]

Linus sounded so depressed and heartbroken throughout the video

[@doodskie999]

mostly electronics wont get damaged if wet, as long as you dont try to turn it on, if already on, turn it off as fast as possible and remove the battery, or you will short it, because water is a great conductor. you were lucky it was just rainwater, had it been tap water, containing all those minerals and chlorine, you would have to wash it in distilled water or a huge amount of alcohol to get those nasty things, cause chlorine contains salt which is also conductive. Also rice is not so advisable because it has some fine starchy powder which will get into some nooks into your device and hardens, just put it on a warm(not hot) place, Dropped my phone once, I strapped my phone to the back my computer's water radiator for 2 days, turned it on. PRESTO!

[@reddragonflyxx657]

Yep, spilled tap water on my keyboard once. I turned it off, took the little battery out, and let it dry a few days with the back open. Nothing broke and the water was from a private well, it is soft water and has no/negligible chlorine content so I can't speak on the mineral part.

[@AidanGieg]

Pure and nearly pure water (distilled) is not conductive, water with dissolved salts is conductive because of the ions in it

[@SidSmithgopro]

I once fixed a laptop that had a cup of coffee spilled over the keyboard. I just took it apart and placed every component on a heated floor overnight. The next day, it was abit sticky, and after just a new keyboard, it worked perfectly.

[@AidanGieg]

Cool

[@reddragonflyxx657]

I was wrong on the soft water bit, it does contain enough minerals to leave a mineral deposit, but not enough to justify a softener.

[@BlackBoxGamers]

A-dell rolling in the deep...

[@TheSlowGrowth]

It generally is a good idea to put a soaked device into destilled water for a few days before completely drying it. Why? Because with the water comes salt and minerals that are dissolved in it. When the water dries, they remain on the pcbs and in conjunction with moisture (e.g. in the air) become slightly conducting, which causes damage to the device. Destilled water will help to get the salt out of the device before you dry it. Of course, soaking your beloved device in destilled water should only be done if you are sure you can get all the additional water out there again. If your screen isn't sealed, you don't wanna do this.

[@fraggeddabloons5679]

I had an Alienware M11X that my mom spilled water on, wish I had known this in 2012.

[@fraggeddabloons5679]

***** Not really, it was an overpriced piece of shit. Alienware sucks.

[@bigboi9611]

***** step1 sell the alienware step2 buy better laptop step3 success?

[@fraggeddabloons5679]

***** Step 2 should be buy *TWO* better laptops. As much as Alienware costs.

[@bigboi9611]

FraggedDabloons that or a whole desktop rig

[@Lunas2525]

I knew someone who spilled an entire bottle of beer into her laptop she toweled it off then let it stew for a day. Then tried turning it on low and behold it did not work. After a few more days pass she comes to see me with it. I tell her it is dead she leaves it with me with vauge instructions of to see if i can do anyth8ng for it. Just in case I plug it back in try it again in front of her and then nope it is dead and nothing can be done to reverse that. I tell her I can take the working parts out and then she can get a new pc and transfer whatever. I pull the ram and hard drive both of those work. And i pull the battery it is filled with good Samsung 18650 cells. She staggers back in my door a week later asks me if I was able to fix it I said no here are the parts left that worked... as i had told her last time. She left the parts for me to keep and was wanting my advise on where she could get a new laptop... i told her walmart.

[@dodostarforce]

linus sounded so hollow and sad all the way through. I'/ really glad he got it working :)

[@MrMoldyMurder]

Damn,that's epic.My sister got her laptop soaked once and she tried to turn in on the same day,anyways that laptop died.

[@daiji_]

Sometimes I do enjoy coming back to these older video's for the nostalgia, Him opening up the old windows 8 start menu sent me though

[@TheLifestream]

When I was a student, I went out to a party and got really drunk. When I got home, I decided to go online with my laptop on my lap. I fell asleep, and when I woke up I had vomited all over the laptop. I just took it apart, cleaned it off, and left it to dry. It worked, but the keyboard was mostly fucked... and it didn't smell too great :P

[@EdwinMactalMusic]

I had a laptop that my friend spilled water on. .. "just wipe the keyboard its okay" I wish I had known this in 2012

[@yeahnoway111]

+Edwin Animationcraft your friend is a jerk

[@EdwinMactalMusic]

+MrFuckingFX yeah he actually was. he's okay now

[@WifiWyatt]

+benjamin plays wtf hahahhahahhahha

[@thatdamngamers]

do you want to know why you put electronics in rice when it has been water damaged? because some Asian will come and fix it and get free rice

[@ferbek22]

+ThatDamnGamers No, it's because that water/moist is drained by rice... and yes im fun at parties...

