Splashed tea on MacBook keyboard

[motorollin]

Karlos wrote:
I have to admit, I love ONN spoofs. They're so well executed.

I'm amazed by the production quality of that. Were the product marginally less absurd it would be believable!

Karlos wrote:
Sorry to hear about the spill.

It's not a problem... MacBook, heal thyself!

Karlos wrote:
One of the reasons I refuse to own any type of laptop device is I just know I'm going to flood it with some beverage or other, no matter how careful I am.

Well, this is the first time I have *ever* had an accident like this. And to be fair, it wasn't entirely my fault. I actually tried to slide the MacBook along the table but the rubber feet made it grip and then jump suddenly, knocking it in to the mug. So I blame the MacBook for being stubborn ;-)

Karlos wrote:
Remember, I once tipped a full bowl of rice crispies into an A1200...

Oh, nasty! Did any of it survive?

[Karlos]

It did. Luckily the power was off, but the milk had ran through the cooling slits and flooded over the motherboard and worked its way into the various fans and other bits of HW I had jammed into it, which was quite a lot at the time.

I completely dismantled it, washed the mobo in distilled water and dried it over a week before testing it.

I had to replace the fans of course, they developed quite a noise and yoghurt aroma...

[motorollin]

Wow, I'm amazed it survived. I wouldn't have thought electronic equipment would survive after being totally washed!

[Karlos]

They don't mind being wet, provided the water doesn't contain dissolved acids etc and there's no current flowing at the time.

You just have to make sure it dries out thoroughly before attempting a power on.

[motorollin]

Karlos wrote:
They don't mind being wet, provided the water doesn't contain dissolved acids...

...or tea ;-)

Karlos wrote:
You just have to make sure it dries out thoroughly before attempting a power on.

I was naughty - I carried on using it as it seemed to be ok. I only switched it off when it started acting oddly. I think I just got lucky TBH!