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    Soy sauce spilled into the USB ports of Lenovo Laptop

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by kenny1999, Dec 16, 2016.

  1. kenny1999

    kenny1999 Notebook Evangelist

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    Accidentally spilled some soy sauce into the USB ports of my Lenovo laptop while having meals nearby. Fortunately, it was turned off and was not a lot of sauce

    Now I haven't turned it ON yet. Should I do anything (and how?) to make the juicy sauce drip out from the computer as much as possible before turning on again? Could it be any problem to the laptop or cause any components fried?
     
    kenny1999, Dec 16, 2016
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Use some distilled water or even some high percentage rubbing alcohol (75 or 91% or so) on a paper towel or q-tips and try to clean up as much as you can. Water isn't the problem, what it dissolves is the problem, and unfortunately soy sauce is full of all kinds of electrolytes, so you really want to do as much as you can to clean it out.
     
    Pitabred, Jan 8, 2017
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