Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
#16
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
We would want him to spontaniously combust would we
#18
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Ale tree [ I love you We have an acer and as you can see [[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[la all sorts f keys are fdoing all sorts of weird things and I have no return, no backsace and no well I cat tell you what I dot have as I dot have it but am sure you can read between the letter Can I really take these keys off"€
#19
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Ale tree [ I love you We have an acer and as you can see [[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[la all sorts f keys are fdoing all sorts of weird things and I have no return, no backsace and no well I cat tell you what I dot have as I dot have it but am sure you can read between the letter Can I really take these keys off"€
#20
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
You have to take the keys right off, one by one. You can clean with isopropyl alcohol and even aftershave. DOnt use nail polish remover as this tends to eat plastic.
Might help with the wine smell. At worst it will stink of wine and aftershave.
Might help with the wine smell. At worst it will stink of wine and aftershave.
#21
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
my advice would be to buy a babies non spill cup like those 'avent' ones, and put your drink in that. No more spillages just a man looking like a tw*t, but then thats not unusual as this comes naturally.
#22
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Do an internet search as there are loads of things you can do. Some say you can clean it with distilled water then dry it off. But you have to take the whole thing apart. If you are not comfortable with this then take it to a shop or repair centre. But this may be expensive. Personally i would take it apart and clean it very carefully. I have built several PCs (but don't claim to be an expert) so it would not scare me. Laptops are a bit different to desktops though. I think it may be ok and not too much damage. Take the bettery out untill you get it fixed. Good luck.
#23
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Ale tree [ I love you We have an acer and as you can see [[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[la all sorts f keys are fdoing all sorts of weird things and I have no return, no backsace and no well I cat tell you what I dot have as I dot have it but am sure you can read between the letter Can I really take these keys off"€
#25
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I'm still surfing in Starbucks, still looking for a house! Off to office now to sort out a few things for next week.
Stay in touch.XXX
#27
Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Ale tree [ I love you We have an acer and as you can see [[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[la all sorts f keys are fdoing all sorts of weird things and I have no return, no backsace and no well I cat tell you what I dot have as I dot have it but am sure you can read between the letter Can I really take these keys off"€
#28
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
Ale tree [ I love you We have an acer and as you can see [[[[[[[[[[[[[ [[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[[la all sorts f keys are fdoing all sorts of weird things and I have no return, no backsace and no well I cat tell you what I dot have as I dot have it but am sure you can read between the letter Can I really take these keys off"€
It was under warranty and the repair guy pohoned to say the motherboard was blown, and obsolete. So they dropped a new upgrade in but wanted a chat when I picked it up. They inssited I see the board which had components that had exploded, and white stains all over it. They asked if it had been near the sea, or in the sea as they had never seen one so badly trashed . Google or in your case DDooooodle the PC type and find a repair site which will tell how to strip it down, thats what i did with the replacement happened to.
The really funny part was that they told me water poured out of the harddrive but it still works
#30
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Re: Spilt Wine on My Laptop - What to do?!
I did drown it, because a long time later I added more memory to the unit and there were still drops of water on and around the hard disk. I believe it was pensioned off recently as it was to old and slow.
I have still been laughing since reading your post, as it took me straight back to my incident. No more liquids near laptops or keyboards
I have still been laughing since reading your post, as it took me straight back to my incident. No more liquids near laptops or keyboards