spilled beer on laptop what to do?

i'm using the accessiility keyboard 2 type because i've half killed my 4 month old. its a sony vaio, half the keys on the left hand side ain't working, its had 24 hrs 2 dry, sometimes caps lock comes back to life and ctrl and shift sometimes highlight at random. what can i do? what liquid could i use to clean it? and how do i get access 2 the back of the keys? any suggestions thanks lot

hair dryer on low - not too close tho - worked for me

Yes, I have a piece of advice: Don't compute when you're drunk

More seriously, if you have a damage plan with it I would take advantage of it. Best Buy's covers moisture, but this is more than moisture

i spilled iced tea on my laptop before, and it never did start working
normal again. I ordered a new keyboard for $30, installed it myself and
voila! worked fine. so, who knows....

IF YOU HURRY YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO DRINK THE BEER! By the way that is 'alcohol abuse'!

Water and electronics are a funny mix. Although not a laptop, my mobile phone stopped working for a while after it completely immersed itself in water. I waited the 24hours or so before turning it on, but it wouldn't work properly. But...then a week or so later I tried again and everything was fine. Maybe give your laptop an extra couple of days to make sure all the water has evaporated, then try again.

LMAO! That is too damn funny!
"IT" did it!

I went swimming with my cell phone once. However it didn't like the pool
as much as I did, because it literally fried. I had burn marks on the outside
of the case because of it's power and chlorine mix. Kinda funny...

Although it cost me $300 at the time to replace since the warranty didn't
cover water damage.

you should have sued and said that they didn't specify that you couldn't swim with it on!

ahahahahaaa only in america!!

*nogs*

lol,


actually some bits and pieces can be suprisingly water resistant, my HDD was immersed in water once.... (long story ).. for over 5 minutes and given a good long time to dry out before attempting to use again was fine and worked as well as ever, lol

the most importent if you spill drink over somthing is turn the power off as soon as poss and leave it that way for a looong time, dont be tempted to try it out 'too' soon, cos a circuit board etc. thats wet, itself isnt damaged, its when you let electricity flow and it short circuits that ur in trouble, obviously if you spill somthing over somthing thats turned on at the time then its likely to break anyway but even so turn it off immidiately and make sure its well and truly dry before you try it again.

Here is another topic related to this one at ozzu if any of you are curious:

http://www.ozzu.com/viewtopic.php?t=1353

Actually it's a party fowl beer has more than just water in it, after it dries it wil become sticky

A friend spilled beer on my Compaq laptop. Immediately unplugged it from the AC outlet, took out the battery, turned it upside down over a towel then used a blower to dry out the surface moisture. I didn't open it because I don't know how and I wasn't sure if it is a wise thing to do so. After about an hour or so, i replaced the battery, plugged it (not very wise as I learned from the posts here) then turned it on. It worked as if nothing happened and continues to work until now (the accident happened over a month ago). My question is: Is it ok to assume that everything is ok? I'm thinking that little or no moisture has gone inside the laptop. Or is it advisable to dissamble the laptop even if nothing is wrong? Is it possible that I'll encounter problems in the future? Your replies will be greatly appreciated. Thanks.