miekiemoes' Blog: Fujitsu Siemens Amilo

Friday, September 19, 2008

Fujitsu Siemens Amilo - RIP..... for now.....

This was going to happen some day anyway...
I finally managed to spill a full mug of coffee (big size) all over my laptop.
In less than a second, the coffee had covered my entire computer desk. Luckily, my other laptop next to it was on a notebook cooler pad, so that one was saved.
The screen went black immediately, strange noises from underneath... and I sweared like never before.
Unfortunately, the swearing didn't work, so instead, I immediately disconnected the power supply and took out the battery.
I put the unit on its side and the coffee was dripping out. I left it in that position for at least an hour. I cleaned the rest of the mess I made, apart from the stains on the wall (Mr Proper can take care of that).
Then I turned it upside down, opened it and I'm going to let it dry for at least 24 hours.

In a way, I'm glad I don't like milk and sugar in my coffee, so maybe there's still hope... but I doubt it.

My dear Fujitsu Siemens Amilo, May The Force Be With You.

UPDATE! I couldn't wait any longer (waited for two days to let it dry)... so... it's up and running again!! No issues so far - everything works. I was really lucky :-)

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E Pericoloso Sporger · 862 weeks ago

Some tricks to increase your chances of success, Part I

1. When drying up, coffee leaves a residue and so does plain tap water. You need a few liters of pure distilled water to remove the coffee residue.
REMOVE THE MOTHERBOARD BATTERY.
Leave the laptop's main battery removed and the bottom cover off. Clean the battery separately with a damp cloth.
Remove removable parts like HDD, DVD-drive, memory, CPU, etc. as much as possible and clean those separately.
Heat the distilled water to about 75 degrees Celsius and spill the volume of two cups over the laptop in exactly the same way you spilled the coffee. Repeat 2 or three times.
Let the laptop thoroughly dry for one day, turn it upside down and let it dry for one more day.

Continued in Part II

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PhantomTramp · 861 weeks ago

Glad it all came out OK. Coffee is better black anyway...

The Tramp

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Myndmelt · 860 weeks ago

glad you got it to work. My co-worker isnt so lucky when his roomate spilled beer all over his laptop and didnt tell him, he left it in a pool of beer. When my co-worker discovered that his laptop was suddenly off, and wouldnt turn back on he lifted it up and beer came out of the vents.... he let it dry out for a few days and it started working for about 20 minutes then things started freaking out and now its dead. RIP to his laptop...