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    I can't believe what happened yesterday. Son No2 found his charging unit had died; I wondered what had tripped the electricity fuse earlier. Anyway, he was looking at how much it would cost for a replacement unit, when he knocked at least half a pint of coke (not diet!) over his laptop. I scooped it up and turned it upside down, but obviously not quickly enough. We turned it off, dried it off best we could, and hoped it would be OK. Today, once it had been left to dry in a warm place, he tried it out, but the keys do not work properly, so although it booted up, he could not log on. Obviously not a spill proof keyboard, although it was more a flood than a spill
    Looks like we might be losing our 10% no claims bonus, but of course he's worried about what spec he will be offered if they decide to replace it. The closest we could find in RAM, processor and hard drive does not have a dedicated graphics card, which is important for the gaming (this model is 2 years old). Hopefully they might consider allowing him to pay the difference for a better model. Still, we can't do anything until Tuesday.
    His hard drive will fit in his sister's computer, so he will be able to get all his uni work off quite easily.
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    I find they don't always think of potential consequences! My daughter, also at uni, put her hair tongs on the laptop keyboard and melted the keys. Fortunately they all still work despite being deformed and the 'j' button has come off altogether.
    AKA Angie

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    • #3
      Coke ( and fizzy drinks in general) are notorious for killing computers. However if it is just the keyboard that is damaged this is a very easy repair indeed. The way lap top keyboards are made means that if you can take the lap top apart then remove the keyboard youll usually find a waterproof rubber membrane covered in sticky sugar. You then wipe off all the coke with careull applications of fairy liquid on a damp not wet cloth and presto it lives again.

      It may well be worth paying someone to do this if you cant.

      Regards Mas
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      are mine foxey !'

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      • #4
        That's useful to know
        AKA Angie

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        • #5
          Take the key board off and run it under the warm tap and put in the aring cupboard.

          Depending on the laptop take out the batt and optical drives and clean the connections.
          My phone has more Processing power than the Computers NASA used to fake the Moon Landings

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