Questions tagged [water-damage]
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Using Isopropyl alcohol to clean SSD, CPU/GPU sockets [closed]
Wanted to ask after reading this other question.
there are visible signs of moisture on or bear components of a laptop after the machine was exposed to steam/water vapor and you are concerned about ...
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ASUS laptop won't boot without strange sequence
Model: Asus M7400Q
The laptop got a bit wet today. I let it dry and cleaned out the motherboard with isopropyl alcohol (although nothing looked damaged), but it wouldn't boot. Plugging in the ...
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My Laptop’s Motherboard Was Corroded But It Still Turns On
Long story short: My laptop’s motherboard got rained on but thankfully, it still turns. Questions are at the bottom of the post
So, my laptop (which I just bought 4 months ago) got rained on and it ...
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I left my window open overnight and water got on my Alienware M15 R6. Now the usb ports quit working
I opened the laptop and I didn't see any water inside but whenever I connect a usb device into some of the ports it connects for a while, then disconnects. it will do this over and over. if anyone has ...
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Logitech M510 mouse reciever fell in a glass of filtered water, is there a way to fix it?
I've let it sit in rice for about two days now, and my computer does acknowledge that it's connected, but gives me the standard "USB device not recognized" spiel. Troubleshooter does ...
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Toggling Fn-Lock key without the keyboard [Windows]
I recently poured water on my laptop (Huawei Matebook)'s keyboard and it left it mostly intact with one, unignorable detail: Whenever I enable Fn lock, the entire keyboard stops working. I can't ...
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Lenovo y540 has various problems
This is so bizarre.
I have Lenovo y540. I used to put it on my lap while using. I UVed it so the temps were under control.
For last few days, my touchpad went unresponsive after gaming. Since it ...
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Laptop keyboard behaves weirdly after water damage. Is there a way to repair it?
I spilled some hot water on my laptop keyboard about a year ago and as you all guessed, it partly stopped working (i.e. some keys weren't working at all and some keys were acting as if they were other ...
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Some keys of keyboard not working after pulling water
Some keys of my keyboard don't work after pulling water. I unplugged it and then waited the next day to reuse it, but some keys still didn't worked. I disassembled the keyboard and the bottom carpet ...
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Computer not starting due to humidity?
A while ago I've asked a question about my computer not starting when pressing the power button. There has been a new developement: I've noticed that my computer won't start when there's been heavy ...
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How can I tell which components are dead (water spill from son) Boots into windows after GPU swap
I'm not sure what info is useful, so I'll give a top-level explanation, and then steps that I've taken.
My son was spinning in my chair after (foolishly) putting a small glass of water on my desk. He ...
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Hardware damage due to sweaty hands
I know that sweat has minerals similar to those of water and I know that those minerals can cause corrosion to components/circuits regardless of whether they are on/off. Is there a real danger when ...
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Monitor has power but no display after water damage
The story starts simple, I was just drinking some water when I accidentally flicked my bottle all over my 2nd monitor, water dripped down into the bottom of the screen when the settings menu kept ...
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How to stop keyboard input on Windows 10?
Today, I spilled water on my keyboard. When I wipe up the water, I have to smash all the keys and by typing the keys it messes with the stuff I am doing on my computer. Is there a way to make it so ...
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dell xps water damage - keyboard not working
My daughter spilled a small amount of water on her XPS 13 9360 keyboard a few weeks ago. The keyboard stopped working the next day. The backlight comes on, but none of the keys work. I purchased a ...
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Spilled water on mouse, now it shows battery level even when it's off
As the title suggests, I spilled a little bit of water on my Logitech G900 mouse, and it works 100% fine, except that it's showing battery level even when I turn it off. It's only supposed to show ...
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Water Damage on PC what is broken? Motherboard is still Lighting
after a long session someone spilled a Coke/Whiskey drink onto my PC, as i just replaced the PCU, the wall was still open (i know.. i know) before the question came, after i realised ist 5 secs the PC ...
