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I'm not quite sure if this is what the title means by a hardware question, but here goes. my friend spilled pop on my laptop keyboard about 2 hours ago, and it will not turn back on now. The caps/num lock lights turn on, wait a second, then turn off. Will this end up like my monitor that had something similar happen and fix itself after a day to dry up, or am I hosed? Edit: Yay! took 12 hours, but everything seems to be back to normal. 2 hours ago I had some video artifacts, but that doesn't seem to be happening anymore. I might open 'er up and check the video card later just to be sure. D1Sergo fucked around with this message at 20:42 on Sep 19, 2006 |
# ¿ Sep 19, 2006 07:39 |
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2024 12:26 |
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I, at the height of my stupidity, spilled Dr. Pepper all over my laptop. After painstakingly taking it apart, cleaning it, and rebuilding it, and letting it sit for a while, it now works, except for one problem. The computer will no longer accept a charge from the power supply. However, it will accept a charge from the battery, and the adapter slowly charges the battery, except based on initial tests I do not believe that the adapter charges the battery while the computer is off. At the current rate, the battery is losing about 1% of charge an hour while plugged in. If I remove the battery, the laptop will not turn on at all. I have tried using a different power adapter, with the same results. Question is, is this something that can be solved by cleaning something that I may have missed? Is there any hope for me? If not, what part do I need to replace?
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# ¿ Dec 2, 2006 03:10 |
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MrBuddyLee posted:Hey, figured I'd try this thread first for help with a video card meltdown. I had the exact same problem on my 8500. If you feel comfortable doing so, seeing as your warranty is up, if you open the computer up and clean all the dust out you should get more life out of it. Doing this I've had my computer for 3-4 years. Although, now I've gone and ruined that by spilling pop on it...
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# ¿ Dec 2, 2006 04:22 |