Out of curiosity. Is it safe to use a hair blower to dry a soaked laptop?

[XBeater]

Hi guys, i was just wondering if it is safe to use a hair blower to dry a wet laptop due to accidental water spill in the keyboard area. Can i use a hair blower to dry it or should i just let is drip out on its own? By the way this curiosity is caused by Linus's latest video about his Dell XPS that was soaked wet and being able to fix it. Thank you. :lol:

[Sousuke]

Hi guys, i was just wondering if it is safe to use a hair blower to dry a wet laptop due to accidental water spill in the keyboard area. Can i use a hair blower to dry it or should i just let is drip out on its own? By the way this curiosity is caused by Linus's latest video about his Dell XPS that was soaked wet and being able to fix it. Thank you. :lol:

 

I'd say "As he did it successfully" follow what Linus did, Question was the laptop on at the time you spilt the water? 

 

I mean sure it took along time however go with stuff that works in my opinion

[Tech_Dreamer]

if the heat is turned down i think it's safe , but but it might force the water in deeper.. i'd stick with rice dry method.

[incakola100]

I wouldn't do it with a hair-blower because that is warm. I would just use a normal fan. Didn't linus use a normal fan? 

[NinjaStyle013]

Laptops arent made of hair so i would say no

[XBeater]

if the heat is turned down i think it's safe , but but it might force the water in deeper.. i'd stick with rice dry method.

Wow the replies are so fast. This is the first time i used this forum. Thanks for the advice. incakola100 I think i would try the rice dry method 

[Cryptonite]

a hair drier can if not careful, melt soldering and cause components to move and therefore not work. I would not recommend it

[darkspeedy26]

a hair drier can if not careful, melt soldering and cause components to move and therefore not work. I would not recommend it

 

haven't tried soldering with a hairdryer yet, but as long as it isn't a heatgun i don't think you would melt the soldering. the plastic parts are probably going to melt faster.

 

maybe on a semi hot mode? (cold enough that you can keep your hand against it without burning yourself)

[lani100]

Best thing to do is dismantle the laptop and clean the pcb's with  isopropyl alochol or let it sit in dry rice.

Blow drying will always do more damage even if it's on a cold mode because you will force the liquid in every hole and what not.

[Syntaxvgm]

actually gonna say yes. 

Use it. Don't hold it too close, and don't hold it in one spot forever. 

Hair dryers don't reach a temperature high enough to melt solder. Just be careful of certain plastics and stuff like the CMOS battery. Use back and forth waving motions youll be fine. 

[loccilucas]

You can use a hair dryer it will be fine...it's not a heat gun, it's not gonna go melting any solder or plastic, if anything it will work better than a normal fan, don't quite see why everyone is saying no.

[Norwegiantweaker]

Hi guys, i was just wondering if it is safe to use a hair blower to dry a wet laptop due to accidental water spill in the keyboard area. Can i use a hair blower to dry it or should i just let is drip out on its own? By the way this curiosity is caused by Linus's latest video about his Dell XPS that was soaked wet and being able to fix it. Thank you. :lol:

throw it in a bucket of rice 

[exyia]

a hair drier can if not careful, melt soldering and cause components to move and therefore not work. I would not recommend it

 

if someone has a hair dryer capable of melting solder, I'd be afraid of seeing what it's been doing to their hair...

[Cookybiscuit]

I did it once and it melted all the keyboard keys and bent them out of shape, so just be careful with thin plastic.

[KemoKa]

Get a heating lamp. Not so close that it fries everything, but... Put the laptop in the rice and then heat the rice up with something. That's how I saved my iPod.

[Cryptonite]

if someone has a hair dryer capable of melting solder, I'd be afraid of seeing what it's been doing to their hair...

melting solder is being misinterpreted, it does not melt it as cleanly as a soldering iron, however it does heat it up enough for it to move (if you apply just a little force in a certain direction), and for a soldered unit to move over the pcb wiring it will cause a short. I've seen this happen so if you tell me it's impossible I ask you to buy a hairdryer from the 1990s/80s and see for yourself. This was my mom's hairdryer and my dad's phone was the victim.

