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Laptop disaster : When water meets Laptop


Few days before I had laptop disaster. My laptop was on the floor and my wife was cleaning balcony. She poured water that went below my laptop. It was power off mode but after seeing this she tried to start after waiting for some time and that's all. It never started again. I mean something gone wrong fan starts, but nothing is displayed. And then I did some research on google about what to do and what NOT to do in this situation.

There are many ways suggested to restore laptop to normal working but one and most important thing is never switch on it until we are completely sure that it is dry. So we did what is STRICTLY prohibited and now I don't hope it will start again without major repair. So I thought lets share this. 

Things to do
  1. Switch off laptop and remove the battery immediately if laptop is ON. 
  2. Remove the battery and other easily detachable components.
  3. Hold it upside down so water or liquid will spill out and not go inside
  4. Clean it by dry and clean cloth or paper  which can absorb water
  5. If it is tea or coffee that spilled on laptop then there are chances even after drying some residues will remain and nothing much can be done about it.
  6. Many people say keep laptop after primary cleaning inside rice pot. The logic here is that moisture inside laptop will be absorbed by rice. There are many opinion about how long to keep laptop there. Some suggest to keep laptop there for 2 weeks others say like for 2 months. And even after that there is no guaranty that it will work again like earlier.
  7. Keep it drying by dryer for sometime daily.
  8. Many also suggest clean laptop except screen by distilled water. I could not understand how it can help. But logic is it will remove the residues of tea or coffee by distilled water. Don't use tap water as it contains minerals. 
  9. Last but not least, pray to god that it will start and work again as earlier.
Things NOT to do

NEVER POWER ON LAPTOP UNTIL ALL WATER IS REMOVED.

At least for me nothing worked. But there are many success stories out there and you try everything to save the laptop.











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