Anyone check this??

Anyone have check to drop water directly to the notebook??

 

I spilled water on my W500 and shorted my cooling pad on accident.

(some thinkpads have holes at the bottom of keyboard to allow water to disperse)

 

Electronics as parts , never was waterproof .

And never will be .

 

But it suppose that the pair of holes under my notebook are for evacuated water if it neccesary, no?

 

Yes but do not depend on them. They only help to lessen the the potential for complete destruction.

 

Yep...best thing that can be done is to turn your laptop upside down and leave it that way for a couple of days.

 

Actually, for Thinkpads, I think I read somewhere that it's best to keep the laptop completely flat for a while, to allow all the water to flow out of the drainage holes ( as seen here). Then, after it is mostly dry, you could place it upside down.

 

I thought it was general question, this was what I did when a friend of mine spilled water on my Vaio, left it upside down for at least 4 days and has worked as if it was day 1.

 

For think pads you turn it off immediately and unplug the AC/battery if you can easily (but at least turn it off) and then let it drain. If it is distilled water just let it drain. You can take it apart later to dry. If it is soda...I would run the keyboard under warm water to get rid of the sugar (I mean HFCS) else you need a new keyboard for sure.

 

Read this: Lenovo Blogs - Inside the Box - Spill Stories

Short Version:

1. First, don’t panic. The natural inclination is to reach over and turn the system over as quickly as possible. This is the worst thing you can do because it can spread the spill around.
2. Reach over to the power button and hold it down to turn your system off. Don’t do a normal shutdown. Just turn it off. Then unplug the power from the system.
3. Wait a few seconds to allow the drainage holes to do their job and allow as much liquid as possible to drain from the system.
4. Pick the system up, keeping it level. Once you have lifted it high enough, briskly turn the system upside down so that the keyboard is facing down. Allow the system to drain as much liquid as possible. Give it a gentle shake or two and let it sit that way for a few minutes.
5. Call Lenovo support and ask what to do next. If you are the DIY type keep reading, but if you have any doubts whatsoever, give us a call.
6. Take the keyboard off and determine the extent of the spill that has seeped into the system. You can also rinse the keyboard you removed using distilled water and use a hair dryer to thoroughly dry the system.
7. I’ve personally heard accounts of people taking their keyboards off their systems and running them through the top rack of the dishwasher when they have really sticky spills. The water jets are able to clean the crevices better. Lenovo absolutely does not support this, but if you are faced with having to replace a keyboard anyway, what have you got to lose? Use the top rack because the heating element gets too hot and you don’t want a pile of goo at the bottom of your dishwasher. And for Pete’s sake, don’t think you can run your entire system through the dishwasher.

 

We had a party some time ago and a friend of mine spilled beer on a T60 keyboard. He did turn it upside down for about 2 minutes, but never turned it off, and continued using it afterwards. But I guess it also depends on how "lucky" you are with your spill

There is no problem with that machine to this day, except my friend complained that the keyboard stank of beer for some time

I personally try to keep liquids as far away from my computer(s) as possible, no matter what spill protections they (might) have.