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by len.piko

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I have been working on a HP Pavilion dv8000 laptop with 1gb ram running WinXP for an individual. His problem was a noisy cpu fan and overheating. He also stated that his brother spilled soda and orange juice into this unit. I proposed that he get a new heatsink and fan unit but he didn't want to spend the money. I disassembled this laptop and cleaned the heatsink and and fan unit. After reassembling this unit it shows no sign of any power activity. Any help with this issue will be deeply apreciated.
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by 1bn0

Orange juice is an ACID. It EATS motherboards. First machine I saw with an orange juice spill was weeks after the fact. (company notebook). Copper tracings lifted off of the board. Dead and decomposing.

If I had been given that machine My first statement would be. "THE MACHINE IS PROBABLY A WRITEOFF. I can try dis-assembling it, washing it ands see what happens. If it kills it completely just consider it being out out of its misery."

I am SERIOUS, Yes, I have washed, as in flooded with water and scrubbed with a shortened paint brush if necessary, electronic curcuit boards. If you do nothing or wait to long, the device is toast anyway!

Sometime the patient survives the operation, sometimes it doesn't. Think od it as a choice between a 49% chance of a slow lingering death, 49% chance of a quick clean death and 2% chance of surviving with any quality of life.

by len.piko

Thanks alot for your quick response. Liquids around computers can be very costly. Have a nice day

by Former member

Take the computer apart, and put the pieces in a dryroom, a drying room or somewhere where there are no liquids. Keep there for two days to dry out. Then reconnect together. Test the battery with a multi-meter to make sure it has a charge. If not it might be the battery, if so test by connecting the laptop to the mains only, without the battery connected. See if the computer boots up if so then you might need a new batt.

Please post back if you have any more problems or questions.

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