I’m sure most of you have experienced the horror of liquid spilling into your rawkin new gadgets at one time or another. Of course, there’s bound to be irrepairable damage in a lot of cases, but sometimes there’s hope for revival.

A friend of Chris J over at Grynx had one such liquid related incident recently. A leaky roof had been dripping gunky water into a LinkSys router and with the help of a little patience, some Qtips and the spouse’s toothbrush, they were back online in about 24 hours.

Chris just posted a detailed, step-by-step how-to guide on his blog documenting the entire process. Have a look, and be sure to bookmark or print it out for future reference.

Water damage happens to all of us sooner or later, whether it be a coffee spill, leaky roof or basement, R&C in your hard disk or your kid giving your laptop a drink, so be prepared.

[Source: Grynx Via: MAKEblog]