This, is what happened a couple of days ago. My desk is small and crammed full with papers and things that don't do well mixing with water (gremlins?). So I often have to put glass of iced coke on the floor, on the edge of bookshelf, or anywhere else that's out of my elbow's range.
Apparently, it wasn't safe enough.
I happened to accidentally knock Wacom pen down, and it fell, NEATLY, into the glass of iced coke (now flat) like the image above. Took me two seconds of watching it in the water with horror, before fishing it out and trying to dry it like mad. When I first tried it. It was totally dead. Cursor didn't move at all.
At this point, I had two choices. 1) cry. 2) cry and buy new pen. I opted to go for 2). But when I checked Wacom pen's price, they are around 70-80$, which is almost half the price of new tablet. (It’s actually more expensive than Bamboo!). It's crazy and I really really didn't want to pay for it when I have to pay for new external HD (My 1TB lacie died about the same time my Wacom pen fell into the water. Bad omen? That’s another story).
What do I do now? I remembered reading about how soaking wet electronics can work again if dried properly. So I took the Wacom pen apart and left it to dry for two days. When I first tried it again, the cursor moved, but it was it the state of permanent left click. It was encouraging so I left it to dry more.
In the end, it does work again, although the pressure sensitivity is being erratic. It’s still good enough for occasional coloring.
Moral of this story: keep water away from your workspace.
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