OH NO I spilled soda on my friends lap top

[KK]

This will help you.

 

[IchBinHeis]

how much would think for a new mobo?

 

[jpeyton]

New mobo for a laptop? Might as well get a new laptop.

Unless you get lucky and find a junker (ie broken screen) one on eBay.

 

[IchBinHeis]

ok we are getting progress lights are blinking and stuff but nothign is turning on, is it getting better?
i have foudn a laptop but i am not sure if i should buy it

 

[Dasterdly]

My cousin spilled bongwa.. er tea on her 2 mo old dell laptop keyboard, it fried.
Dell wouldnt cover it under the normal warranty, luckily the hd was still good so I put it into a desktop and built her a new comp.

 

[w00t]

u can take out the keys off the laptop.I used to take them off my school's laptops and move them around so funny when someone gets on one who doesnt know how to type without looking special peakers using 1 finger at ever stroke looking for the keys

 

[DrMrLordX]

Look at the bright side. At least you didn't sandpaper someone's CRT, right? Right?

 

[bfonnes]

LOL! I do Gateway tech support. This reminds me of the time a guy called for tech support, had his computer case off, and spilled liquid on it, AS I WAS TALKING TO HIM! Needless to say, he let a few choice words slip... I tried to give him some of the same advise. Turn it off, let it dry out, etc, etc., but in the end his computer is fried.

BFonnes

 

[Abhi]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Look at the bright side. At least you didn't sandpaper someone's CRT, right? Right?

ROFL!

 

[SkyBum]

Originally posted by: DrMrLordX
Look at the bright side. At least you didn't sandpaper someone's CRT, right? Right?

Made my day!

 

[AluminumStudios]

A few years ago when I worked at a private college there was a drain pipe leak in one of the dorms. Nasty sewer water dripped all over this girls laptop. It seemed like a lost cause so we tried an experiment. We took out the drives and battery, filled a sink with distilled water (distilled will have very few electrolytes or impurities in it) and literally submerged the laptop and shook it around to rinse it out. We let it dry for a few days and it actually booted up.

Sugary drinks will corrode and short stuff out much more than pure water will, so I wouldn't expect the machine to work if it's not cleaned up right away.

My vote is bottled, distilled (not spring or filtered) water to clean it at first to remove a majority of the sugar, then maybe alcohol. I'd be concerned that nailpolis remover would hurt adhesives and such on the PCB.