Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Wet Laptop Rescue

You say your kitty knocked over your iced tea onto your laptop? You say you dropped it in a puddle? You say the tide came in when you were distracted for a moment?

Well, it can happen to the best of us.

The question is, how do you clean your laptop now?

Here’s how, in five easy steps:

1. Turn it off. The first thing you need to do is shut down the electronics in the thing. So turn it off.

2. Take out your battery. You’ve got to keep it somewhere warm and dry, so maybe a bag of rice might work.

3. Leave the laptop open and let it dry out. Or, you might use a hairdryer if it’ll make you feel better

4. Wait three to five days, put the battery back in, turn your laptop on while saying a little prayer.

5. If it’s still not working, check your warranty and insurance policies – you’re going to need them at this point.

Hope this works for you if you ever get your laptop wet.

1 comment:

casch said...

Oh Lordy, I hope this NEVER happens to me, but hey, everything else has happened (at least when it comes to computers) :-)