Water and Computer do not mix Today about 5 I had…
Tuesday, 8 April 2003 by Jacob TomawWater and Computer do not mix
Today about 5 I had an accident. I spilt a little bit of water on my laptop at work. I quickly mopped up any water I could. Nothing bad happened immediately, but I shut down all my applications and shut off my computer. I went away for a little while to read the paper. Came back, turned on the computer everything seemed ok, but then I tried to check my email. I entered my password and it would not validate it. I opened up Word and started typing, and that is when I noticed the problem. Several of the keys were cross circuiting. This is pretty typical behavior for spilling water in your regular keyboard. It is best alleviated by letting the board dry out. I shut my machine back off, turned it upside down, just to make sure there was no pooled water in it, and then went a away for about 10 min. I came back and same problem. I went and talked to Andy in Tech Support and he confirmed that it should go away after drying. In the mean time I should disconnect the power supply and remove the battery. I did both and called it a day. I am sure that this will fix the problem, but if not Andy also said that the keyboards are fairly easy to replace on our Dells. I do not think it will come to this. I feel like a moron. I know I know better but sometimes things happen.
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