Appletini

Jan 08, 2006 3 Replies

My roommate's girlfriend thought it would be a good idea to spill appletini all over my laptop. We were smart enough to yank out the battery and unplug the thing immediately, and it still works just fine. But the keys are sticky (literally); you can feel the sugary crust breaking each time you hit one.



Any suggestions for how to fix this issue? This is going to sound stupid, but would simply yanking all electrical supplies and then dousing in water work (the clock battery fried when the thing got soused, so it's no longer a factor)? Friends have suggested ants. They weren't joking (I swear). Ideas?



Have her pay to have it cleaned out.

Seriously.

Immediately.

Mark Z.

Remove the keyboard and see if anything got under it. If it did, you'll need to clean it off quickly before things start to corrode (this may not be a do it yourself job). It may work now, but once the motherboard corrodes, there will be nothing left to fix. Although washing the keyboard in clean water may fix it, I'd insist on a new keyboard. Andy Cuffe

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Steam-clean? (Holding it up so that the condensation runs out as far as possible.)

Mike.

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