thanks for the advice guys/gals/sentient robots:

- The second i noticed the spillage the first thing i did was remove battery and let it dry out naturally and witha bit of help from the hotel heating. No kit on hand at the time to do much else. But there was definetly no moisture left by the time i turned it on, pretty sure it fried the radio side of things or something important before i got to it.

id love to dissasemble it and sort it myself with ethanol, if not only to get it sorted quicker but for my love breaking down my gadgets and fixing them myself.

however since i paid for the insurance i figure im better off trying to get a new n900 so i sent it off .

There have been occasions where whilst delicately dissasembling things (especially those without dissasembly guides available) i have caused minor damage tbh and id rather not risk that.

for now im back to a HORRIBLE old HTC Trinity Win Mo Device, when my beloved n900 returns i will celebrate by burning this thing!