Soggy laptop.

[November Rain]

Haven't been able to log on for a couple of days, due to work & my prepaid internet card running out, but yesterday, we had a big rainstorm while I was out shopping/collecting littl'un from school. Sadly, the windows were open & by the time I got back my computer desk & laptop were in a pool of water.

Laptop is now behaving rather erratically. It keeps saying it's on battery when it's plugged in & then going off (due to 'low battery'). I hit keys & it ignores the fact they've been hit. Anything I can do at home, or does it need to go to the repair shop? Bear in mind I'm a tech-idiot. Thanks.

[kingwilly]

I hit keys & it ignores the fact they've been hit. Anything I can do at home,

hit the keys harder, and more often.

[Alex DeLarge]

Water damage - it's knackered.

[chitown]

You have had some bad luck with computers haven't you?

Have you ever thought to buy a manual typewriter?

[justwingit]

something similar happened to my brother when his little boy poured water all over his laptop
and he used a hairdryer to dry it out worked ok after that

[melvbot]

Leave it out in the sun, maybe some little ants will go in and fix everything. Hairdryers about the only DIY thing to try

[Alex DeLarge]

I'm pretty sure if you turn it on while it's still well you're knackered.

I might be wrong.

Put it in the microwave for ten minutes, NR - see what happens.

[baldrick]

turning it on before it was dry was the problem.

it might still be ok if you leave it off and let it dry - as long as the water was just fresh water it should leave no conductive residue when it is dried

[Looper]

Good suggestions with the ants and the microwave but if by any chance they don't work then get one of these military grade beaut's.



You can drop it in the bath, let your roof cave in on it and it still won't give up.

But don't type the password in wrong 5 times or it will explode

[Alex DeLarge]

Bet you can't play Halo 3 on it.

[jizzybloke]

Put it in the microwave for ten minutes, NR - see what happens.

I'm sure Scamp can tell you!

[PleaseDaddyDont]

Soggy laptop is the same as soggy biscuit.

many's the time i've stickied up my keyboard whilst websurfing and enjoying www.teakdoor.com

A toothbrush and some brasso does the trick.

[Alex DeLarge]

Somebody ban this [at][at][at][at]

[Jet Gorgon]

If it's only the keyboard, plug in a desktop keyboard (cheap) until the lappie's one dries out. Worked for me and I spilled wine on mine when KW said he was marrying someone else for the 20th time.

[kingwilly]

Worked for me and I spilled wine on mine when KW said he was marrying someone else for the 20th time.

hmmmph

actually NR, if its wet will never be the same again, but yo MUST take it to shop ASAP.

or it will begin rusting inside and really get fcked.

[mrsquirrel]

Let it dry out.

Then take it to an electrical repair shop and ask them to look at it.

Thais are great at that stuf

[Looper]

^Try and get all your porno off it first in case they are a bit nosey

[TizMe]

Here's link to video on saving Mobile Phones that have been soaked, you could try the same with any other electronics.

http://www.video.news.com.au?vxSiteId=164be818-84c2-4715-b29e-2db589f12564&vxChannel=frontPagePicks&vxClipId=109 4_288883&vxBitrate=300

[baldrick]

or it will begin rusting inside and really get fcked.

if you take what the " amateur electronics tech " says with a grain of salt it may rust.

if it was claen fresh water it will be ok if it just allowed to dry with out having power - pop the battery out also

[November Rain]

turning it on before it was dry was the problem.

it might still be ok if you leave it off and let it dry - as long as the water was just fresh water it should leave no conductive residue when it is dried

And the prize goes to Balders. No probs tonight. Everything as normal.

[November Rain]

You have had some bad luck with computers haven't you?

Have you ever thought to buy a manual typewriter?

Yeah,

One got stolen & one got rained on. Neither would have happened to a manual typewriter.

[kingwilly]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingwilly or it will begin rusting inside and really get fcked. if you take what the " amateur electronics tech " says with a grain of salt it may rust. if it was claen fresh water it will be ok if it just allowed to dry with out having power - pop the battery out also

i guess so...

[bkkandrew]

If it's only the keyboard, plug in a desktop keyboard (cheap) until the lappie's one dries out. Worked for me and I spilled wine on mine when KW said he was marrying someone else for the 20th time.

Snap!

I read you post looking on the shelf with the dismembered laptop c/w destroyed keyboard (removed) and exit fan (modified), caused by addition of red wine, in turn caused (no doubt) by some KW pap. The unit still operates only by external keyboard and Heath-Robinson airflow device...

[November Rain]

Bugger, bugger, bugger!

Hate to admit it, but am typing this in an internet cafe (but a nice one with a tasty cappucino & a lovely smell of baking, not one of DJ Pat's ones) because the bloody thing's gone tits up. It'll come on, go as far as displaying my screensaver, but no icons & go no further.

I think a trip to the repair shop is needed. Bugger!

[ChiangMai noon]

I think a trip to the repair shop is needed. Bugger!

hope they can fix it.

sounds like it might have well and truly died.