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    Spilled water on notebook Studio XPS 1640

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by mychall, Oct 22, 2009.

  1. mychall

    mychall Newbie

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    HI,

    My friend have spilled like a 1dc water on my keyboard, but in that second I lift it up and I think all the water have flown out, but Iam not sure...But nothing happened.It didnt turn off by himself, so i turned it off aftewards. I put in on the ground(keaboard face to face ground), then I used hair drier and i left it like this for one day. then I turned it on and everything works. now is the 5th day and it is working like ussual. Any advice?

    thx
     
    mychall, Oct 22, 2009
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  2. chrusti

    chrusti Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, keep using it, and call yourself lucky.
     
    chrusti, Oct 22, 2009
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  3. Zlog

    Zlog Notebook Deity

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    Call yourself EXTREMELY lucky.
     
    Zlog, Oct 22, 2009
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    m1n05_4 Notebook Consultant

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    It's already the 5th day, water most likely evaporated.
     
    m1n05_4, Oct 22, 2009
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    metroline Notebook Consultant

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    hope youre ok. i killed my computer the same way. spilled water on it when it was off. completely disassembled and dried it, hair dryer the whole 9 yards. waited over night, reassembled it, booted up fine. 3 days later, after regular use, it died on my lap. complete shutdown to black. never turned on again. im guessing residual water trapped between components evaporated, condensed, and finally dripped and shorted out the motherboard. tough times, hopefully yours is ok :)
     
    metroline, Oct 25, 2009
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