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More info?)
John Doue wrote:
> John Harlow wrote:
>
>> nobori wrote:
>>
>>> My girlfriend spilled water all over her Toshiba Laptop yesterday and
>>> now it won't start. Any suggestions on what to do?
>>
>>
>>
>> If you immediately took it apart and dried it, it might have made it.
>>
>> Now will probably not survive, but the hard drive might be OK if it
>> didn't
>> get water on it. If you get another like it, the hard drive may swap
>> right
>> into it and she can continue where she left off.
>>
>> It's also probably covered under homeowner's insurance.
>>
>>
> John may be right but it is worth exploring further before giving up.
> Depending on how confident you are in taking it apart, it is worth doing
> and cleaning everything carefully with a Q tip for instance. Letting the
> machine dry a few days in a dry atmosphere cannot hurt either. If after
> that, the machine is still dead, why not take it a professional? Given
> the price of a new machine, this is worth a try. Other than that, as
> John said, chances are that the harddisk is not damaged (unless the
> machine was immerged) and therefore moving it to a similar machine
> should work. But do not give up too quickly.
>
Hi,
First thing, take battery out and unplug the AC adaptor.
Take the laptop apart, let it sit near the windows sill where the sun is
strongest after wiping off water. Wait for 3 days or so to get rid of
mosture and try it. On the small scale, my kid dropped his game boy into
toilet. I took it apart and wiped off all the water and tried it - No
go. But after leaving it in open air for a few days, tried again - it
worked.
Tony