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    spilled water :(

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by Zord, Dec 15, 2009.

  1. Zord

    Zord Notebook Enthusiast

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    Accidentally spilled a glass of water onto my laptop last night and I think it's completely ruined. I dried it off and i'm going to let it sit for a few days. The weird thing is that the green battery light is still on and the battery never lasts for more than a few hours. Sign of a dead laptop?
     
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    moral hazard Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Take the battery out.
     
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    Spontaneously I'd think taking out bays/drives and giving everything a good exposure to a hair dryer might help?!
     
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    If it is a Thinkpad, remove the battery and have it open, level and raise it up a couple of inches. Use the corners as support and leave the middle section open. The keyboard has a mechanism for draining water out the bottom of the laptop so do not invert it, don't use a hair drying just prop it up level like I stated and let it air dry for 48-72 hours.
     
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    You might want to put individual components in a plastic baggie with a bunch of silica gel packs (the little bags that often come with electronics), or if you don't have those, uncooked instant rice.

    Brett
     
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    Thanks for the quick response, everyone.

    Just took the battery out, hope the machine isn't completely fried.
    Unfortunately it isn't a Thinkpad, couldn't afford one when I was looking at notebooks a few years back and opted for the 3000 N100 instead. But if this one hits the bed a Thinkpad could be in the very near future.
     
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