On Fri, December 17, 2004 1:42 pm, Aaron S. Joyner said: > Mike Norwood wrote: > >>My wife called me at work to say that she was ambushed by our cat >> causing >>her to spill coffee into her laptop. Has anyone had any luck (either >> good >>or bad) in trying to clean liquid from a laptop? Just looking for >> any >>hints anyone can offer. In searching online I have seen mention of >>something called Contact Cleaner which may be available at Radio >> Shack >>that some people say they have had luck with. >> >>Thanks in advance. >> >>Mike Norwood >> >> >> > My wife soaked her laptop in an inch and a half of Coca Cola for 45 > mins > during a class in grad school. Being a hardware-type guy, I stripped > the thing entirely to the chassis, pulled every motherboard component > off, pulled the screen out, cleaned every screw and crevice, etc. All > of this was futile, because the first thing she had done when she > lifted > it from her waterproof backpack (note: holds coke in as well as water > out), was turn it on to see if it was okay. Other than that, I don't > think the screen would have made it, but I think everything else would > have survived. As she was a student, her laptop was covered under a > nice warranty, which for a $250 deductible, pretty much replaced the > entire laptop. > > So I suppose my advice is, if she hasn't turned it on yet, let it dry. > Once it's been a few days, if you feel comfortable disassembling it, > give that a try. Clean what you can with alcohol or a light detergent > (something like a drop or two of dish washing liquid in a big bowl of > water). Depending on how much liquid was involved in the spill, you > might not even have to worry too much -- but if, as is likely, the > computer was on and running during the spill... if it wasn't turned > off > pretty-much immediately, you might be out of luck. > > If you want to provide more info on the current state of the laptop, > perhaps we can provide more advice. > > Aaron S. Joyner > -- > TriLUG mailing list : > http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug > TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ > TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ > TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc >
Aaron's advice is much better, but I would try using what's left of the cat after I got done killing it. Nothing soaks up coffee better than a dead cat. -- TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/ TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/ TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