[@dramawind]

Imagine if when he powered it up and it went back to what Linus was doing when the Laptop was tuned off last time, it showed some weird pron. We probably wouldn't see it but it would be pretty funny for the cameraman and the people around.

[@zraw49]

This comment fills me with determination

[@dramawind]

Not sure I understand why...

[@cstorey987]

+Dramawind Cuz he wanna sea it

[@dramawind]

***** The whole video is in one take, so I don't think that's possible.

[@dramawind]

***** Umm... do you mean to cut a part of a one take video and make it look like the cut never happened is not hard? Because it is, especially when the camera is held by a cameraman and isn't standing still on a tripod. Can you give me an example of a scene in Animator vs Animation where this happened?

[@monkeywithocd]

I ended up getting an old model M keyboard that looked really nasty. Surprisingly the plastic looked pristine when I cleaned it, but I wanted to be thorough so I decided to clean everything, and since water got into the membrane used for detecting keypresses, it didn't work for about a day, it would keep repeating keys, but I put it on top of a vent (it was winter, so hot air would be blowing through), and it worked perfectly. Amazing what proper handling of electronics can overcome.

[@Jukebox300Minecraft]

6:05. A marshmallow shooter? At first I thought it was unfair that Linus has a ton of gpu's, but now I'm really jealous.

[@Panckeswitcheese]

Spoiler alert; the laptop blows up and kills everyone

[@thomas9434]

Fuck you! I wanted to find out myself

[@warpatato]

I watched it and I can confirm it's legit.

[@Neosaigo]

Lies, the one with the camera clearly survived albeit severely injured.

[@Jnmble]

I cant believe that really happened!

[@dumpling3003]

This video should be flagged! It's too inappropriate for youtube!

[@iokahoma]

My mother's xps 14 took a bath in cononut water, and went offline, scarely so, but was back online after a night with a big floor fan blowing ar at it, so i guess dell makes great laptops :D

[@felixchea4366]

Just a tip if u ever have to dry up a wet laptop again, disassemble it like you did in the video but instead of a just using a fan, put it in a small room with a dehumidifier also it'll speed up the drying process sooner.

[@xbox360Rob]

ive picked laptops up in the rain from a local recycling center just out on tables outside, just leave them for 72 hours and power them up and they work

[@xbox360Rob]

just to add the only problematic thing with a wet laptop will be the keyboard

[@bassl0va]

Im Curazy Try spilling juice on one... Works fine, but takes ages before the keys don't get stuck down.

[@dwarf739]

bassl0va must smell nice.

[@Darthwarrior]

bassl0va Before using it I would disconnect it and run fresh water through it.

[@Darthwarrior]

The laptop I am using right now had juice spilt on it and I washed it out with fresh water and paint thinner and dried it out with a blow dryer and had it up and running a hour after that because I needed to use it that day.

[@peterhuiskens6548]

had a same experience like what you did linus, i used my waterproof sony xperia z to make an underwater movie.( when i was on holiday in greece 5 years ago) that worked, however the phone died 2 minutes after that, it was a salt water enviroment, and never gave it much tought anymore, i accepted the data loss..... Last week i found it, lying somewhere and decided to plug it into the pc, and miraculously , there was a response. ( pc gave some usb_dloader thing ) not that it did much, but there was hope. so i decided to clean it up, and give it another try, i cleaned the mainboard with an electrical tootbrush to remove all the rust that got there over the past few years. my computer said "s1 fastboot mode" ( so i got more hope that it was possible to recover the data) after that i used alcohol and an ultrasonic cleaner to remove the last rust particles. a friend of mine charged the battery ( it needed to be charged externally due to low voltage) put everything back together and booted the phone, to my surprise my computer said "sony xperia z connected" , and i was able to restore the data. ( the screen was dead though) now after 5 years, i could finally look at what i recorded :) i'll share it here with you guys, sadly it isn't what i hoped for, but it was a nice and interesting project to see that it could still be recovered vid: col.pjottrr.nl/write/onderwater_griekenland.mp4

[@peterhuiskens6548]

potato potato potato potato potato potato potato I didn't, a friend of mine has some equipment to do that, if you really want to i can probably figure it out, but i guess google could help you out as well

[@shshankking]

Linus looked so depressed at the start of this video and rejoiced at the end.. Felling happy for him :-D

[@tenshi7angel]

I also take lots of pictures. Figured out without looking it up, that pictures help you to put it back together. Saved me a lot of headaches too.

