ahhhhh.... tea in laptop... what to do?

[bassrael]

i just dropped quite a bit of ginger tea on the laptop keyboard. it shut down immediately
did this happen to anyone else of you? any clue if i should open it for drying or just leave it dry by itself?

anyhelp really appreciated.

i got my old pc out. it´s awful.
my laptop is an IBM thinkpad T43

[DRTY]

Try leaving it to dry..... but realistically you're fucked.

[badger]

turn it upside down to drain, shake it gently and leave it open, preferably near something warm (not hot!)

might be ok if you're lucky

[wolf89]

I did it a while ago.

had to leave it about two days before it would turn on again.

[bassrael]

thx guys! i guess there is a little hope.

[WhosZena]

I heard rice was good for soaking up the moisture.. but it sounds like a disaster waiting to happen

[jameshk]

Let it dry out, pretty much all you can do. Do you have much sugar in your tea?

[AxeD]

Sounds like it cut short, if it did you're probably screwed. Definitely leave it to dry, still a good chance it'll just start up.

[Bass Music]

that happened to my thinkpad with orange juice..just left it upside down to drain and dry and it was fine. good luck man

[samkablaam]

milk?

[ashley]

Did mine with cola.

Then I microwaved it.

[deeps]

Remove the battery, AC adapter and HDD if possible.
Then place the laptop in the airing cupboard upside down in an A shape for a couple of days.
Hope and pray, lol!

[Basstronomer]

... And don't press any keys on your keyboard until it's proper dried!

[nousd]

fuckin gingers..
one pube & the world ends

[lloydnoise]

if it's mainly water you should be ok as long as you shut it off/disconnected before any smoke or burning smells appeared, if there was even a tiny bit of sugar in your delicious tea then you are probably fucked as this will corrode the circuitry pretty brutally.
If you can be bothered, it might be worthwhile taking the case off and trying to get to the bits affected to clean off what you can, the heat of an operating computer can burn shit thats dried and this will cause more probs down the line.
SAVAGE DOE

[swomp]

Leave it somewhere warm & dry for a week. Honestly....

[bassrael]

thx again for your replies. so i´m lucky that i don´t drink suger + milk in my tea at all.
hopefully the old lappy will be back on track just like in the good old days

[hubb]

maybe throw some biscuits at your tv ?

good luck, such a shit situation having to blame yourself..

[bassrael]

just turned it on, couldn´t wait any longer. IT WORKS FINE !



there where a couple of forthcoming release on it that weren´t saved somewhere else. i´m so happy right now

[firky]

maybe throw some biscuits at your tv ?