My mom is out to dinner and I accidentally spilled water on her keyboard....has this ever happened to anyone? I unplugged it completely from labtop and wall, and took out the battery. Is there anything else I can do? I turned it upside in hopes of draining the water. Can the computer recover? My mom makes a living on that computer and I need help fast. Please, any tips would be great...thanks so much.
2007-05-11 13:31:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Laptops & Notebooks
You might have fried it, but if it was just water you could be lucky! You've done all you can for now, so its just hope time... and a lesson learnt.
2007-05-11 13:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of the newer and better laptops have a sealed "Spill guard" under the keyboard. Leave it upside down and let it dry out good before you decide to check it. Take a deep breath tomorrow or so and plug in, power up, and hope for the best. Be happy it wasn't a soda you spilt on it......
2007-05-11 13:38:11 · answer #2 · answered by skyrunner01 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Make sure there is no power to the board. Search on google or yahoo as to how to open that particular laptop's motherboard. Now without tilting it much try to dry the water. A cool breeze from a hairdryer can do the trick.
If the water got into any of the internal electronics though it may be toast. See if she has an accidental damage warranty on it, if so you'll be ok.
Good luck
2007-05-11 13:36:40 · answer #3 · answered by Chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Quickly: unplug all prephrials, mouse, printer, modem, and turn keyboard over, if not turned off, turn off now. While upside-down dab the keys with a towel. Leave to sit as long as possible, try to prevent mother from turning on computer until tommorow, might short out- then BIG trouble you are in. If you achieve all of this try to clean the keys with some kind of anti static wipe, to shine 'Em up
2007-05-11 14:07:05 · answer #4 · answered by darkdantedevildemin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try to drain the water the best you can and allow it to Air Dry and it should be fine in a few hours
2007-05-11 13:34:28 · answer #5 · answered by K-Disk.com 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you have a good chance the computer is okay. BUT...let it dry out completely before you plug it back in again. Once it's dry, give it a shot and turn it on.
2007-05-11 13:34:54 · answer #6 · answered by sci55 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RUN RUN RUN!!!!! Ha, in basic terms kidding. First unplug it and take the battery out of it. turn it the different way up. do not use compressed air to blow it out, rather use a vaccuum in case you may to suck the water out. try this basically once you enable it air dry for some days. in case you employ compressed air it ought to blow water greater in inflicting greater harm. with a bit of luck this might artwork, if not, get a mac!
2016-10-04 22:30:53 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Own up to the mistake, and let your parents know what happened so they can give it a chance to dry out first
Remember: Honesty is the best policy
2007-05-11 13:38:20 · answer #8 · answered by Pyria 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ahhh put a towel over it to soak up water andyou might want to put it right side up
dont ever do this again i di this once except i might have deleted sumthing very important and go in a corneer and pray the corner always helps idk dont ask just dont lie its bad and take out the trash suck up and dont act like you did something wrong
2007-05-11 13:36:20 · answer #9 · answered by littlelesty 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you have a handheld vacuum dustbuster thingy, use it to suck up any excess water. or use hose attachment of normal vac.
cant believe i just typed that
2007-05-11 13:35:21 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