WHAT TO DO IF A LIQUID SPILLS INTO YOUR LAPTOP?

WHAT TO DO IF A LIQUID SPILLS INTO YOUR LAPTOP?

Liquid spills can be so dangerous and unpredictable, so if this ever happens you don’t need to panic because at the end of this article you will know exactly what do to if this ever happens.

It’s a common habit for most laptop users to rest cups of coffee and juice or soda cans on the area reserved for the arm rest when typing. For those who don’t know the arm rest area on the laptop, it’s that space left on both sides of the laptop touch/mouse pad below the keyboard.

As we all know accidents happen so fast, so anything can happen and the liquid may spill into the keyboard and goes all the way down to the motherboard and causes a short circuit.

WHAT TO DO?

1.       First thing is to quickly turn off the laptop by;

• ·         Quickly remove the power adaptor.
•        Holding down the power button till the laptop goes off.
•        Removing the battery instantly if you can.

At this point it won’t be necessary waiting to shut down windows or iOS normally as it might take long enough for the damage to take effect on the computer.

Ø  After removing the battery leave the laptop open and turn it upside down, making sure the keyboard is the one facing down. This is to make sure all the liquid instead of flowing downwards to the motherboard it will flow out like in the picture below.

  

Ø  After 30 minutes get a screw driver and open the laptop, remove the hard drive and make sure it is ok then take note of any other internal parts the liquid might have reached.

Ø  If you cannot open the laptop by yourself then leave it upside down for more minutes, say 45 minutes and later rush it to a technician to open and dry it instantly.

Ø  If you act so fast on the steps above you may not need to pay any technician for this, all you have to do is get a small crew driver, open it and hung the motherboard out in the sun, using a hand hair drier or placing it at a reasonable height above a hot charcoal stove making sure not to burn it. Give it enough time to dry thoroughly and then re-assemble.

Ø  Turn it on but with-out the battery or with only the adaptor plugged in, why we do this is quickly plug out the adaptor in case something doesn’t seem right when you try powering on, all you do is quickly disconnect the adaptor from the motherboard.

Ø  If your keyboard is NON removable get a hair drier and blow gently over it to make sure all the small liquid droplets remaining can all dry. If removable, remove it and hung it together with the motherboard using whichever heat source you can access easily. If you don’t have a hand drier am sure you have the sun or any other alternative heat source, all you have to do is be very careful while you do so because a keyboard is plastic any direct heat might just melt it.

2.       Depending on what type of liquid poured into your laptop, some keys may fail to function after the whole process is done though am sure the laptop will be just fine, so depending on the liquid you may need to replace the keyboard immediately as sticky keys may start pressing themselves and causing the laptop to misbehave.

All should be well and you are free to resume work as before without incurring any extra cost.

If you can access Petro or any spirit that can evaporate it would be ok to sprinkle a few drops in the keyboard and then wait to dry.

Please share with me in the comment section what ideas you have and any alternative questions and I will have them answered.
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