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Old May 11, 2008 | 09:28 AM
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yesterday afternoon... it powered off after 5 seconds.. i thought it was dead for sure...I did all the standard thing and try to dry it as much as I can and left it off for 19 hrs.
it booting up this morning
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Old May 11, 2008 | 11:00 AM
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sounds like soemthign i would do. but i havent spilled anything on my laptop yet. :knockonwood:
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Old May 11, 2008 | 11:43 AM
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Is it still drunk?
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Old May 12, 2008 | 08:33 AM
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i spilled a gin and tonic on mine. works fine, except the left hand side shift, control, function and windows keys are sticky.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 09:22 AM
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it's a sony?
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:13 PM
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One of my ex's killed two of my keyboards by spilling booze (wine, actually, if I recall :thinking: ) on them. Thats the benefit of the desktop... the computer is out of harms way if you feel like dumping booze on your keyboard.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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ive spilled pepsi on my keyboard maybe 3 times so far....... i just unscrewed it, and rinsed it under hot water.

if the laptop turned off, then i bet something is fried.
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Old May 12, 2008 | 05:18 PM
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its a macbook
its fine now..i'm doing timemachine weekly
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Old May 13, 2008 | 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by Nightshade
Is it still drunk?

That's the new excuse for poor spelling...I spilled beer on my computer and it can't spell anymore....
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