Samsung Sends SD Card Through Death Machine

[nforce4max]

Na I will just put it on the train tracks along with a stack of soon to be devalued pennies :s and see if it would survive.

 

[Rab1d-BDGR]

[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]almost any electronic device will work again after it gets wet, provided it doesn't get wet while turned on, and you wait long enough for it to completely dry off. I remember I was about 10 years old and I poured myself a glass of water and spilled it... but the glass was on a small kitchen TV... and the tv was on... and it started making strange sounds. But I turned it off from the button fast enough and after 1 day it was working with no problems.[/citation]

Nicely done. I once dropped a £700 ($1,100) camera into a pint of beer. It never worked again. The moral of this story: don't pass expensive cameras around at bachelor parties.

I wonder how long the SD card would last in a microwave...

 

[the_krasno]

Yet, despite all those trials, yes.

It WILL blend.

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Funny, Halo shotgun sound effect.

Cute Viral video though, reminds me of those old "3-D" rides in the amusement parks where you sit in a seat that moves with the video.

 

[ben BOys]

But will it blend?

 

[danwat1234]

[citation][nom]Gin Fushicho[/nom]Funny, Halo shotgun sound effect.Cute Viral video though, reminds me of those old "3-D" rides in the amusement parks where you sit in a seat that moves with the video.[/citation]

and tickles your ankles with an air strip under the seat for when 'the creature' comes out.

 

[Trialsking]

[citation][nom]scook9[/nom]No reason it wouldn't. I have put countless thumb drives through the washer. As long as they are dry before you use them again they will be fine.[/citation]


Sent mine through the washer and the dryer, it still works fine. It was on accident, really.

 

[mikem_90]

[citation][nom]Rab1d-BDGR[/nom]Nicely done. I once dropped a £700 ($1,100) camera into a pint of beer. It never worked again. The moral of this story: don't pass expensive cameras around at bachelor parties.I wonder how long the SD card would last in a microwave...[/citation]

Water/liquids can be dried off, if removed quickly, the later problem comes from oxidation. If the water is not removed fully and properly, materials can oxidize and degrade. Its why when copper US pennies exposed to water for periods turn green, the material is oxidizing.

Gold plating contacts are great because it doesn't oxidize, but it becomes prohibitive pretty quick.

 

[winner4455]

This reminds me of rides at Disneyland. 😵

 

[NoCaDrummer]

I'm more amazed that the machine carrying it didn't die. It went through everything that the card did, and there's a lot more functionality (mechanical, especially) to get destroyed.

 

[lashton]

[citation][nom]rhelme[/nom]The reason MOST items work when dropped in tap water that comes from a city source is the lack of minerals and conductive ions in the water. If you get water from a well, and you drop your card or phone in the pooper, you are probably SOL (pun intended). The reason is the minerals will have dried and deposited on the card and may have formed their own electrical path's, or caused a once open circuit to become capacitive...If it is distilled water or water from the city you are in better shape, but distilled water is actually the water that most devices can survive because water by itself is NOT CONDUCTIVE. If you take an Ohm meter and test the resistance of distilled water it should be infinite. City water is touch a go, but better than well water which I find is often very conductive.... ergo yellow sidewalks... worst is salt water.... take that distilled water with infinite resistence and add a touch of salt and.... SOL.Thats why if you READ the correct procedures usually have you taking the item that was dropped and putting it in distilled water, shaking it out, refilling a new cup with distilled water and trying to dilute the deposits that maybe left.Many items can come back 100% if acted upon quickly and you have true distilled water available. If you have old phones, that really are not worth selling, mess around with it... but there are some good guides out there, but the advice I gave here is pretty good....Sometimes its luck, but if you drop it in the ocean, you will want to keep that puppy powered off (if it was like a camera you have much better chance) and in a container of salt water until you can "rinse" it out with distilled water and hopefully leave no salt behind... sometimes its luck, most of the time, quick thinking can save the day....[/citation]

slightly wrong an ohm meter should so NO resistance pure water is not conductive because there are no minerals to carry an electrical current, there should however be NO resistance this is what most people don't understand, pure water has NO resistance but also NO minerals to conduct electricity

 

[Vladislaus]

[citation][nom]rhelme[/nom]The reason MOST items work when dropped in tap water that comes from a city source is the lack of minerals and conductive ions in the water. If you get water from a well, and you drop your card or phone in the pooper, you are probably SOL (pun intended). The reason is the minerals will have dried and deposited on the card and may have formed their own electrical path's, or caused a once open circuit to become capacitive...If it is distilled water or water from the city you are in better shape, but distilled water is actually the water that most devices can survive because water by itself is NOT CONDUCTIVE. If you take an Ohm meter and test the resistance of distilled water it should be infinite. City water is touch a go, but better than well water which I find is often very conductive.... ergo yellow sidewalks... worst is salt water.... take that distilled water with infinite resistence and add a touch of salt and.... SOL.Thats why if you READ the correct procedures usually have you taking the item that was dropped and putting it in distilled water, shaking it out, refilling a new cup with distilled water and trying to dilute the deposits that maybe left.Many items can come back 100% if acted upon quickly and you have true distilled water available. If you have old phones, that really are not worth selling, mess around with it... but there are some good guides out there, but the advice I gave here is pretty good....Sometimes its luck, but if you drop it in the ocean, you will want to keep that puppy powered off (if it was like a camera you have much better chance) and in a container of salt water until you can "rinse" it out with distilled water and hopefully leave no salt behind... sometimes its luck, most of the time, quick thinking can save the day....[/citation]
Actually water isn't a non conductor, it's a poor conductor. It's resistance isn't infinite and can be measured.

 

[eddieroolz]

Thats some tough stuff. Good for crucial information, if there's anything that important anyway.