Spilled water on a laptop's keyboard

[kindofabuzz]

[MeCasa]

Buy a Thinkpad, the keyboard is watertight.

I finally raised my laptop 4" off my desk with a box the same size as the laptop (box it came in) simply because I got sick of screwing up expensive laptops with liquids.

PS: Any signs of liquid on your MoBo will automatically void warranty, I know this because...............

EDIT: Just noticed this,

Holy old thread Batman!

I guess the indexing worked

[ekmon1582]

^^ Seconded.

[BenoitRen]

Don't buy Thinkpads. They contain the prototype chip for enforcing TCPA.

And really, if you don't want liquid spilled on your laptop, don't bring it near them in the first place! Eating and drinking near a computer should not be done.

[Grumpus]

In support of Benoit Ren's "no food near the computer". It seems they've discovered that eating and focusing on other things like reading, working, computering, etc is bad for your health. Add this to the inevitable spaghetti sauce on the screen or the greasy tilde key your finger slips off all the time and it makes sense. Worse yet are poppy seeds in between the keys and mustard on the space bar. The seeds block key movement and the yellow mustard turns brown and just looks downright yucky.

[mightyglydd]

And really, if you don't want liquid spilled on your laptop, don't bring it near them in the first place! Eating and drinking near a computer should not be done.

Fortunately I watched the training video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYWhhEiQ9kI

[MeCasa]

Don't buy Thinkpads. They contain the prototype chip for enforcing TCPA.

I'd never even heard of TCPA.

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/TCPA/TCG_-_Trusted_or_Treacherous

So now I've got something else to be concerned with, but I'll stay loyal to Thinkpad...excellent machine

[malliz]

In support of Benoit Ren's "no food near the computer". It seems they've discovered that eating and focusing on other things like reading, working, computering, etc is bad for your health. Add this to the inevitable spaghetti sauce on the screen or the greasy tilde key your finger slips off all the time and it makes sense. Worse yet are poppy seeds in between the keys and mustard on the space bar. The seeds block key movement and the yellow mustard turns brown and just looks downright yucky.

Those small cherry tomatoes can gum one up as well grump

[condorito]

A friend of mine spilled a glass of Fanta over an Atari 800 XL back in the day, that was the end for that computer.

[MeCasa]

A couple of weeks ago the top feed on my copying machine jammed when I was trying to send a fax. I had to take the entire top end of the machine apart only to find a piece of peanut inside the mechanism. I was going to have the nut checked for fingerprints to find the culprit but it was my office and I keep a container of honey roasted peanuts on my desk

[condorito]

Still you might want to gather as much evidence against yourself as you can, just in case. Was the nut still good?

[MeCasa]

[Grumpus]

You used to be able to take almost any electronics card, wipe it with alcohol and it would come back to life if inundated with water. There was also the "dip" method which would join the alcohol with the water which would then cause both to evaporate or from using a blow dryer. Don't know if this would help the current situation and don't know what would be affected by the alcohol anymore. New things may not hold up to old solutions. Anything moving mechanical may have to have the "grease" replaced as well.

[James]

A friend of mine spilled a glass of Fanta over an Atari 800 XL back in the day, that was the end for that computer.

Aww... poor Atari.

[buckyaustin]

Hi i think I can help u all.......

First take out all electicall supplys eg; battery.......

Turn ur laptop upside down quickly..... all these steps must be done immediately

Dry with cloth or anything that will take loose water.....

Take a picture of ur keyboard....... or if u know the position of each key skip this step.....

Rip off each key...... and dry with a very dry cloth...... U can take of each key easy just dont be affraid of rippin them off.....

Leave ur laptop out to dry near not on a radiator or heater.... the temp should be about 35 farenheight.....leave it for 2 days

While this is being done take each key and dry it with a dry cloth........

Then ur laptop should work.......

If not u can take the whole laptop apart and dry it...... then send the laptop to a specialist.......

If all is done fast enough ur laptop will work afterwords.

Good luck