milk shake spilt on sony viao

moneybuster

my 4 year old son spilt milk shake :mad:on the sony and lo and behold it stopped working will not power up at all, it's been 24 hrs since he didi it will it dry out or will the stickyness of the shake have ruined it forever, also can it be repaired


any thoughts please

Regards MB

jaydeeuk1

moneybuster wrote: »

my 4 year old son spilt milk shake :mad:on the sony and lo and behold it stopped working will not power up at all, it's been 24 hrs since he didi it will it dry out or will the stickyness of the shake have ruined it forever, also can it be repaired


any thoughts please

Regards MB

The old "milkshake on keyboard story"...:rotfl:

moneybuster

thanks for the help:rotfl:

dogmaryxx

See http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090428080337AASpYjO

nanokitten

If its under warantee check the conditions to see if it covers accidental damadge (also contents insurance).
If its not under warrantee give us the model number and someone will try and dig out the service manual.
In the first instance you should always immediatly turn the device off, unplug and remove the battery and leave to dry out. Strip down all the componants you dare and blot carefully with something like kitchen paper.
If your are fairly practical you should be able to follow the manual and at least get under the key board and palm rest and VERY carefully clean away the sticky residue with cotton wool buds, let it dry really thoroughly reassemble and see if it switches on.
If your not feeling confident then take it to a small independant computer shop and get a quote for them to open it up and have a look (bearing in mind they wont know what componants are shot untill they look) hopefully they should be at least able to save the hard drive with all your data on it (if you are lucky). Milkshake (or fizzy pop) is just about the worst thing you could spill on it as its full of (conductive) sugar and the sticky residue can hang around and cause short circuits.
Mental note for future - Never allow drinks around electrical equiptment! Still it's not all bad, at least he wasn't electrocuted.

moneybuster

hi and thanks for that, excess on insurance is £250 so that's a non starter we have another lap top hence on here but the the sony was mine and the compaq is the kids,

it's well and truly fried so do i need a external hard drive reader to get the information and picys off the sony any cheep recommendations

Regards MB

espresso

moneybuster wrote: »

it's well and truly fried so do i need a external hard drive reader to get the information and picys off the sony any cheep recommendations

Something like this here

nanokitten

some (posher) laptops have a slot for an extra hard drive, worth checking the manual of the working one to see if its possible.

prowla

moneybuster wrote: »

milk shake spilt on sony viao

There's no use crying about it!

prowla

But in a more helpful way, you can get external drive cases in many places; I've bought a couple off ebay and they're fine.
You can also get just a USB cable with a multi-pin plug to plug into the drive without a case (ie. intended as a temporary measure).
If you don't like ebay, they also sell them at computer fairs (it'll probably cost you £2 entrance though), and/or car boots.
It may even be worthwhile buying a used one with a small obsolete drive in it and swapping in your vaio one.

unhappyvirgincustomer_2

My sz died due to the cat knocking a vase of water all over it, Luckily I had good home insurance and the payout I got from them was for more than I paid for the laptop (was a sony factory reconditioned paid £1300 instead of £2000 and got £1500 from insurance)

Suggest you try and claim it on your home insurance as it is likely beyond repair if liquid is spilt on it