[Syntaxvgm]

melting solder is being misinterpreted, it does not melt it as cleanly as a soldering iron, however it does heat it up enough for it to move (if you apply just a little force in a certain direction), and for a soldered unit to move over the pcb wiring it will cause a short. I've seen this happen so if you tell me it's impossible I ask you to buy a hairdryer from the 1990s/80s and see for yourself. This was my mom's hairdryer and my dad's phone was the victim.

Hair dryers can rarely heat anything above say 100c and that's if you hold it in the same place for a while. given you move it a hairdryer wont even heat a board to operating temperature at some parts. 

[Cryptonite]

fine, I'm an idiot for using the word "melt" because people can't interpret anything without being spoon fed nowadays. What I meant is that the soldering gets hot therefore bending a lot easier and also breaking a lot easier as it went from a cold wet environment to a hot dry one. I'm done anyway because people will either not understand what I'm saying or they will try to prove me wrong with words which in any case is useless since I've experienced this more than once. If you really want to prove me wrong, have your pc run benchmarks for a while and then try pressing onto one of your motherboards capacitors lightly and let us know what happened.

[exyia]

melting solder is being misinterpreted, it does not melt it as cleanly as a soldering iron, however it does heat it up enough for it to move (if you apply just a little force in a certain direction), and for a soldered unit to move over the pcb wiring it will cause a short. I've seen this happen so if you tell me it's impossible I ask you to buy a hairdryer from the 1990s/80s and see for yourself. This was my mom's hairdryer and my dad's phone was the victim.

 

have you ever actually soldered components?

 

by the time any consumer electronic reaches a consumer, the solder has crystalized over time and needs stupid amounts of heat (+300W) without fresh solder to even start melting

 

so no, sorry. bs

[Syntaxvgm]

fine, I'm an idiot for using the word "melt" because people can't interpret anything without being spoon fed nowadays. What I meant is that the soldering gets hot therefore bending a lot easier and also breaking a lot easier as it went from a cold wet environment to a hot dry one. I'm done anyway because people will either not understand what I'm saying or they will try to prove me wrong with words which in any case is useless since I've experienced this more than once. If you really want to prove me wrong, have your pc run benchmarks for a while and then try pressing onto one of your motherboards capacitors lightly and let us know what happened.

no, the problem is you don't know what you are talking about. 

[Markmjb]

Laptops arent made of hair so i would say no

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On a more serious note, I'm not sure how any fan , hot or cold, would help significantly for water underneath the keys on your keyboard. You could remove the keyboard but that is one big hassle which might not be worth it.

Just hold it upside down till there is (almost) nothing dripping, and just wait for it to dry.

[Demonicreature]

I wouldn't do it with a hair-blower because that is warm. I would just use a normal fan. Didn't linus use a normal fan? 

I mean, you can set a hair dryer to be cool but still powerful

[XBeater]

fine, I'm an idiot for using the word "melt" because people can't interpret anything without being spoon fed nowadays. What I meant is that the soldering gets hot therefore bending a lot easier and also breaking a lot easier as it went from a cold wet environment to a hot dry one. I'm done anyway because people will either not understand what I'm saying or they will try to prove me wrong with words which in any case is useless since I've experienced this more than once. If you really want to prove me wrong, have your pc run benchmarks for a while and then try pressing onto one of your motherboards capacitors lightly and let us know what happened.

 

 

no, the problem is you don't know what you are talking about. 

 

Guys relax    My laptop is know fine and is completely running well. No need to argue   Thank you for all of your  responses  :rolleyes:

[loccilucas]

fine, I'm an idiot for using the word "melt" because people can't interpret anything without being spoon fed nowadays. What I meant is that the soldering gets hot therefore bending a lot easier and also breaking a lot easier as it went from a cold wet environment to a hot dry one. I'm done anyway because people will either not understand what I'm saying or they will try to prove me wrong with words which in any case is useless since I've experienced this more than once. If you really want to prove me wrong, have your pc run benchmarks for a while and then try pressing onto one of your motherboards capacitors lightly and let us know what happened.

Lol, is the solder on your mobo made of playdoh?