On Fri, 2004-12-17 at 15:32 -0500, P. L. Charles Fischer wrote:
> I had Sprite in my IBM A20p. I took it apart and used distilled water to
> wash off the motherboard and keyboard. I then let it dry for two days. This
> will work best if the spill has not dried. There are still a few keys that
> need more cleaning, but it has been working for a year.
About a year ago, an entire large coffee landed smack in the center of
my ThinkPad A22p's keyboard while the machine was running. My heart
skipped a few beats!
I turned it off and carefully wiped off all the surfaces using a
slightly damp cloth and a slightly damp Q-tip. Then removed and cleaned
the Ultrabay CDROM and wiped off everything with dry napkins and dry Q-
tips. And finally gave the machine two hours to air-dry.
Two hours later I was back to work using it. And I've had no hardware
problems with it since.
Good luck with your your laptop cleanup!
Ed
ps - Yes, I *will* buy another ThinkPad when the time comes.
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