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RED-RAM goes swimming.... :(

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I just learned that an AC on a shoot renting my two RED RAMs has dropped one of them into a swimming pool. They have it pulled apart, trying to dry it out... Will be interesting to see how tough the RAM really is. LOL... Kinda bummed about the RED-RAM though since it may be junk now and we can't buy new ones. :nopity:

Any updates on the new SSD modules???
 
ACK!

Really sorry to hear that, Jeff. Hope they let it dry and didn't actually try to plug it back in yet.

Best!

A
 
SO glad that wasn't my shoot! Sorry dude... Maybe they can find a used one to buy you?
 
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I just learned that an AC on a shoot renting my two RED RAMs has dropped one of them into a swimming pool. They have it pulled apart, trying to dry it out... Will be interesting to see how tough the RAM really is. LOL... Kinda bummed about the RED-RAM though since it may be junk now and we can't buy new ones. :nopity:

Any updates on the new SSD modules???
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Dam.. I know that stuff happens, but what an Idiot, hehe, dropping a 4.5k Drive in the pool, I guess could have dropped the all camera set up....


BTW Jeff, I do have one RED RAM that I might sale if you do need one..
 
Being that it's solid-state, sure seems like there might be hope. Are they doing the rice trick?

Edit: Evin's too quick on the draw and beat me to it!
 
Most likely component to fail would be the controller I imagine. I would actually wash it out. I would think the chlorine/bromine would cause corrosion concerns.

Then again I heard about a CF card that was in a lake for something like 5 years and came out fine!
 
my iphone went through a full hot/cold wash cycle with soap and all. I was able to access all info in the memory. it's now my mp3 player.. I posted in the description, what I did to bring it back to life : )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVrHW_KyYng
 
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They probably know about the rice trick now, they saw the thread already. :) I'm still waiting for them to send me a picture. I guess they had the camera on a raft or platform so it could be right down on the water. Thought they could do a media swap in the middle of the pool -- oops. I don't know anything about this shoot other than they rented my two RAMs for a week. Not sure why they need RED RAMs at a swimming pool... I'm thinking they actually rented the RAMs specifically for something else, they mentioned vehicle mounting, but are shooting on them for the longer record times since they have them.

Not sure what kind of pool chemistry they have there -- shoot is in New Mexico. Don't know if it's chlorine, salt, etc.. I'm billing them (or their insurance) for a replacement anyway.
 
FWIW - Corrosion is definitely the enemy with the chemistry in a swimming pool. I dropped my key to my wife's Mercedes in our pool. I dried it well and changed the battery and it worked for about 4 days then nothing. Mercedes wanted a ton of $ for a replacement so now I open the old fashioned way when I use her car :-)
 
I have saved a few iphones using the rice trick...it should be ok...fingers crossed
 
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Hehe... I've washed miniDV tapes too. :) Last phone that went through the wash was an LG something or other, and it totally sucked as a phone anyway. I was glad to have an excuse to buy a new one. Yeah, it didn't survive, not that I tried to save it. I've got other stories about phones too, but that's like a whole other topic and I could go on for pages...

Anyway, the production has the RAM back together and have retrieved all their footage. Yep, they actually saved it. Not sure about the extent of the damage and what the pool chemistry will eventually do. The pool is salt water and their tech guy who took it apart did do some parts cleaning, but I don't know what that means, I haven't actually talked directly to that person. Either way, the production is compensating me for the RAM unit and we agreed on a price. I'm trying to decide if I want to buy a used RAM now or hold my breath for the upcoming SSDs. Might have to rent a RED-RAM for a job next week where I was planning on having two of them... Grrr...

Decision time -- buy a used RED RAM now or for the same money get a 256GB SSD later. Hmmm...

EDIT / UPDATE> Much footage from the drive is corrupt. Drive seems to have now died while trying to run redundead on it. They didn't expect to save it, so they re-shot everything they needed after the mishap anyway.
 
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as stated earlier, maybe you should just send it in to red and have them give it a look through. they may not sell it anymore, but for you, they might give it a proper cleaning and maybe replace a few parts. much cheaper than buying a whole new RAM, enough money leftover (hopefully) for you to buy several SSD's later...
 
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EDIT / UPDATE> Much footage from the drive is corrupt. Drive seems to have now died while trying to run redundead on it. They didn't expect to save it, so they re-shot everything they needed after the mishap anyway.
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Did the corrupt footage look anything like this?
 
As crazy as it may sound, you need them to wash the components.

Use deionised/purified water, preferable to lab levels to remove any salts or other deposits when they dry. After that, go to the rice box method. The last thing you want is a metal salt deposit being left on a PCB track and causing a short.
 
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