2007-06-06 07:52:23 · 9 answers · asked by leo t 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Monitors
Oh my gosh do I feel for you. I cannot begin to tell you how many times I have told my children not to drink around the computer. I am just totally paranoid that they are going to drop food into it or spill liquids. This certainly is a tough one and especially when it costs so much money for a computer. Is it just the keyboard? Maybe it can be replaced from a secound hand shop. Where did you get your computer? You can take it back there or better yet give them a call and ask. I hope that you got a service plan on this computer because that will help in giving you alittle discount. I wish you the best of luck and I hope this will be simple to fix. Cross your fingers because I will too.
2007-06-06 07:57:46 · answer #1 · answered by lovelyandcarefree 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is always fun to deal with water in a PC. I have had PCs that were turned off and had a few drops of water spilled into them, and the PC is ruined. I have a laptop I am still using three years later that got dropped (while running) into a swimming pool and sat on the bottom for nearly an hour. Dried it out and works great. So you never know.
Rule of thumb is, dry it out first. Leave it off and unplugged until it is dry. If it is a desktop or tower, open the case and blow a fan through it to dry it. If a laptop, open it and turn it upside down so the water will run out, not down. For a monitor, just blow air through it will the fan.
Usually give it 2-3 days to dry. Then cross your fingers and turn it on....
(Could be worst. Could have been something stickly like soda pop. That will kill them every time).
2007-06-06 08:01:17 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Depends on where the water was spilled and if the computer itself was plugged in or not. Could be a simple matter of replacing Keyboard/mouse.
2007-06-06 07:55:16 · answer #3 · answered by Charles X 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Dry what you can with paper towels. Then try a blow drier. Good luck! My daughter dropped her cell phone into water and we dried it on the heat vent in the floor. It's been fine since the next day.
Make sure the computer is dry before you turn it on again, even if it takes a few days.
2007-06-06 07:56:58 · answer #4 · answered by Susan M 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Water that has seeped into the innards of a pc evaporates very slowly. i could set your pc on its section (section) so the water will drain to a minimum of one section extremely of incredibly sitting there, and place a fan blowing on the air intake vent for the CPU. i could leave it like this for a minimum of two days. Water will short out circuits. in case you're impatient you will harm your pc. it'd be ruined already through actuality it grew to alter into into on on a similar time as the spill exceeded off, in spite of the reality that it quite is wisely nicely worth a shot. in case you go with for on the data on your pc for paintings, do away with the puzzling stress and attach it to a distinctive pc to get real of get admission to to the data you go with for on.
2016-12-18 15:56:59 · answer #5 · answered by amass 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't turn it on, disconnect power, open it, point air with a fan into it and let the fan run for a few days, hopefully you spilled it whilst it was off.
2007-06-06 07:55:58 · answer #6 · answered by No Name 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
if you spilled on the externals (mouse keyboard monitor) then just replace what was damaged
if you spilled on the tower......sorry, your done =(
2007-06-06 07:56:04 · answer #7 · answered by imapirateaarr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What computer are you using to access the Internet to ask this question?????
2007-06-06 08:06:02 · answer #8 · answered by gardenerswv 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋
you buy a new one
2007-06-06 08:00:22 · answer #9 · answered by Thomas 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