Pls hold your fingers crossed...coffee in X230

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Pls hold your fingers crossed...coffee in X230

#1 Post by PRAGUEGUY » Fri Jul 24, 2015 12:56 pm

This morning. Unfortunately I did not switch it off completely immediately...
first it ran, than the mouse started making problems,
at the final stage when I pressed the power button there was a few seconds of trying to boot, and then a few beeps. No boot.
now in the service shop, they removed the keyboard, dried it, said
they will leave it to dry for weekend and I will see on Monday...:(
what do you think?

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Re: Pls hold your fingers crossed...coffee in X230

#2 Post by JaneL » Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:58 pm

I think you'll be replacing the motherboard.

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Re: Pls hold your fingers crossed...coffee in X230

#3 Post by precip9 » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:53 pm

Probably new motherboard. But since you have nothing to lose:

1. Unless you know where the coffee went, completely disassemble the laptop into a pile of parts. If you know where the coffee went, you may need to treat only the motherboard. Be sure to remove the fan.

2. Wash the motherboard under hot tap water, as hot as you can get. NO SOAP, NO DETERGENT, NO CLEANERS OF ANY KIND.
3. Finish with distilled water rinse (water as sold for coffee makers.)
4. Find a hot sun or use an oven to dry.
5. Wait a week for pockets of water to evaporate.
6. Reassemble and cross your fingers.
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Re: Pls hold your fingers crossed...coffee in X230

#4 Post by PRAGUEGUY » Sun Aug 02, 2015 5:56 am

Service provider cleaned it, dont know how, got new keyboard. Let dry for weekend. It works now...Maybe smartcard reader is gone...lets hope oxidisation does not set in later.

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