I have found that you can google most laptop makes/models and SOMEONE will have posted something on disassembling them and/or you might find a service manual for it. I have busted several apart this way. When you have the steps, it really isn't so bad. Biggest problem I have found with fluids is that it seems to trash the keypad's behavior/performance. But, almost all laptop keypads can be replaced from the manufacturer if you have a part # for it (usually printed somewhere on the keypad PC board itself).
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David R. Wilson Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 11:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [nlug] Laptop repairs... If someone is brave enough it would be worth pulling the laptop apart to see if the motherboard is soaked with coffee. If so, it is possible to wash it off with water and carefully dry it off. Hopefully the battery was disconnected immediately after the spill. Beside lots of screws to remove one of the more difficult things to disconnect and reconnect are the spectra strip connectors (think that was what they were called). There are usually tabs to pull out a couple of millimeters to release the tension on the connectors. They are very easy to break. If it is only the keyboard they will usually survive the dishwasher. I would only try the keyboard by itself, without the additional hardware in the dishwasher. Whether it works or not, it is still your pieces parts. Dave On Tue, 2012-01-03 at 09:54 -0600, John F. Eldredge wrote: > "Steven S. Critchfield" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > GF's laptop has been subjected a couple of times to being doused in > > water due to plumbing problems. > > > > Each time we just pulled the battery and let it dry. Luckily it > > worked. Only recently did something finally go awry, and needed > > repair work. We spent $56 for a new MB on ebay and Dell happened to > > have awesome dissassembly guides for her laptop. Replaced the MB and > > it was all working fine. Only 1 screw left over after assembly. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > I have a friend that managed to (blame someone else here) get > > > coffee dunked on the keyboard of a year plus old laptop. > > > > > > The one correct answer is to get a new one. Given that isn't an > > > option, where is a good place to have a laptop worked on in or > > around > > > Nashville/Clarksville? Freebie desired, commercial is OK. Given > > > she works for Girl Scouts (with my wife) she is not flush with > > > cash, thus trying to fix rather than trash. > > > > > > I hate even opening laptops myself, as my reputation for > > > folding/spindling (well at least cracking) laptop MOBOs is, lets > > > say > > I > > > would rather not. > > > > > > Warranty retention does not apply. > > > > > > Suggestions? > > > > > > If she brings it to me, the only thing I am planning is to remove > > the > > > hard drive and see if I can snag data from it onto another device. > > > > If the coffee in question was black coffee, without sugar or milk, the computer should work OK once it dries out, provided it was turned off immediately and the battery was removed. It will just be a bit coffee-scented. Sugar and/or milk make it likely that some keys will go down and stick, rather than popping back up again. > > -- > John F. Eldredge -- [email protected] "Reserve your right to think, > for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- > Hypatia of Alexandria > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
