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Laptop stopped working after cleaning

Ishit Arya

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Feb 27, 2014
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I dropped Cofee on my Laptop Keyboard then I open it's keys to wipe it out, I used a product name "Colin" to clean it off after that I saw battery indicator blinking so I removed the battery and the liquid I was cleaning with went into where battery is stored inside laptop I left laptop and waited till the liquid vapour then I put back the battery and switch on my Laptop, nothing happen it doesn't turn on, no fan spinning, no light indication nothing just dead then I panic and connected the charger still nothing I'm worried about my HDD am I going to lost all my data? My Laptop short circuit after I connect charger cuz it was still wet? I need help plz I'm really worried about my data. I'm not going to open everything inside my Laptop cuz I'm inexperienced and I got no components to open it. Plz I need help!
 


Laptop was working fine after I dropped coffee but when I started cleaning with "Colin" it's isn't working....and I sprayed it all over Laptop to clean.
 


I am curious about glass cleaner. I used a little to clean my keyboard 2 days ago & my a,s,d, shift, & ctrl keys stopped working. Laptop was not on. Any thoughts?

 


laptop is working fine. Just those keys aren't working.

 
@OP ... best guess is your laptop is toast. Chances are pretty good (almost 100%) you have short circuited the mobo, the battery, or both. HDD might be okay. About all you can do is get a USD 2.5 inch HDD external enclosure (SATA or EIDE as applicable), hook it to another computer, and see if you can extract some data.
Unless you are using a Panasonic Toughbook, fluids and laptops, with or without electricity, are not compatible at all.
Good Luck.