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Cat peed on router...need help asap
How do you open the case of the Nighthawk R8500? I need to try and cover it with rice since my damn cat peed on it. Ive taken the 2 screws out of the back but cant seem to get it open. Thanks
Let me fix the last posting
moonshine and other pure spirits have very little to no water in them most will harm plastic connectors the is for the last step after you wash down the circuit board to remove remains of the cat pee or other coatings with distilled or pure water now where the plays in by heating the circuit board to a low heat the water dries leaving the wifi and micro controller circuit which either like water very much dry. I like using an old oven just in case the develops an odor. Most of the time a larger toaster oven with a timer work just fine. If reread my first reply I said it may be too late but he had open already and nothing to lose.
There is other way to clean the routers main board then to try remove the pee from the board and it is not simple one step process and there are risk. The choice is your the longer the board cover in pee the worst your chances of saving it,there very fine copper lands can eaten away very fast if not gone now. If you think washing circuit board and drying it out in a low temp oven is crazy than your going end up buying a new router many of the circiuts boards today have up to 12 layers of lands nonrepairable if one of the inter layer is gone. If your willing to take the chance to save it then try cleaning the circuit board the choice is yours.