Feb 02
My dog, Frankie, knocked my glass of milk all over my laptop keyboard.
It worked fine when I went to bed I know this because I was watching porn, but this morning it won’t turn on.
Is my computer dead? Do I need a one? Will the porn I was watching pop up on the screen when the genius fixes it?? Oh dear.
Anyway, I can’t post until I resolve this because I’m writing this on my phone and the App is very limited.
Damn you, Frank.
And no, I don’t watch porn and drink milk at the same time. That would be weird. The midget bukkake film I watched was weird enough.
My guess is something on the board probably corroded or a circuit is shorting. You wouldn’t really know what is wrong with it until you start removing components and replacing them with new ones until it works. Unless you know what you’re doing it may be cheaper just to replace it with a new one.
By the way, spilling milk in the keys is one of the worst things because it causes the keys to stick.
You were drinking milk??
What kind of computer?
@Joe. a Mac. What is this, 1988?
What Jeff said its probably the mobo. If you don’t see any power lights at all when its plugged in its definatly blown. I got lucky once with a soda spill…cleaned the board and it fired up and is still running to this day but with that one i still had power lights.
Mac store will probalby charge $100 just to look at it. Boards cost around 100-200 but you wont know until you fire it up with a new board if anything else shorted…processor…etc. Cost wise if its older to just buy a new one…and sell yours for parts on ebay after you get your files off the drive and run a nuker on it. If you need help or more advise send me an email.
Spilled wine killed mine. Was unfixable.
LoL. The laptops have moisture dots on the keyboard just like the headphone jack on the iPhones, so the warranty might be void. How much milk got in it?
Matt,
This sounds funny but it works. As soon as you can get it into a plastic bag filled with rice and leave it there for like 3 days. Put alot of rice in there and bury the computer right in it so its all around the computer. The rice will suck the moisture out of the computer.
Parma Ham….never heard of that but if his machine was running it would have shorted out most likely.
BTW Matt im sure you saw this already.
http://animal.discovery.com/tv/puppy-bowl/
Don’t turn it on or try to turn it on yet. You could try Digital Society, Inc. at 60 East Tenth Street, NYC • 212.777.3093 http://digsoc.com/ … I’ve heard great reviews of this place for this kind of thing. They are Apple “repair specialist”. AVOID Techserve. They suck.
I spilled water all over mine last summer when I was studying for the bar exam. I was in the Apple store crying. They will look at it for free if you still have the extended warranty, and maybe even if you don’t. All they have to do is open it up to see what got wet. Since it was on for a bit then turned off, it sounds like the logic board is fried. Bring it in ASAP, as they might be able to salvage your harddrive at least!
Wait, midget bukkake? Thought I had seen it all, but that’s def not on the sites I visit.
I have done the rice with a cellphone that took and accident swim when I fell into a pool. A friend of my did it with their iPad.
ask someone to scratch your back. Immediately.
Buy a new one.
It’s possible Frankie does not like you spending too much time on your laptop. He saw the glass of milk as the perfect opportunity to get rid of what he perceives as a problem. Give him credit for being clever and give him a break this time. I think if you explain how many dog treats he’ll have to forgo to make up for the cost of replacing the laptop, I doubt he’ll do it again.
Milk – it does a body good.
I spilled coffee on my MAC laptop and in spite of the rice routine, it was toast. The Apple store can refer you to someone who can maybe retrieve some of your stuff, but I’m betting on replacement
I was at the Apple store in C’gates this weekend. Does it always smell like ass?