spilled wine on my laptop

celticGreen+ · May 22, 2010

Flushed it with water and it's drying now... it was on when I spilled and I think it shorted out. Ugh. Anyone have any ideas on how to test to see if it's "inoperable"?

Glad I have a smartphone

Objection · May 22, 2010

When you start it I would start it up using the power cord without the battery in it.
That way if you need to shut the power off quickly you can just pull out the cord to turn it off.

Betallsports · May 22, 2010

This sounds like a Case for Steak Tartar....

I have a funny feeling he might know the Answer.....Just a Guess

minet123 · May 22, 2010

That sux
hope it's ok
you can get "ok" new ones at wallmart

Legend-I-Aint · May 22, 2010

I would get a big 5lb bag of white rice and a brown grocery bag. Dump the rice over your laptop while it is inside the bag and leave it sit for one full day. That rice will suck a lot of the moisture out of the critical spaces. Make sure there is rice everywhere.

billhill999 · May 22, 2010

Betallsports said:
This sounds like a Case for Steak Tartar....

I have a funny feeling he might know the Answer.....Just a Guess

I had the same thought, Steak would kill CG.

Dante · May 22, 2010

I spilled maybe a tablespoon of coffee on my PC at work..Fried it dead... I hate to say it but I think your laptop is toast especially if it hit your harddrive or mother board

FearTheRaven · May 22, 2010

doesn't sound good. never put more liquid in there either.

better off cleaning it with cleaner while it's powered off.

take the battery out and let it sit over night at least 12 hours before turning it back on.

bigbet1234 · May 23, 2010

How do you spill coffee in your PC? I can see spilling on the keyboard. do you have laptops at work?

Dante said:
I spilled maybe a tablespoon of coffee on my PC at work..Fried it dead... I hate to say it but I think your laptop is toast especially if it hit your harddrive or mother board

Dante · May 23, 2010

bigbet1234 said:
How do you spill coffee in your PC? I can see spilling on the keyboard. do you have laptops at work?

cup was next to the box.... which is on the desk ... its pretty easy to do thru the vents in the side of it

celticGreen+ · May 23, 2010

Pretty sure it's dead, but will let it dry another night before I test it. The spill was right on the processor... so, the good news is I can at least salvage the ddr3 memory and hd.

jwblue · May 23, 2010

Calll it a learning experience.

Find a place a few feet away from your computer to put drinks. Use a coaster so you hit the same spot every time.

silver7 · May 23, 2010

Moisture Is Deadly

to most electronics. Did it once on my keyboard, right during the peak of a Sat. foots betting cycle, disaster. Now I NEVER get any liquid w/in 3 ft of my stuff. BOL

gonna-win · May 23, 2010

Yeah, I would not expect a good outcome when you turn it on....Why is it so hard to keep our drinks away from our toys? I've lost three cell phones and two keyboards to water damage.

steaktartar · May 23, 2010

yes its happened to me more than once.....but not on a laptop just a standard keyboard.........those are easy tip them up and forward and bang against desk top until wine quits dribbling out

JudgeWapner · May 23, 2010

Spill the wine, take that girl.

shiz · May 23, 2010

What he said.

Legend-I-Aint said:
I would get a big 5lb bag of white rice and a brown grocery bag. Dump the rice over your laptop while it is inside the bag and leave it sit for one full day. That rice will suck a lot of the moisture out of the critical spaces. Make sure there is rice everywhere.

newton0038 · May 23, 2010

I have done this twice, once with beer and once with water on my laptop.

I have a Toshiba that is about 6 years old and not sure if it has a moisture sensitive shutdown in it but within a second of the liquids hitting the inner parts, it shut down. Drained out what I could and left it untill the next day, started back up no problem. IE asked me if I wanted to resume where I was prior to the moisture crisis, with that message it seemed like it has some sort of protection embedded in it.

celticGreen+ · May 23, 2010

Yeah, it'd dead. I let it dry for a little over a day, and then took a hair-dryer to it for good measure. Still absolutely nothing when I press the power button. Pulled the harddrive and ram, as neither were near the spill and can hopefully be salvaged when I have to buy a new laptop Tuesday.

Dante · May 23, 2010

celticGreen said:
Yeah, it'd dead. I let it dry for a little over a day, and then took a hair-dryer to it for good measure. Still absolutely nothing when I press the power button. Pulled the harddrive and ram, as neither were near the spill and can hopefully be salvaged when I have to buy a new laptop Tuesday.

sorry to hear man... you can get a new laptop for 369$ so its not to bad

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