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Accidentally sprayed water on desktop computer monitor [duplicate]
I was drinking water while watching something and something funny happened and I spit water all over my monitor, which is one used for desktops. "Nothing" happened instantly but I quickly ...
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Proper way to remove saliva from motherboard [duplicate]
Saliva came into contact with my CPU. I cleaned the majority off with 99% isopropyl alcohol, but shelved it for later.
Now I am once again in the process of cleaning it, as the motherboard I bought to ...
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Lenovo G510, beep sound 6-2-2. No bootable device found
I spilled water on the laptop Lenovo G510. The laptop automatically shut itself down and I plugged out all the connections to it thereafter. Then I used hair dryer to dry everything for an hour. Also, ...
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I spilled tea on my laptop and now my touchpad isn't working [duplicate]
I was sitting in my bed and left my computer to the side, and I accidentally knocked over a cup of tea I was drinking earlier, I'm pretty sure everything on my computer works except the touchpad. The ...
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Laptop battery still charging but won’t turn on after sitting in a case that had water dripping on it over the weekend
I left my computer at home for the weekend and when I got back a water pipe in the ceiling had broke and was dripping over my laptop which was inside of a cover. The cover was completely wet but the ...
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Mouse button doesn't work on laptop after liquid damage ... but only in Windows?
Silly me spilled coffee on my laptop (ThinkPad T61). It wasn't a like literally pouring a stream of liquid onto it, but enough for me to remove the keyboard, palm rest and battery, and let it sit ...
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Operating system bootup screen freeze, IT guy says it is the CPU
I spilled some water on my hp elitebook 8460p. after I left the laptop for couple of hours the laptop used to only show keyboard lights when power on then after using reset keyboard shortcut it booted ...
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A Milk spilled to my PC, is it stil possible to save it?
Got an accident this morning, my daughter glass of milk spill to my tower PC. As soon as it happen I disconnect the plug and open up my tower case. Trace of milk can be seen in my CPU, GPU card and my ...
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Serial Number Missing From Board
I have a problem with my HP ProBook 6570b Notebook laptop. I was drinking a beer and accidentally spilled beer on it. The beer amount wasn't that much, it was just as much as a spoon can take.
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My HP 745 G5 won’t turn on after water spillage [duplicate]
I spilled water on my laptop (HP 745 G5) and I switch it off after 30min and next day it won't come on but it has sound and it's not charging I need help what should I do
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Can I clean corrosion inside my keyboard by washing or soaking?
I have an Apple wired (external) keyboard (model A1242). Some small amount of water was spilled on it, and the Z, X, C, V, B, N, M, and left command keys were rendered unresponsive. All other keys ...
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GRUB is running but OS not booting, RAM could be defective
My laptop got slightly water damaged and, before I learned it was a really bad idea, I tried turning it on to see if it was working. What happened was the following:
I pushed the power button and it ...
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Some of the EPS power connectors in my GPU is broke [closed]
Yesterday I accidentally spilled a few drops of water on my GPU (MSI Geforce gtx 970 4 gb). Since that my computer short circuit everytime I power on my computer with my GPU pluged in, but works fine ...
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Can a water damaged motherboard or power supply ruin a functional CPU?
I found half of a desktop on the side of the road the other day. It included a 430 watt power supply, DVD r/writer, ASRock B250M-HDV motherboard, Pentium g4560 CPU, as well as a case with both side ...
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Water-damage computer [duplicate]
My child poured some water in my computer. The computer did not blow up or anything like that, it just lost connection with monitor. I shuted it down. I opened it, cleaned it without taking apart and ...
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How does a computer with water damage continue to work? [closed]
I have observed that computers (phones, laptops, desktops, etc) with water damage do not always completely stop working. They can have intermittent issues such as freezing, random shut downs, etc.
