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[cem_devecioglu]

mostly...depending on the amount of water..I dont think they like swimming  

[cem_devecioglu]

I remember the firm which I had my first job..They were washing the servers inside a bath (old servers) and totally the circuitry (except disks) and sell it as new  

[Entwood]

Water does little damage ... unless its mixed with electrical current !! "normal" keyboards can be easily cleaned under a shower head and left to dry for 48 hours .. providing they are dry before applying power.. no problems.

Non-water spillages are different, as the residual contaminants - sugar, hops etc etc can "bridge" circuits when dry and still cause a short.

I have recovered laptops with spillages in the past by removing ALL batteries (including CMOS cell), leave to stand for 12 hours to allow capacitors to clear, wash thoroughly using de-mineralised water to clear "residues" - this can take a while if the residue has dried hard - leave to rdy for 3-4 days ... insert batteries.

Not a 100% certain fix as it depends what damage was caused when power was on.. but has been known to fix many a system.

[Taxi_Driver]

Glad its working again  

My laptop get abuse from tea coffee red wine and fruit juice spilt over it.......

Tho DO NOT go trying to clean it with carb cleaner   that will kill it for sure.....i know  

New keyboard of fleabay sorted it  

[Danny]

hair dryer it!

[Jimbob]

Glad it worked out ok.

Was gonna say Comet have a fujitsu siemens laptop in for 350 which looks quite good.

[Markie]

now when i say its sorted, that wasnt striclty true  

After realising i had broken it on saturday i decided to ping a few keys off, assuming they simply popped back on   they dont.

So although its functioning its cosmetically a bit challenged, two keys still off and i need to press the little silver panel under neath.

Looks like i will need a new keyboard