We had some heavy rain yesterday and my bag (containing my T400) got soaked. I tried to turn it on just now, and it appeared to boot at first.
I entered my geli(8)
password and FreeBSD began to load, then the screen and status LEDs began to flicker rapidly. I tried holding the power button, but for the first time it didn’t do anything, so I removed the battery.
When I turned it back on again, it didn’t even show the ThinkPad boot screen; it just sat there flickering.
I have opened the case up and looked inside. I hve checked the RAM, the CPU, the SSD: even the DVD drive; and everything seems fine, yet the problem still persists.
Does anyone have any idea what’s wrong and how I can fix it? Or is my laptop now borked? Thanks!
Toss it in a bag of rice overnight or for a day without powering it on, see if that draws out any moisture.
White rice draws out moisture really well.