[@williamsuryaadmadja7547]

The real tips is "don't turn on the laptop when the laptop still wet"

[@NightOwlGames]

+William Suryaadmaja dont press any buttons AT ALL im sure thats how peoples phones die they get it wet and instantly try to use it, nah if it was me id take the back off and disconnect the battery i wouldnt be pressing no buttons not even to turn it OFF! that battery comes right out that instant and will not attempt to test for a week or 2 later if i got out to do with it. i can see some people been like "well ive disconnected the battery for 6 hours it should be ok now" .... NOOO its still in the same mess it was in 6 hours ago need to wait at least 7 days even then id still be taking a risk let it dry.

[@HappySlappyFace]

+Julian john my old battery died i bought a new one and it's forced to fit in my phone

[@1nk_edd]

i did that but my phone was in the water for so long it got water damaged the phone works its just the screen is finicky and every once in a while the power button stops working for a while so i cant use ir

[@garfieldandfriends1]

Linus Wet tips

[@R0DBS2]

@@HappySlappyFace Same, I need to order a laptop dell battery since it isn't charging anymore

[@dr.gaming5987]

That's why you DONT water cool laptops

[@Brycereigle2000]

Bro. That's impossible

[@dr.gaming5987]

***** i don't know either man, I saw my opportunity at a bad joke and took it

[@Byronseto]

but his laptop kept working... so.... water cooling here i go ;D

[@TheJtgrindle]

John Maclen Sorry Had too. www.instructables.com/id/Repaint-and-Watercool-Your-Laptop/

[@hammy434]

surely it's why you DO water cool laptops?

[@dashlambda6707]

That's one of the reasons I love my T440s. If I were to leave it out in the rain with the lid open, all the water would go straight through the drainage ports and never touch an internal component.

[@androidandre6091]

what's anT440

[@dashlambda6707]

Lenovo T440s, it's a laptop.

[@express496]

Dash Lambda Its not a laptop its a TANK :P

[@dashlambda6707]

express496 That happens to have a display and a keyboard~

[@someongontheinternett7599]

Dash Lambda and a computer inside

[@moonchild5472]

Okay. Love that fact that you managed to get it started. Also the "Stare of Death" lol. But seriously. Fixing it was pretty cool. You taught me and my dad something so thanks! :D

[@PsychoticLucidity]

That was Awesome! I cant count the times I have lost things due to water DMG. Good for you Linus, it just shows what a little patience and knowledge do pay off some times :)

[@WizardWeedus]

This video proves a Dell truly can roll in the deep

[@Seckretspy]

Yer a wizzard Linus

[@OverPoweredLIVE]

These LTTs old vids are quite awesome!

[@Braeden123698745]

$1000 laptop? The first time i saw it I thought, why is he using such a cheap old laptop.Guess style doesn't change across Dell's price ranges.

[@OzzyskylerTheGreat]

But dependability does apparently.

[@salami99]

NO the new xps 13 is a macbook pro killer. He bought the LAST gen shitty dell laptop. The new XPS 13 is the ONLY good dell laptop in year, and stand alone.

[@Etienne_H]

lmao trying hard to be a macbook by stealing the product design inside out

[@Braeden123698745]

***** you can also shit on crème brulee or how ever it's spelled XD

[@MrPaukann]

I think you haven't seen it closely.

[@ALTER_7]

The XPS series are one of the best line of laptops ever. I can't say the same for Dells desktops tho...

[@hoseinqadam]

I'll have to disagree with that given that I own an XPS 15

[@thevillageidiot70]

Adam Hosein why do you disagree?

