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Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Cool - Jun 9, 2021
This happened to me less than a week ago, I spilled a BIG cup of hot coffee on my laptop, I freaked out and was saying "ohsh!t ohsh!t ohsh!t ohsh!t" my gf was watching so she helped me disconnecting it from everything and turn it upside down while I pressed the power button to force shutdown, I was sooo mad, so much stuff I've been working on lately, I had all the adobe files in this laptop and had no backup, so if the hot coffee reached the hdd it was gonna be a sh1tshow.
I took it to my cousins and he helped me opening it up and cleaning with isopropyl alcohol but we could not reach the keyboard insides because we needed a welder to disassemble some parts but the motherboard looked dry for the most part only 2 big drops of coffee with a bit of cream was on one corner and we cleaned it up. I waited for 2 days to let it fully dry, and after the 48 hours I turned it on and everything was perfect except for the sticky keys but that was no problem I had all my files back <3 (luckily I have my secret phrase on a notebook always so at least I'm not loosing my crypto for something like this and I suggest you to do the same).
Has this happened to some of you guys? I was so mad at the time but now it's just another funny story with a happy ending.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Lilith - Jun 9, 2021
In recent history, just a keyboard. About 12 years ago, spilled soda on my laptop. Literal sticky keys until I replaced it because I had no idea how to properly clean it without breaking something.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Orgy - Jun 9, 2021
you...needed a welder...to access the insides of your keyboard?
w h a t?
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - bk randy - Jun 9, 2021
Bro, like less than a year after I paid like $800+ for the new Xbox One S I had a BIG cup of water on it and spilled it all right into all the air slots on the top where the fan sits and it broke, so I just let it sit for a few months and forgot it was broke and I turned it on and started playing and it hit me that it was working lol, I was on a lot of drugs when it happened to when it started working so the shit was kinda extra mind blowing. I guess it dried out enough and didn't fry the wires / board since I kept it off the whole time to dry lol
I actually have another Ps4 that someone got drunk and pissed on that I think still works too lmfao, that ones my bro's..
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - 618C - Jun 10, 2021
no not me, but a friend of mine had an nice highend alienware laptop few years ago..
a huge glass of cola tipped and felt on it, laptop was ruined since that day keyboard never worked again and issues became popping up with heating n stuff.
tldr; no cola on hardware.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Psilocybinaut - Jun 10, 2021
I’ve dropped my phone in the toilet and even rinsed it off under the water faucet. Most newer tech is water proof. Previous from that, I have never spilled anything on my phone thankfully.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Blackhatzer - Jun 10, 2021
(Jun 10, 2021 12:53 AM)Psilocybinaut Wrote: I’ve dropped my phone in the toilet and even rinsed it off under the water faucet. Most newer tech is water proof. Previous from that, I have never spilled anything on my phone thankfully.
Me too! Oh, how small is the world.
Also probably only ever spilled one molecule of water onto my keyboard kek
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Joy™ - Jun 10, 2021
That sucks but it's good you recovered everything. Around ~5 years ago I accidentally poured a whole styrofoam cup of Mtn Dew down the vent of my Xbox One. It was like a week after I got it, but luckily I sent it back and they sent me another one for free. My heart dropped down to my balls in the moment though lol.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Zero - Jun 10, 2021
Not long ago I dropped my phone in the toilet. Had to flush it to end it's misery.
It was saved with rice hahahaha
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - swshsec - Jun 10, 2021
not in the last couple months... it's a start
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - The - Jun 10, 2021
I once spilled egg yolk right on my keyboard laptop and watched it all drain into the cracks between the keys.
That day was not fun.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Avelt - Jun 10, 2021
spilling coffee or any beverage is fine as long as you don't do naughty stuff
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅] - Jun 10, 2021
Yes, to both. That is why I enact accident protection on all of my devices now. It's just... needed! Lol
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - Aeowulf - Jun 10, 2021
Hah, oh yes. Spilled a Red Bull all over my work laptop once. Sticky keys for the remainder time until I quit. I feel bad for whoever got the laptop next.
always seem to be spilling on my keyboards, but they're easy to clean and cheap to replace, so not as big of a deal.
RE: Have you spilled a beverage on your computer/phone? - rSM- - Jun 10, 2021
Spilled a whole jug of gatorade on my laptop once during film in football during highschool. Thank god it was a shitty little chromebook that they provided, but the school almost made me pay $300 for it during the summer but decided against it because they were getting new shipments in for the next year.