Yesturday I spilt a whole glass of water on my laptop

Hi Everyone,

Bad news for me

Yesturday i spilt a whole glass of water on my laptop

Then it went all over the keyboard, and i'm very mad as i just bought it in january for x-mas money.

Then when i turnt it bck on and it didnt work the mouse or keyboard i was saving from last year september then i accendently spiltt he drink.

so i have to use my hp pavilion 7806 grr , with windows me as the os.


Any one know if i can solve the problem, before i take it to the repair shop and waste all my pocket money..?

Thankyou very much,

I still hope to use Ozzu at school and my local library, i'm gonna sneak on it at school he he.

So if anyone could help please please i would appreciate all help i can.

Let someone else fix it, laptops usually require special special (not a typo) tools to be worked on. Take it from me, mine has a big crack in it from when I tried to fix it with a hammer.

//Edit: Never said I was taking it apart and puting it together, just " fixing " it

Hee hee, I've done that before, but luckily, you're probably ok.

Click here it's been done before.

//edit: of course this depends on your level of confidence taking things apart and putting them back together so they work: hammers are generally not so good for that!

heh.

Thankyou person

Its just i've got all of my Homework and stuff on it

Do you think i could do it.. I'm actually quite good of taking things apart, say becuase i took my big electric car and put it back...

As you were saying that cleaning fluid, is there any stuff i can use in the home.. or anything

Thanks for replying much appreciated.

David.

Well, probably, just keep the hammer away from it. The other post describes the way it should be done.

When it happened to me I just turned the laptop upside down over a heat vent and let it dry like that overnight. Next morning, everything was fine. Couple of months later, the main board died, (which may or may not have been related), but it was covered under warranty.

I think you might find contact cleaner at a hardware store, but like the other post said, make sure it's safe to use with plastics!!!

LOL

Unless you don't need that homework any time soon I still say let a professional do it.

Well does your laptop have any ps/2 ports for a keyboard or mouse? maybe that will fix it for the time being. If not I know there are mouses that have usb connections, and I am assuming that there are keyboards that do too.

Maybe you could try that before you stick your laptop into the microwave to dry it out

Yeah, you have to judge your own ability, and you don't get to come back and say "you said I could, and now I pooched my laptop and it's all your fault"

"Proceed at own risk" comes to mind.

I know you're joking about the microwave, but make sure you say that you're joking, because there are some people who won't think before they do just that.

oops, sorry....thought I added j/k


well j/k

metal + microwave = fire

Yay,

I opened up the whole laptop

Wow, so many circuits and stuff lol...

I blowed inside some warm air... and wiped some bits out... Also saw my built in wireless centrino technology... funky!

It booted up correctly with no key stuck or everything i've re-booted 2 times now to make sure it wont faint!

Thanks also for the others posting many thanks,

i'll try to make it up to you sometime lol

Well, thats me back on Ozzu...

Thanks once again..

David.

David Status:

Thanks.

I took some shots, of the insides or well a bit...

i'll post the links when i get some time..

Got some science revision to do...

David.

very good story david. It started out so tragic, but it seems all
is well now. Good work sir.

Like they say, you don't get experience until right after you need it!

My better safe than sorry advice fails again