Laptop screen @#%$

[Magoo]

I had a bottle of coke in a bag with my laptop the other day and it feckin split. :rolleyes
Anyway, I didn't know anything about it until I pulled out a dripping laptop sometime later. It seems my PC doesn't like coke very much.

I left the whole thing to dry for a couple of days and it seems sort of okayish. But you can see the contamination inside the screen. It's still useable but it makes the desktop look like a fresian cow.

Anything I can do to fix this?
I thought of rinsing it in a bowl of distilled water and leaving it to dry for a couple of days.. Is this a really bad idea??

Apart from switching brands to Pepsi, is there anything else I could try?

Thanks.

[fiddleabout]

There are sometimes TFTs on eBay - obviously you'd need to get the right one though.

My bet is that washing it would convert it from dodgy to duff.

I presume you are certain that none of your insurances cover it - household contents possibly if no specialist cover?

[roger rabbit]

Send me a cheque for £500, leave your back window open and tell me where you keep your laptop, for an insurance job as fiddle suggested. I'll need to take a few other things to cover me expenses you understand.

Make sure your girlfriend's at home as I'll have to ravish her to make sure it doesn't look like an inside job.

You ain't seen me, right?

[snaw]

You're fecked basically.

Did the same to mine last year and had warranty (Dell) but doesn't cover spillage into laptop (Inside is corroding as we speak most likely, nothing you can do to fix it basically).

If you got insurance and dubious morals then claim it's been stolen, otherwise nah luck.

[fiddleabout]

> If you got insurance and dubious morals

you cut me to the quick - I did ask if he had any insurance that covered it - many offer accidental damage cover and that is exactly what this is.

BTW - useless for this but I read a letter in a PC mag where somebody claimed that keyboards made sticky with coke (no - no nudge nudge roger) can be put in a dishwasher without completely buggering them provided they are allowed to dry out completely.

[snaw]

you cut me to the quick - I did ask if he had any insurance that covered it - many offer accidental damage cover and that is exactly what this is.

Good point. must be my deviant mind that jumps to the ilegal solution right away :evil

[zeitghost]

If you take all the batteries out, there's no real reason why you shouldn't wash the electronics.

That's what is done to get the soldering flux off.

Yer actual water and detergent and stuff in an ultrasonic bath.

As long as you dry it out thoroughly, it ought to be ok.

This would involve warming it to about 80 or 90C for several hours to get rid of the water.

Fan oven would be ideal.

Not sure what that would do to the screen though, I've never washed one of those.

[zeitghost]

I forgot to mention that cola is full of phosphoric acid.

This is commonly used as rust remover.

It also eats electronics.

Quite quickly.

[DimPrawn]

It also eats electronics.

and teeth

[fiddleabout]

> Fan oven would be ideal

better still a microwave oven :evil