Spilled liquid over my device (Laptop)
When you spill water or other liquid on a device, you need to act very fast. The first thing you need to do is to unplug it from the power outlet (e.g. if you spilled water on your computer, laptop, etc.), from the computer (if you spilled water on your mouse or keyboard), remove the battery (if you spilled water on your mobile device) etc. Then, you can either disassemble the device and dry it by yourself, or you can take it to a repair store.
If you don't react on time, the water (or other liquid) that entered the device will corrode and make it unusable.
DO NOT TURN THE DEVICE ON, NOR PLUG IT IN A POWER OUTLET UNTIL IT'S FULLY DRY AND CLEAN, because you might damage it and make it unusable.
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Disassemble the laptop and clean it
0(4)0(0)If you spilled water (or other liquid) on the laptop, unplug the AC adapter from the power cord (if it was plugged in) turn it upside down immediately and remove the battery. After that, you need to disassemble the laptop and "extract" the liquid.
In order to disassemble your laptop you will need a screwdriver, a cell phone repair kit, which contains a tool that will help you remove the laptop's covers easily.- Unplug external devices such as the mouse, wireless USB adapters, flash drives etc.
- Unscrew all the screws, remove the hard drive, RAM and remove the panel.
- Clean the laptop's motherboard with a soft cloth, carefully, and check the keyboard if some liquid has remained in it (flip it upside down).
*An example of how a motherboard looks like is shown in the screenshot below.
- Apply a small amount 100% isopropyl alcohol to a dry cloth and clean all the motherboard parts except the display, and let it evaporate (leave the laptop open for at least an hour so that the alcohol evaporates).
*Use cotton bud to clean the parts you can't reach with the cloth. - Reassemble the laptop after you have made sure that it is 100% dry.
* Before you reassemble the laptop, make sure to reapply thermal paste if you noticed that a liquid was in contact with the processor and/or the video card (they have heatsinks on them, which are connected to the cooling fan).
If you are not sure how to disassemble your laptop, type XYZ disassembly (XYZ stands for your laptop's model number) in a web browser.
* Check out the don't know how to find my device's model number to learn how to find it.e.g. If you typed Dell inspiron 3521 disassembly in your browser, this is what you will get:
Note: If the laptop is under warranty, take it to the store you bought it from.
More infos - Unplug external devices such as the mouse, wireless USB adapters, flash drives etc.
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