Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
#1
Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard.
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
#2
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Lick it off. The wine will be fine its only a day old
Dunno about the laptop though
Dunno about the laptop though
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Location: Tauranga, Bay of Plenty
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard.
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
I would take it along to a repairer and get them to strip down the keyboard and clean it up for you. Should be fine then.
Bets of luck
#4
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Cheers Paul. I turned it off straight away, mopped up (and licked off, cheers Jack ) the wine, then left it overnight.
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them?
Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine!
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them?
Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine!
#5
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Cheers Paul. I turned it off straight away, mopped up (and licked off, cheers Jack ) the wine, then left it overnight.
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them?
Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine!
Just tried it before I came to work this a.m. and it's not very happy. Time to get a PC geek involved - but where do I find one of them?
Any ChCh'ians know of a decent chappy? Hell, who am I kidding, I wouldn't know if they were decent or not, so just a chappy would do fine!
The only concern is if any liquid tracked into one of your ports,dvd drive bay etc so I wouldn't be too keen on plugging any peripherals into it until I'd had a real good peep at the terminals. Last thing you want is to short something then you're in real grief.
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Hi there.
Try Need a Nerd. Aparently they're pretty good and they come to your house. Worth a call.... http://www.needanerd.co.nz/
Good luck,
Paul
Try Need a Nerd. Aparently they're pretty good and they come to your house. Worth a call.... http://www.needanerd.co.nz/
Good luck,
Paul
#10
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard.
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
My latest 'accident'...I tried to clean the laptop screen with a wet cloth. Now I've got stains behind the screen.
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
This happened to us!! yes it is a sealed unit, we have an acer, new keyboard $99 straight from acer, $20 to be fitted. Leave it in the airing cupboard.
#13
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
wiz
In the short term you could get an external keyboard and plug that in if your confident no liquid went into the internals.
should only cost a few dollars wont it
regards
shell and mark
In the short term you could get an external keyboard and plug that in if your confident no liquid went into the internals.
should only cost a few dollars wont it
regards
shell and mark
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Joined: Apr 2006
Posts: 1,118
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Last night I was writing up some blog stuff whilst enjoying a glass of cab sav, when - clumsy bastard that I am - I managed to spill around half of it onto the laptop keyboard.
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
Ooops
It still works <phew!>, but now when I turn it on it makes a long drawn out beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep, and Toni then found that a few of the keys don't work - backspace and the number 2 keys specifically.
Have I borked it? Can I rescue it? I have less clue about 'puters than I do about women. And Toni'll tell you - that ain't much
Please, all BE I.T. guru's - Help!
dip bud into some fluid
prise off each key (one at time) and clean underneath it and on the pad itself
replace key - move onto next one
make sure switched off too!