Re Daughter Spilt Wine Brand New Laptop

PoGee

I wrote before about the spillage. We managed to open the laptop. Someone said it could be the battery so we disconnected it and plugged in the charger. No joy. If it was the battery that was fried due to the wine, should it start up with just the charger?  

PoGee

Even though battery screwed in, the white connection has been disconnected.

PoGee

I know I'm clutching at straws but any ideas from looking at the pictures?

Ant555

Most working lap tops would power up if battery disconnected but power charger plugged in.

Do you hear any sounds when trying to power up?  maybe the fan?   - I cant see a hard disk so im assuming its an ssd drive or a stick hard drive which would not make any noise.

How about if you hold down the power button for 10 seconds or so.


 - - - - Although ive just found your previous post and it says the laptop made a 'sizzling' sound so you may be out of luck for a cheap/easy repair.

cx6

Are you sure that white ribbon cable is the battery cable? My advice would be to unscrew the battery retaining screws and remove it properly.

Does the fan at the bottom RH rotate?

wongataa

PoGee said:

I wrote before about the spillage. We managed to open the laptop. Someone said it could be the battery so we disconnected it and plugged in the charger. No joy. If it was the battery that was fried due to the wine, should it start up with just the charger?

Many laptops will require the battery to be present even if you are running off mains power.  To be honest the battery is probably OK and the wine is more likely to have damaged to motherboard which will result in a non working computer.

RumRat

Insurance excess will be cheaper than a repair, even if possible...

PoGee

Thank you for replies everyone. The fan turns freely when moved by hand. The laptop makes no sound whatsoever when plugged in and start button pressed. Re insurance, it's the increase in future premiums that's putting me off. It was just after this laptop issue that I realised Id chucked out some jewellery by mistake. When I put that 'claim' in a price comparison site, premium went up by around £70 so for that increase for next 4-5 years doesn't allow for much of a saving. I'll try both ways - taking battery out completely and putting back in, to charge from mains. But think it's a lost cause.
(I've decided not to claim for jewellery either.)

grumpycrab

PoGee said:

 Someone said it could be the battery so we disconnected it and plugged in the charger. 

I'm sure you know that the battery cable is not the white cable.  Its the one circled in the pic below. (which looks like its been removed anyway.)

bodsj

if you zoom in on your last picture, locate the word "typeC1". Just above that to the right you will see liquid damage to the components that have shorted. This will require main board replacement. Accidental damage claim is the way to go (check warranty to see if this includes it).

GDB2222

bodsj said:

if you zoom in on your last picture, locate the word "typeC1". Just above that to the right you will see liquid damage to the components that have shorted. This will require main board replacement. Accidental damage claim is the way to go (check warranty to see if this includes it).

Those might possibly be salts, where liquid has dried out. Just possibly. There's nothing much to lose from brushing with an old toothbrush - unless, of course, the OP is going to make an insurance claim, in which case don't touch it at all. In any case, there's likely to be just as much damage on the other side of the motherboard, which can't be seen until it is removed from the case. 

If I were attempting to resurrect this, and definitely not making an insurance claim, I would remove the motherboard and leave it to soak in distilled  water for several hours. Then brush off any remaining deposits and leave it to air dry.  Same for any other components with similar obvious liquid damage.