Two Cans & String

{ "thread_id": "11395", "posts": [ { "id": "1150131", "time": "1623767624", "html": "i spilled about a quarter of a cup of water onto the keyboard portion of my laptop. after about 5 seconds i powered it off and unplugged everything. right now i have it inverted with the screen hanging off the edge of a table with the keyboard resting on a blanket. how do i proceed and is it broken now", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1150132", "time": "1623767837", "html": "Where'd ya get it? How old is it?", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150135", "time": "1623769541", "html": "5 years or so", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1150136", "time": "1623769674", "html": "What brand is it?", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150141", "time": "1623771089", "html": "acer", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1150142", "time": "1623771442", "html": "So, I would suggest taking it in. If you don't have the money to do so, perhaps taking it apart and looking up some water damage tutorials on similar models. Gl my guy, and F if it's broke.", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150196", "time": "1623795257", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/samsung23\">Samsung23</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">If you don't have the money to do so, perhaps taking it apart and looking up some water damage tutorials on similar models.</div></div><br />Take it apart after watching a tutorial. What if you break it even further?", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150199", "time": "1623795502", "html": "I never specified the order in which the steps should be completed. Plus most consumer electronics can be easily taken apart with an Ifixit kit. I say most because of apple.", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150202", "time": "1623795664", "html": "What's with Apple?", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150203", "time": "1623795785", "html": "Proprietary parts and pieces<br />No official guides<br />Open it and loose the warranty<br />etc.<br /><br />Just very tough business practices", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150207", "time": "1623796242", "html": "Oh.", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150209", "time": "1623796449", "html": "Yeah<br />It's why I like Samsung", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150217", "time": "1623797545", "html": "I can tell.<br /><br />But I still prefer Apple because I'm attached to it and I'm used to it. For computers, I never use Microsoft and whatever it has made for me to use and I use Google's stuff instead. <br /><br />Apple Maps is better than Google Maps sometimes and then sometimes it's the other way around. And then sometimes both applications fuck themselves up force the driver into a huge loop when there was actually a better way that had no traffic.", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150224", "time": "1623798880", "html": "True. It's quite hard to break out of the Apple ecosystem. Intentionally of course.", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150232", "time": "1623800765", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/wlicky\">W_Licky</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">I can tell.<br /><br />But I still prefer Apple because I'm attached to it and I'm used to it. For computers, I never use Microsoft and whatever it has made for me to use and I use Google's stuff instead.<br /><br />Apple Maps is better than Google Maps sometimes and then sometimes it's the other way around. And then sometimes both applications fuck themselves up force the driver into a huge loop when there was actually a better way that had no traffic.</div></div><br /><br />whoa licky i didn\u2019t know you cursed", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1150316", "time": "1623850798", "html": "Same.", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150365", "time": "1623874962", "html": "hey i'm a little late but leave it off and away from its charger for at least 48 hours<br /><br />afterwards you can very carefully see if it works again, water should have evaporated by then<br /><br />fortunately water doesn't leave a whole lot of residue, but if it wasn't distilled or deionized i would take some extra precautions", "user": "chotano" }, { "id": "1150839", "time": "1624154765", "html": "okay some corruption happening but that's nothing a little sfc scan can't fix probably<br /><br />it's still functional!", "user": "titanlord237" }, { "id": "1150841", "time": "1624154855", "html": "Nice mate!<br />Just remember if you're gonna do anything, grab an external hard drive as to not corrupt the data any further", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150941", "time": "1624233503", "html": "<div style=\"margin:20px; background-image:url(/images/light.png);\"><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:5px;\"><a href=\"/users/titanlord237\">Titanlord237</a> said:</div><div style=\"border:1px solid #888; padding:20px;\">whoa licky i didn\u2019t know you cursed</div></div><br />I am NOT.", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150942", "time": "1624233633", "html": "He meant swear.", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150951", "time": "1624234612", "html": "Ooooohhhhhh\u2026.<br /><br />Seriously he hasn\u2019t seen me do it before?", "user": "wlicky" }, { "id": "1150952", "time": "1624234708", "html": "Neither have I", "user": "samsung23" }, { "id": "1150955", "time": "1624234934", "html": "I think I have once before.", "user": "ebag" }, { "id": "1150956", "time": "1624234988", "html": "I guess I\u2019m better at not cursing because I don\u2019t swear irl.", "user": "wlicky" } ], "users": { "titanlord237": { "name": "Titanlord237", "key": "titanlord237", "url": "/users/titanlord237", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/34284.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "9020" }, "samsung23": { "name": "Samsung23", "key": "samsung23", "url": "/users/samsung23", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/27967.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "2075" }, "wlicky": { "name": "W_Licky", "key": "wlicky", "url": "/users/wlicky", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/34280.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "7820" }, "chotano": { "name": "\u3061\u3087\u305f\u306e_chotano", "key": "chotano", "url": "/users/chotano", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/31141.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "3100" }, "ebag": { "name": "e-bag", "key": "ebag", "url": "/users/ebag", "avatar": "/uploads/drawn/30674.png", "rankClass": "civilian", "rankText": "", "posts": "9612" } }, "page_num": 1, "locked": 0, "total_pages": 2 }

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