[@hoseinqadam]

Credit where it is due, it has a solid build quality and 5 years later it is running pretty good. However, the dedicated GPU that came with this laptop was a serious problem and has stopped working, (search xps 15 gt 540m issues and you will see). When I had opened it up to change the thermal paste, there was paste all over the die for the CPU and GPU (a lot of waste). Trying to have an item fixed under warranty was a pain (and never got to it because customer service is crap). The Dell "Certified Technicians" on Dell Forums don't know their arse from their elbow when it comes to computers (so asking them for help is a dead end). Operating system issues right out the gate (thankfully I made a recovery disk the first day I got it). The worst thing of all is their product support for the device as it goes on its life, the laptop has no drivers what so ever for windows 10 and they won't help with getting any for it and the slimy bastards whitelisted their mpcie port, so using an external GPU is such a pain (though possible with a few workarounds). In all honesty, it was a waste of money since I bought mostly the name of the device rather than the hardware.

[@keezydummerjoepro9090]

Why not dell desktops? I have a web server running on an Optiplex 745 and it's never gone down in 2.5 years

[@dzonikg]

My lenovo fall in the water completly..fortunatly i fastly put it out ..it was full off water..water was flowing tru usb connectors out like waterfall ..and i did not even wait to get dry..i turn it on after just 10 minutes ..and it worked ..and i turn on some heavy benchmarsk to heat a laptop and dry faster

[@ThunderPower1000]

You got insanely lucky then because turning on a laptop right after dropping it in water is incredibly stupid.

[@dzonikg]

***** i know it was stupid..but somehow it worked..was not so 100% lucky with a android phone ..after fall me in the water i try to turn it on..it worked few minutes and just turn off...and the was dead 4-5 days and then when i give up ..it turned on and worked ..and it works now but screen has many like some tiny white dots from water ..at least 50 all over the screen but still usable..dont use it for daily phone but still good for android games. Lenovo and dell make very good laptops ..i bet HP would die from tiny drop off water

[@ColosalGaming]

you can do the benchmarks to dry out but what you think about the calc staying behind you need to clean it with pure alcohol

[@user-vl1vt7vm6i]

But, is the porn okay?

[@yoichiromichishige7936]

I have a very old dell d600 that I have drenched with 20 ounce cups of coffee on 2 occasions. I did not disassemble the computer either time. I just unplugged it and dried it out for a day or so in front of a fan. Both times there was coffee pouring out of every crevice in the laptop body. It was like a back up back up computer so losing it wouldnt have been a big deal but it was still amazing to me that it continued to work after those drownings.

[@Digging4AnswersOfficial]

It's free watercooling

[@mohamedouda9687]

pro tip:water coolers are expensive but the new nature cooler works better than any thing!!!and it's almost free...really really free

[@nonobaOMGWEEGEE2]

The second I saw Dell commented on this video, I immediately knew the outcome of this.

[@TheOfficialEdge]

Well fuck.

[@guy990]

***** LOL, Linus is much more than a simple unboxing channel

[@Umneriko]

I guess you could say I'm a big fan of how you saved your laptop

[@rhcpguitarar]

And this is why you never buy Apple

[@kpa4941]

How does Linus drying out his laptop = never buying Apple?

[@pooyanmanoochehry2629]

Two of my friends had their Macbooks exposed to "humidity" and "coffee". They never went back to normal even after replacing the parts.

[@rhcpguitarar]

Chris Mercer I was talking more about the fact that (from personal experience) any bit of water on Mac will kill it. My Mac was never the same when I spilled a tiny bit of water on the keyboard.

[@holdonfurlife]

***** actually you can..all it takes is a few screws to take the bottom cover off and the i can get to anything i need to (2013 MBP not retina)

[@catch22678]

everyone here does realize that if you take the same number of screws out that linus did you can remove the bottom cover of a macbook to expose all the same components he did. I don't care if you are pro-pc or pro-mac to each your own but don't let your fanboy-ism blind you from the truth

[@dannymc1998]

Thumbs up HP

[@Owen-]

Dell XD

[@MilitaryClassIII]

hp sux

[@ignasgaming]

lol its not that bad i had one of 12 yrs

[@philondez]

lostgaming I'll never buy another but I've never had one die on me so I'll give them that. They've all run scorchingly hot and the proprietary software has never run or even updated properly.

