On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 08:43:08PM -0400, andy wrote: > Is there a such a thing as a computer bath? A buddy of mine asked if > there's any way to revive his daughter's laptop that had a glass of > orange juice spilled right on it.
If the system didn't instantly fry itself, then maybe - depends what the
symptoms are. You can usually remove the keyboard from a laptop easily,
so that would be your first step. See if you can tell if the liquid
made it inside the laptop. If you don't see any signs of it, you can
usually pop the keys off the keyboard with a knife tip if you're gentle
- expect a little plastic see-saw type thing under them. Carefully pop
the keys off and clean under them with a damp cloth, let it dry, put the
keys back on.
If you DO see damage inside the system, you can try cleaning w/ a damp
cloth and see if it's recoverable, again let it dry thoroughly.
I've seen laptops die from less, and survive worse - it's sort of a crap
shoot. Some, like Lenovo, actually have drain holes and gutters to keep
liquid away from important bits.
-m
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