Rubbing Alcohol 90% is a good safe substance to clean with. Make sure you use 90% and not the 70%.
On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > -- 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
