Posted 15 December 2007 - 10:47 AM
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Laptop Is Dead
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 12:01 PM
Okay, ill tell you water is bad.
Static > black is very bad.
My advice is take out the battery, unplug the power brick, if you have the screw drivers unscrew the panels off the bottom of the laptop (im assuming you have some easy to remove flaps) under those are like ram and hard drive, doesn't really matter you want it to be open to help it dry, leave the screen open and let it sit for a few DAYS.
With any luck it will come back to life.
Otherwise, there isn't much you can do... if its toast you can replace the motherboard (sometimes) but its usually a better choice to take it apart and sell the pieces on ebay (you get more than if you sold the whole thing as dead). Then spend about $500 on a Dell Vostro with spill resistant keyboard
(okay that was mean)
consider that a free evaluation that geeksquad would probably give
Static > black is very bad.
My advice is take out the battery, unplug the power brick, if you have the screw drivers unscrew the panels off the bottom of the laptop (im assuming you have some easy to remove flaps) under those are like ram and hard drive, doesn't really matter you want it to be open to help it dry, leave the screen open and let it sit for a few DAYS.
With any luck it will come back to life.
Otherwise, there isn't much you can do... if its toast you can replace the motherboard (sometimes) but its usually a better choice to take it apart and sell the pieces on ebay (you get more than if you sold the whole thing as dead). Then spend about $500 on a Dell Vostro with spill resistant keyboard
(okay that was mean) consider that a free evaluation that geeksquad would probably give
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 12:11 PM
I didn't want to make a new thread so is it okay to ask a quick question here as well?
anyway, my problem is that my laptop refuses to hibernate or go on standby.
it just goes to the blue screen saying "preparing to hibernate"
it stayed like that overnight.
does anyone know how to fix this problem?
btw, I have a Sony Vaio laptop.
sorry for crashing your thread? >.<
anyway, my problem is that my laptop refuses to hibernate or go on standby.
it just goes to the blue screen saying "preparing to hibernate"
it stayed like that overnight.
does anyone know how to fix this problem?
btw, I have a Sony Vaio laptop.
sorry for crashing your thread? >.<
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 06:21 PM
thats SO different I would have made a different thread... but check your running programs. Some programs like torrent ones will stop you from going into hibernate so it can continue to download.
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 09:04 PM
LOL oops
too late now
back to my laptop issues.. i'm currently not downloading anything and moreso, i don't have torrents installed or programs like limewire.
i didn't install any new programs before my laptop started acting up.
so yea
too late now
back to my laptop issues.. i'm currently not downloading anything and moreso, i don't have torrents installed or programs like limewire.
i didn't install any new programs before my laptop started acting up.
so yea
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 10:36 PM
Hrm update any drivers?
Computer insomnia is a difficult problem.. im honestly not sure why mine sometimes refuses to sleep and why it sometimes goes into coma.
Computer insomnia is a difficult problem.. im honestly not sure why mine sometimes refuses to sleep and why it sometimes goes into coma.
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Posted 15 December 2007 - 11:47 PM
none that i'm aware of.
i tried system restore but it didn't fix the problem.
maybe i should just take it back to the place where i got it.
i'm just scared that they might "fix" and keep it for a LONNNGGG time that i'm gonna die of waiting.
i tried system restore but it didn't fix the problem.
maybe i should just take it back to the place where i got it.
i'm just scared that they might "fix" and keep it for a LONNNGGG time that i'm gonna die of waiting.
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Posted 16 December 2007 - 01:02 AM
people tell me to just get a new laptop cause that way i'll have a warranty. i'm scared that if i get it fixed it might break on me again and if it does im screwed cause i got no warranty. btw i couldnt take it apart no screwdrivers small enough -____-. wat else can i do :/
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Posted 16 December 2007 - 11:47 AM
How much water did you spill in anyways? Just leave the screen open and let it sit...
With any luck it might come back to life. Its chances are lower because it was on, but like the circuits themselves don't mind water if they don't have electric flowing through them. You might have a little drop of water shorting out a few things on the board so it won't start right now but with any luck it might work again when it all dries out.
With any luck it might come back to life. Its chances are lower because it was on, but like the circuits themselves don't mind water if they don't have electric flowing through them. You might have a little drop of water shorting out a few things on the board so it won't start right now but with any luck it might work again when it all dries out.
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