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Spilled water into my desktop tower
I have a 2011 Acer windows 7 home desktop with monitor (Acer Aspire X3990). The monitor sits up on a desk and the desktop on the floor. There was a cup of water right beside the edge that was beside ...
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Cannot log in with VeraCrypt + Windows 10
So yesterday I fall glass of water and a bit of them fall on my laptop.
As I realize what I have done, monitor blink twice and I push my turn on/off button, however I have set Sleep function for this ...
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Harddrive recognized by BIOS but not by OS (possible dead drive)
So someone threw water on my laptop, as a result, the laptop lost power (no lights of any kind blinking either anymore). I disassembled the laptop and found quite a bit of water laying on the ...
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Moisturized laptop makes clicking noise -- without HDD, main fan stopped
I have an Acer Aspire v5 121 laptop (netbook) what I've got moisturized. The keyboard isn't working but it worked from the USB mouse. I switched off completely but without keyboard I can't switch it ...
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Is it possible to limit the rate of key strokes on windows?
I damaged both my keyboard and mouse and when I now press certain buttons, they get pressed twice or three times in a couple millisecond interval. Is there an option in windows that disables such fast ...
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Laptop keyboard isn't working after coffee spill
This happened to one of my friends. He spilled coffee in the keyboard of his laptop, a Dell Inspiron 15 7568.
I immediately suggested to remove the power adapter, and the battery. The next day he ...
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LCD Screen laggy and ghosting following water damage - what to do now
A friend of mind spilled water on his screen. After letting it dry out for a few days, we turned it on. Turns out, the screen is damaged and is now laggy and there is a trail whenever any motion ...
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Some keyboard Ctrl+[key] combos not working (+ left Ctrl water damage)
Yesterday I had a couple of raindrops (really very little) land on my laptop's left Ctrl key, which I promptly wiped off the keyboard's surface. In short order, the signal from the key got locked on. ...
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Arrow keys seem stuck after water damage
A few days ago i spilled water on my laptop. I got it fixed and it works fine except for the fact that my arrow up and arrow left key seem stuck sometimes. This always happens when I use one of the ...
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Water Damage to desktop tower but not turned on
I just spilled a lot of water onto my desktop which seeped through the fan vents on top of the computer. everything got drenched in water graphics card, ram, motherboard, psu hdd, ssd. i have not ...
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Can saliva destroy my computer?
Usually when I am working with the computer's internals, I have to speak clearly and loudly so that whoever I'm working with can hear me, with my head pointing down. However, sometimes this causes me ...
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Cat knocked milk into desktop gaming pc
About 15 minutes ago my cat jumped on my desk and knocked my glass of milk which was about 1/6 as full into my desktop.
My reaction time was quick and I managed to rip all of the cables out of the ...
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Spilt coke on my lenovo laptop any chance for it to get fixed? [duplicate]
I spilled less than half a cup of coke on the right side of the keyboard.
At first all the keys were working.
Then, when clicking "w" it types "2" and some other keys stopped working.
I dried ...
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effects of partial Coca Cola exposure on Lexar flip-drives and Cruzer Glide [duplicate]
I had three Lexar Micron flip-drives and one Cruzer Glide on my desk when I spilled some Coca Cola and about the bottom one-quarter of each flash drive was immersed in the cola. All of the Lexars were ...
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Computer switches off main power supply?
Ok so I managed to pour water all over my keyboard, mouse, monitor, and power boards. I've dried everything up, everything works except my monitor has water inside it making a little patch (i've ...
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Water spilled on my laptop's keyboard [duplicate]
Friday night, the night before a long day of travel, I spilled water on my laptop just before I was about to close it down and put it in my bags. I waited a few minutes before fetching paper towels to ...
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Laptop keyboard juice spill, certain keys don't work with brand new keyboard
Some juice was spilled on my laptop keyboard N61 JV. Once it dried out, a bunch of keys stopped working. After replacing it with a brand new, some keys still don't work around a particular region, ...
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