Save Your Laptop from Liquids
Your laptop worst enemies might sit just right next to it. I bet you?re wonder what it be? Well the answer is your cup of coffee or your water drink or a cup of tea? Why is this dangerous for your laptop, because even just one spill of liquid can damage your machine which may lead to lose all your precious data.
To avoid that, simple way would be put any liquid as far away from your laptop, or you can buy keyboard?s cover which made from rubber and perfectly fit the keyboard shape based on your laptop type. But in the reality, we don?t know what might happen even with all preventions, especially when coffee or soda, they can be sticky when they dry, it can make corrode metal contacts because they are acidic liquids.
Several emergencies action can be taken to recover from liquid spill:
1. Quick turn off your machine, make sure they are no spark or burnt smell coming out of your laptop.
2. Be sure to ground yourself by reaching nearest metal object that reaches to ground.
3. If you can’t do the step two, better remove the laptop ac adapter and the battery, put them away, make sure the ac adapter and the battery is not soaked by the liquid, if it is, you might want to consider by new accessories.
4. Remove any cards installed, any external devices
5. wife off any liquid, and use hand dry keyboard
But when the spill is really more than just a spill, you better contact technical service to help you open the laptop, make sure the hardware, memory module, anything inside is free from liquid too.
