Have had a mishap

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Have just accidentally spilled a whole mug of coffee across my laptop :mad:

I take it that the laptop is now completely wrecked.

Is there any way of salvaging it?

Browntoa

turn if off, remove the battery

shake out as much of the fuild as you can and then leave it in a dry place for a few days

use a small screwdriver to remove all the covers on the back to improve the airflow

last laptop I saw with coffee in it fried the hard disk

should be covered on your contects insurance

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Thanks for that.

Will give it a go and see what happens and failing that it will be insurance

superscaper

What was in the coffee? I.e. did you put milk and sugar in it?

No milk and sugar = could be lucky and simply drying out could work

Milk and sugar (especially sugar) = completely f up electrical contacts and likely to be an intensive cleaning/repairing job required.

Conor_3

If it still fires up and otherwise appears OK, don't bin it. You can get replacement keyboards off Ebay and they're not too hard to fit. A computer shop that does repairs should be able to change a keyboard for no more than an hours labour. Alternatively, get a USB mouse and keyboard and use it as a desktop.

Cute_'n'_Quirky

superscaper wrote: »

What was in the coffee? I.e. did you put milk and sugar in it?

No milk and sugar = could be lucky and simply drying out could work

Milk and sugar (especially sugar) = completely f up electrical contacts and likely to be an intensive cleaning/repairing job required.

Totally black coffee - thank goodness!

Cute_'n'_Quirky

Happy to report that the computer is now functioning perfectly with no intervention from Dell!