sbwertz
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Just in case you ever spill a soft drink or coffee, or anything else but water, into your laptop or keyboard, here is how to save it.
Immediately pop the cd drawer open. Then unplug the laptop it and remove the battery. Unplug everything from all the ports. Take it to the sink, and run cold water all over the keyboard. Be sure it flushes out everything, especially if it was a sugared drink....the sugar tends to be hard to rinse out. Shake out as much of the water as you can, then blow out the keyboard with compressed air...either with an air compressor or with canned air. Then partially close the lid so it will stand upright on the front edges like a pup tent. Make sure the cd drawer is still open. Stand it in front of a fan for 24 hours.
If it was just water spilled into it, just shake it out, blow it out with air, and stand it up to dry.
Replace the battery and boot it up. If it boots up, you are golden. :biggrin:
Same treatment for a desktop's keyboard.
His is back up and running. (I'm a computer consultant by trade, by the way. Have to admit the first time I have to do this to a client machine they almost have a heart attack when I put it under the running water LOL. So far I have a 100 percent recovery rate.)
Immediately pop the cd drawer open. Then unplug the laptop it and remove the battery. Unplug everything from all the ports. Take it to the sink, and run cold water all over the keyboard. Be sure it flushes out everything, especially if it was a sugared drink....the sugar tends to be hard to rinse out. Shake out as much of the water as you can, then blow out the keyboard with compressed air...either with an air compressor or with canned air. Then partially close the lid so it will stand upright on the front edges like a pup tent. Make sure the cd drawer is still open. Stand it in front of a fan for 24 hours.
If it was just water spilled into it, just shake it out, blow it out with air, and stand it up to dry.
Replace the battery and boot it up. If it boots up, you are golden. :biggrin:
Same treatment for a desktop's keyboard.
His is back up and running. (I'm a computer consultant by trade, by the way. Have to admit the first time I have to do this to a client machine they almost have a heart attack when I put it under the running water LOL. So far I have a 100 percent recovery rate.)
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