Im a jerk, accidently poured water into my thinkpad

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holberg19 · #1 Post by **holberg19** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 9:56 am

Hi guys

Need your advise on this one. Im sitting with my T41 at the table, and accidently I tip over my bottle of water and a fair amount hits the keyboard.

The screen on the T41 turns into black and a click sound is heard. I hurry and turn off the laptop and turns it upside down.

Atm its laying on a towel drying upside down.

Is there any protection on the T41 in those cases as mentioned above?

What do I do now? My plan is the following: I wait until the water is completely dry and try to turn it on later today.

JHEM · #2 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 10:30 am

Take off the keyboard and palmrest, remove all memory and your WiFi card, check for any standing water and remove it with an absorbent material, remove the memory slot door from the bottom of the machine and check for water.

Use a hair dryer on LOW setting to thoroughly dry the unit or let it sit naked in the sun for a day or so.

You can try to start the machine while stripped bare after it dries by BOOTing into the BIOS.

I hold little hope that this will have a happy ending given what occurred at the time of the spill, e.g. a black display and a click sound.

Regards,

James

holberg19 · #3 Post by **holberg19** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:08 am

thanks for the reply.

how do I remove the keyboard? which screws do I have to remove?

JHEM · #4 Post by **JHEM** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:21 am

Watch the movie!

Regards,

James

holberg19 · #5 Post by **holberg19** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:32 am

Thanks

dsigma6 · #6 Post by **dsigma6** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 11:55 am

good lord i wish you luck!!

#7 Post by **GomJabbar** » Wed Jun 21, 2006 8:43 pm

No, you are not a jerk.

But you would be a jerk if you poured water on MY THINKPAD!

Hey, I wish you well. That's a scary event you had happen there. Hopefully it was only a scare.

holberg19 · #8 Post by **holberg19** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 4:37 am

Hi guys

Atm im writing from my thinkpad. The baby is all fine and dandy again. Thanks to the people who helped me in this thread.

Weeeeeee!

ipark · #9 Post by **ipark** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:14 am

holberg19 wrote:Hi guys

Atm im writing from my thinkpad. The baby is all fine and dandy again. Thanks to the people who helped me in this thread.

Weeeeeee!

suhweeeeeet! that's good news.

NS · #10 Post by NS » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:04 pm

Lucky it is just plain water. If you spilled beer or some sweet stuffs on your TP then you will not get so lucky.

BTW: Nice to hear that your TP is up and running. Good.

Your TP:--> Please don\'t do this to me again!

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