I mistakenly spilled tea on my laptop keyboard. I turned it off immediately, and also dried it by a blower, but it kept turning on and off automatically for a while, and then stopped doing so. I haven’t turned on the laptop since and have kept it in a V shape upside down position. What should be my immediate action? Should I just leave it to dry or do something else? And turn it on later or get it to a repair shop?

  • Complex_Solutions_20@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If its like most, it has an internal battery…which is continuing to corrode and damage the board and components by electrolysis the longer it sits.

    The sooner the battery is removed (and all other power), the better chance it might be fixed.

  • AllPurposeGeek@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It would be advisable to take it to a repair shop as soon as possible so that way they can take it apart and clean the corroded components. With this in mind, many shops have a default tear down fee because it takes time and energy to even attempt to do this and there’s no guarantee that they will be able to actually fix it.

  • TheFortnutter@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    the sugar is going to stick up your keys, worsen your hinges, and the hit liquid could spill into your motherboard and may ruin your hdd, your battery, ram, ect (This is the worst case scenario) (Dont forget that a dark sugary area is going to be a bug sanctuary!)

  • kngfbng@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Whatever you do, do not turn it on. From what you said, it’s likely already damaged somehow with the internals shorting, which makes the computer turn on and off at random. A trusted computer shop is a must so they clean the insides and diagnose any damage.

    I had a water leak in the attic once that percolated through the ceiling exactly over my open laptop, which was off at the moment. I pulled the power cable out and threw the laptop on the couch while I sorted the leak out, but failed to remove the battery – when removable batteries were a common feature.

    I got back from the attic and the laptop was on. The keyboard was shot and only worked properly again after I replaced it and the system clock was forever wonky, randomly jumping back in time, which I fixed by installing a program to check a time server every minute and set the clock if needed.

  • baadbee@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    It’s probably dead. If not the procedure is to open it, disconnect the battery, wash the PCB and keyboard area with 99% isopropyl alcohol and a toothbrush (lightly) until completely clean, air dry, reconnect battery, pray.