"Steven S. Critchfield" <[email protected]> wrote: > GF's laptop has been subjected a couple of times to being doused in > water due to plumbing problems. > > Each time we just pulled the battery and let it dry. Luckily it > worked. Only recently did something finally go awry, and needed repair > work. We spent $56 for a new MB on ebay and Dell happened to have > awesome dissassembly guides for her laptop. Replaced the MB and it was > all working fine. Only 1 screw left over after assembly. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > I have a friend that managed to (blame someone else here) get coffee > > dunked on the > > keyboard of a year plus old laptop. > > > > The one correct answer is to get a new one. Given that isn't an > > option, where is a good place to have a laptop worked on in or > around > > Nashville/Clarksville? Freebie desired, commercial is OK. Given she > > works for Girl Scouts > > (with my wife) she is not flush with cash, thus trying to fix rather > > than trash. > > > > I hate even opening laptops myself, as my reputation for > > folding/spindling (well at least cracking) laptop MOBOs is, lets say > I > > would rather not. > > > > Warranty retention does not apply. > > > > Suggestions? > > > > If she brings it to me, the only thing I am planning is to remove > the > > hard drive and see if I can snag data from it onto another device. > > If the coffee in question was black coffee, without sugar or milk, the computer should work OK once it dries out, provided it was turned off immediately and the battery was removed. It will just be a bit coffee-scented. Sugar and/or milk make it likely that some keys will go down and stick, rather than popping back up again.
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