[@ignasgaming]

true

[@LynxaaOG]

Is is Possible? Yes yes

[@suttercane129]

Back in the mid 90's I worked for an electronics manufacture company, I used take ATX sized circuit boards out of a soldering machine and right into a fancy dish washer to clean the flux off. If current is not running through the circuity and you dry it off really good, most likely the electronics will be perfectly fine.

[@Sonbo0525]

On the bright side, he got a free cleaning of his computer.

[@SuperRederic]

all dem nocta fans in back ground

[@ohyeahvinnieyeah]

Linus why do you think mac computers can't be opened up and fixed ? They always can I work on them 5 days a week and it is almost exactly the same as the laptop your using

[@ruffneck168]

manufacturing warranty most likely and that mac gule their pieces on to the laptop

[@moritznope6954]

I've opened my macbook for cleaning the fan and it's even better to open than this dell, because of the philips screws and the much more clean inner look. In fact that every part is made for this macbook, it all fits together without any kinked wires...

[@moritznope6954]

Mine is a 2012 macbook pro. The lower case is hold by phillips screws, because it's allowed to change the storage. The others aren't build for changing anything.

[@asgiov]

***** I got a screw driver set, along with many other's came with drivers that opened up the macbook's "wierd" screws... so that's not a huge deal. Just grab them off ebay or amazon.. only cost a few bucks. I believe I payed less than $5 if i remember correctly. And I don't know about any glue that's involved in in the macbook air... Are you speaking to the motherboard to the case?

[@ohyeahvinnieyeah]

on the macbook air and retina macbook pros everything else is not

[@unicorn7337]

This video just really made me want to upgrade to a Dell XPS 12! I don't think I'm quite done with my ThinkPad X230 yet but the Dell certainly looks like a gorgeous machine!

[@Nonamguys]

I saw a video where people dunked a MacBook Air, thiner, lighter, and just as easy to take apart (easier for what they needed since the first step should have been to remove the battery), and it still worked as well I belive. Why do all of the you tubers whine And snivel about why they think that Mac is so bad, when it is superior? I am not a fanboy, as I own a budget gaming PC, my dad worked for multiple computer industries, mainly hp, while I was growing up, and I now have the afore mentioned PC that I spent about $400-450 on, and I much prefer the macbook that my sister got when she started college that only cost $300 yet still runs faster. My macbook that I got for the same reason actually cost $500 only because it was the one that looks like a MacBook Pro. All the macs I have ever used are superior to the PCs I have used, and I don't understand why they have to constantly insult them. If they don't like them, then just don't mention it.

[@Username214365879]

It is a bandwagon thing. Personally I wouldn't get anything Mac just because of the price but they make nice amazing clean products. There engineering is above everybody in everything. Phones all metal, laptops, all metal, there macbook pro take it apart and shit your pants about how clean it is.

[@darkmist977]

Bailey D Dell donated this laptop to linus, he didnt pay for it. Also that other JZ asus laptop was donated, he doesnt have an apple laptop because be probably cant afford it within the budget of everything

[@Username214365879]

darkmist977 Okay... I know all of that. He doesn't buy a Apple because he has no use for it.

[@77RONZO]

No Mac Book ever cost 500 dollars. The cheapest I have ever scene starts at 900. Any way 400 dollar gaming computer is as cheep as it gets. Try spending a little more money on your pc and re evaluate your situation. I am no programmer or hacker. So I do not know everything about computers. But what I do know after about 5 of apples best years and spending thousands of dollars on there stuff is they polish the products they make very well. They have the best GUI and tend to look very well. Dollar per performance is VERY subjective.

[@CelmorSmith]

In my opinion, Mac/Apple products bind you in a too closed ecosystem. it's maybe good at the things it can do, but it can do and run less than other Software/Hardware. Apple designs the Operation System on a specific range of Hardware and it doesn't work on the rest, so they have control about the drivers and the Hardware. It's far too inflexible for me. I'm currently using Windows but would be happy if i could switch with all the software I'm using to Linux completely.

[@RESOPO1]

Thank you for helping me save my Dell Laptop that my cat decided to use as a litterbox... It was a 250€ Laptop, so not hugely expensive, but still helped a lot. Before i was about to panic and get rid of it (the laptop not the cat) .

[@RickyWars1]

9:32 PeanutTechTips

[@SteelFlexInc]

You can hear the sadness in his voice. His other videos are so cheery. Glad it lived!