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Hi Victor, You might consider spraying everhthing with tuner cleaner. The water may leave residue accross the lands in the pc board as well as inside pots, etc and the cleaner should help to clean this residue out as well as any of the wine left. Disassemble it as much as possible first. Should be able to fine tuner cleaner at radio shack, but the better brands are at your local tv repair supplier. You might also put a heatlamp and a fan on it to help it dry. Don't let it get too hot though. BTW, if your not successful, I have a 760EL I'm selling. Jim Victor Kress wrote: > > Last night I did something I NEVER thought I would do. I spilled a > glass of red wine in the keyboard of my trusty tp750 (affectionately > known as "Mono"). I was able to do an orderly shutdown and > immediately ran about 6 volumes of fresh water throught the keyboard > (for those who keep these statistics, a 750 keyboard holds about 2 > wineglasses of liquid). I then pulled all pullables (battery, floppy > drive, memory card, harddisk). Very little water had made it under > the keyboard, but some had. I did my best to dry everything, and left > it overnight. This morning I tried to start it but got an error which > brought up the self test diagnostic. I shutdown and started pulling > some less pullables (rom batteries etc) and did find some additional > moisture. The thinkpad is now sitting at home drying and I will be > seeking therapy to deal with my feelings of guilt. > > Questions: > 1. What is the likely worst case scenario? > 2. Did my test this morning risk further damage to chips? > 3. The next step will be to dissemble the entire unit. Tips on > dismantling a tp750 would be very welcome. > > Assuming the 750 is done for: > > 1. Where can I get hardware to install the hard disk on a desktop so I > can retreive my old data? > > 2. In the $3.5k range, am I better off with a low-end 765 or a higher > end 560? > > Thanks for your help. > ________________________________ > Victor Kress > Geological Sciences > Box 351310 > University of Washington > Seattle, Washington > 98195-1310 > > (206)616-8512 > kress@u.washington.edu