Spilled root beer on my HD

i would say let it dry out for the night, so that you dont short it out if its wetstempler69

Yeah, that's a given. Man if it's toast I'm prolly gonna give up gaming for a while. 

Ok heres some suggestions.

1) Dont panic

2) Let it do its thing overnight...Then see about it in the afternoon. 

if anything you want to make sure you clean it before it dries up into a sticky resin. Can't be good for the internals at all.Sniper5904

But where to find a hex screw driver? lol 

My suggestion is to get it working again, play Root Beer Tapper, and then soak in the irony.

I notcied today that my system was literally caked with dust (and I mean literally... it seemed to be embedded into the casing and wouldn't wipe off. It looked like it had been kicked around in a pile of dirt. No clue why it happened.)  The only way to clean it was with... gasp... Comet. I was terrified about using bleach on my system, and used it very sparingly. But it worked fine, and my system is back to it's glowing white sheen.

Um. Anyway. My point is... don't drink and drive. 

can you open up the HD? If you can thats what you should do because what ever got inside is just gonna get sticky and make things worsezero9167

Yeah, but microsoft decided to make it as hard as possible by making the screws tiny little hex screws. 

Congrats :)ProductNumber49

Thankyou! :D 

let it dry out, maybe have couple of fans blowing into the air vents, u want all of the root beer to dry out before u use it. SunLord592

Thanks for the tips. Already got 'er goin' though. 

You foolish child!

(good to hear it works though)

I once split mountian dew on my HDD. i plugged it in and it works better than before.ThrillhouseLive

I smell a new ad campaign. *laughs*

Submerge the hard drive in alcohol for a few minutes and then take it out and let it dry overnight. Seeing how alcohol dissolves quicker than water, it should be dry and clear of rootbeer by the next day.stevenk4k5

Someone didn't read all the posts... *pokes* 

[QUOTE="stevenk4k5"]Submerge the hard drive in alcohol for a few minutes and then take it out and let it dry overnight. Seeing how alcohol dissolves quicker than water, it should be dry and clear of rootbeer by the next day.Packt

Someone didn't read all the posts... *pokes*

Whoops, sorry. XD 

[QUOTE="Packt"]

[QUOTE="stevenk4k5"]Submerge the hard drive in alcohol for a few minutes and then take it out and let it dry overnight. Seeing how alcohol dissolves quicker than water, it should be dry and clear of rootbeer by the next day.stevenk4k5

Someone didn't read all the posts... *pokes*

Whoops, sorry. XD

No worries, thanks for the suggestion though. 

Just relax and let it dry it should work fine after it dries, if you would have spilled it while it was on it might have fried itself but if it was off your pretty safe.

I had friend who spilled a bottle of Jack on his ps2, it dried up and worked fine it was just sticky for a while.

I had friend who spilled a bottle of Jack on his ps2,

slipslayer_666

*GASP* How much was lost! *snickers* 

I don't think you should worry too much .... as all the others before me said - let it dry, if it will not work then you will have to take it apart and see if it can be fixed.lukasz_erecinsk

YES, it still works. *hugs baby Jesus*Packt

*winks* 

[QUOTE="slipslayer_666"]

I had friend who spilled a bottle of Jack on his ps2,

Packt

*GASP* How much was lost! *snickers* 

We all weeped for the loss, but were better once we realized the ps2 still worked and we played TS2 all night long, its what Jack Daniels would have wanted *sniff*

I spilled Sunny D on a controller one time, while trying to play with my wireless from the bathroom, while dropping a deuce and drinking. controller works fine but, someetimes the buttons stick.madcapper248

i would say let it dry out for the night, so that you dont short it out if its wetstempler69

sounds right

So, was over at my friends house and he tipped over a glass with root beer onto my HD, some liquid got into the air vents on the underside of the HD. I managed to shake most of it out I believe. I'm just wondering if anyone has any suggestions before I plug it in. Man I feel like such a tool.Packt