LCD monitor water damage

[SQ]

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

 

[Nicholas Sherlock]

SQ wrote:

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I have a 24" LCD, Dell UltraSharp 2408WFP.

I have a child in the family that got mad and poured about half a
gallon of water on top of it.

At first, it turned on and displayed mostly everything OK except that
there was this shady area at the bottom.

Now half an hour later it turns on and immediately turns off. It also
makes this hissing sound.

Is this monitor permanently gone or will the water dry up and it will
start working again?

I put it in front of a window fan for now.

You did the worst possible thing by turning it on. If you had dried it
out completely before connecting power, it would have had a chance! It
might work again by some miracle.

Cheers,
Nicholas Sherlock
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