WHY WE SHOULDN'T DRINK NEAR OUR COMPUTER - LAPTOPS?

Drinking near a computer especially laptop is the craziest thing a user would ever do. Laptops don’t like drinks, any kind of them. Some may tolerate a small sip of juice or coffee, or anything near it but that’s about all. Any other kind of drink – coffee, tea, or any soft drink will kill your computer almost instantly.

I've been dealing with laptops for some time now but have seen only couple of mainstream laptops that are spill-resistant. This is the problem most of the design with laptops. Is it hard for the laptop manufacturers to put a plastic under the keyboard that could prevent any spilled liquids from entering the laptop?  It doesn't need to be waterproof either, being spill-resistant would do better. It’s not hard to do it though and would cost them less but the sad thing is..nobody have done it.

What are you going to do if you accidentally spill something on your laptop? Here’s how. Unplug the power cord and any other cords, turn the laptop upside down and remove the battery. Don’t try to shut down the laptop that takes time. The damage you may do to the operating system by removing the battery while the laptop is on is insignificant compared to the damage the liquid will do to your laptop when it penetrates to your laptops motherboard.

After removing the battery, keep the laptop upside down for a while, allowing the liquid to drain as much as possible. Don’t even think about turning it back on to see if it still works! It has to dry completely first. That takes at least 48 hours. After the liquid has drained, remove the hard drive, usually held in place by one or two screws, the CD/DVD if possible, and all small covers on the back that are held by screws (there is at least one, covering your RAM expansion slot, and possibly another covering the WI-Fi card).

The next step is removing the keyboard. That is usually not very hard but unless you can get a service manual describing exactly how to do it on your laptop. I suggest calling and letting a technician do it. It is important to remove the keyboard because it is most likely damaged and will need to be replaced and because that will expose the area where most of the spillage occurred, allowing it to dry.

The important thing to remember is not to turn the laptop back on before it is completely dry. However trying to speed up the process with a hairdryer is a very bad idea, as the temperature of the air is too high and may damage the laptop. I've seen a few melted laptop cases from a hairdryer.