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Spilt Drink on My Laptop.
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Yes, but I needed to replace some components at the price of about a hundred pounds. I spilled a drink on mine and a few minutes later it died. I took it to a local repair shop, and they fixed it up for a few hundred pounds. Thankfully, the CPU wasn't affected and I didn't lose any data.
I suspect it demands upon exactly what has been damaged, so you probably won't know if it's working until you dry it out and give it a go. Hope you've backed things up, just in case!
I suspect it demands upon exactly what has been damaged, so you probably won't know if it's working until you dry it out and give it a go. Hope you've backed things up, just in case!
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As long as you don't spill drinks on it yes
In all seriousness, like me123 said its hard to give a general answer
As long as you don't spill drinks on it yes
In all seriousness, like me123 said its hard to give a general answer
At least trains weren't built so shoddily.
Was it turned on when you spilt a the liquid on it? If it was did you turn it off or did it turn off of its own accord?
Best advice would be to leave it for a good few hours to give it an opportunity to dry out. Electronics do not like water but as long as nothing shorts out (i.e. damage occurs which it turning itself off would suggest) once dry they'll often work normally again.
Best advice would be to leave it for a good few hours to give it an opportunity to dry out. Electronics do not like water but as long as nothing shorts out (i.e. damage occurs which it turning itself off would suggest) once dry they'll often work normally again.
I 'll give it a try after a few hours. Don't think it shorted itself out.
I've had something similar happen to me before when somebody spilt some bolognese sauce on my computer when trying to put their dinner down on the table next to where my laptop was placed. Very fortunately after letting it dry out overnight the only fault was that the main up key had stopped working. My advice would be to let it dry out overnight and leave your laptop upside down with the lid open
Hope it works out for you anyway Rob. I've recently had to replace my old laptop after it decided to stop working after having it for over three years. Considering I bought it used I think I got my money's worth!
Hope it works out for you anyway Rob. I've recently had to replace my old laptop after it decided to stop working after having it for over three years. Considering I bought it used I think I got my money's worth!
Very lucky! That was probably gunk under the key stopping the press from registering taking the key off and cleaning would probably have fixed that.
Thanks indeed. I've had this for a couple of years, so I suppose I haven't done too badly. Still annoying though!
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Rob, remove the battery if you haven't already done so.
If you had turned it off immediately rather than letting the liquid short a connection it likely wouldn't have needed any repair.
If you had turned it off immediately rather than letting the liquid short a connection it likely wouldn't have needed any repair.
Cheers, battery removed and turned off quickly -ish. Only time will tell!
Yeah, but I was much younger and much less sensible at that time! I had foolishly assumed the fact that it was working was a good thing.
I suspect it was but I did count myself very lucky it was only one key that had stopped working when it could have been a whole lot worse. It was only two months old at the time but I think that a fault caused spilt bolognese sauce wouldn't have been covered by the warranty! My mum was less fortunate a few years later when her laptop was left turned off with the lid open on the lounge floor overnight. Unfortunately during the night (I could hardly say I was surprised though) one of her cats urinated on it - whilst the laptop itself was beyond repair one of her friends who worked with computers managed to retrieve her data from the hard drive
No problem. My old Samsung laptop was five years old when the hard drive failed and to make matters worse when I tried to transfer the data from my external hard drive onto my new laptop I discovered that had also failed since I last backed up my data about a fortnight previously. Fortunately however for a reasonable fee a local computer repair shop was able to retrieve around 55-60% of the data from my old machine and transfer it onto my new one. The more important data was saved so I wasn't too bothered about losing the rest of it
I'll make sure next time I buy an external hard drive that it's a good brand and not the cheapest one!
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Happened to me 7 years ago. Ended up with a few sticky keys. Put in a claim on insurance for repair, they replaced it. Trouble was, original Notebook (a Sony Vaio) had XP OS. The replacement had Vista!
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Spilt fresh orange juice all over my laptop (an old Acer) about fifteen months ago and it's the selfsame I'm typing these words on. It was on at the time, soon went off, but an overnight turn-off and wipe over any sticky bits solved the problem. Vista may be cr*p but you can't get rid of it that easily! Or maybe it just likes a drink.
Yes, sadly this is Windows 7 which was crap to begin with.
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Not sure I'll bother getting another one. Waste of damned money.
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My attitude to faulty machinery is somewhat akin to Basil Fawlty's - try reasoning with it, if that doesn't work, give it a kick and then give up.
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If you're lucky, just the keyboard will have some sticky keys.
If that's the case, test it fully by using an external keyboard to ensure everything else is fine, then start looking on Ebay for a replacement keyboard.
You should also try to find the manufacturers Service Manual, and then replace the internal keyboard using the instructions to remove each required component correctly.
Done this a few times on various laptops. Cost is between £10 and £25 and takes 10-30 minutes.
If that's the case, test it fully by using an external keyboard to ensure everything else is fine, then start looking on Ebay for a replacement keyboard.
You should also try to find the manufacturers Service Manual, and then replace the internal keyboard using the instructions to remove each required component correctly.
Done this a few times on various laptops. Cost is between £10 and £25 and takes 10-30 minutes.
I would suggest trying to remove and clean individual keys before buying a new keyboard...
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yorksrob:2215935 said:
If you think Windows 7 is bad, please never try Windows 8, it will turn you insane
Well come on then Rob how is it going?!
It's resting at the moment. I shall charge it up and have a go at switching it on tonight.
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If you think Windows 7 is bad, please never try Windows 8, it will turn you insane
*nods* We had my wife's laptop "upgraded" from Windows 8 to Windows 7 within a month of buying it...
I've recently had to upgrade to Windows 8.1 from Windows 7. I'm still not 100% taken with it to be honest - for example I think the lack of a proper start menu is bizarre. I think I'll try the new Windows 10 operating system on a different computer first before I decide on whether to keep Windows 8.1 or go upgrade my operating system to Windows 10
Has anybody tried Windows 10 yet?
Has anybody tried Windows 10 yet?
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I've had a computer repair shop opposite mine for years now - very handy for a non-nerd like me (I do him favours too, and buy any computer-related stuff from him). He swears by Windows 7, so that would be good enough for me. He buys computer keyboards on ebay all the time, had 2 in yesterday, £10 for the two, may even have included postage: new, by the way. So don't go spending a fortune, but DO make sure you have the exact reference number needed, cos like phone chargers only the precise one will do. If you get an American spec, the @ key will be where the ! key is on a UK spec, otherwise exactly the same.
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It's " that @ is swapped with (there are a few other differences around \ ~ and `)
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