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November 12, 2009 at 06:00 AM
mtcoll28734

Spilled wine equals no boot

by mtcoll28734 . Updated 16 years, 7 months ago

A guy brought a laptop into the shop yesterday. He’d spilled some wine on it and, big surprise, it won’t boot. I tore it down to the motherboard and didn’t see any signs of damage, aside from a whiff of wine. I removed the processor for about 10 minutes, then reassembled it. When I pressed the power button, it lit for about 2 seconds, then went out; same thing as when I first got it.

I’m obviously not too optimistic about this computer, but I’m wondering if there’s anything else I can try.

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