[chococya96]

Like the title said, I've spilled half a cup of water on the keyboard of my laptop while I was doing one of my project.
To be precise, it spilled directly on the touch pad and the water flowed towards right side of my keyboard.

The first thing I did was to turned it off, pull the battery out, cleaned the surface with dry cloth and drying with fans directly pointing at it.
After a while, I've stopped drying and tried to reboot my laptop and it rebooted normally except it was a bit slow and my touch pad isn't working anymore. I've forced shutdown again and its now drying with keyboard facing down.

I'm not worried about mouse pad though, I'm worried about other parts such as motherboard and yeah...

So, is there anything else for me to do apart from going to technician and get it fixed??

Oh, and I bought this laptop 8 month ago is its pretty new... Samsung btw

Thanks guys, help will be appreciated.

EDIT: Is there any chance of my mouse pad working again after drying it for overnight?? if so, and everything works perfectly fine like before, than I don't need to get it checked by technician right??

[eT@ku_]

Originally Posted by chococya96

Like the title said, I've spilled half a cup of water on the keyboard of my laptop while I was doing one of my project.

To be precise, it spilled directly on the touch pad and the water flowed towards right side of my keyboard.

The first thing I did was to turned it off, pull the battery out, cleaned the surface with dry cloth and drying with fans directly pointing at it.

After a while, I've stopped drying and tried to reboot my laptop and it rebooted normally except it was a bit slow and my touch pad isn't working anymore. I've forced shutdown again and its now drying with keyboard facing down.

I'm not worried about mouse pad though, I'm worried about other parts such as motherboard and yeah...

So, is there anything else for me to do apart from going to technician and get it fixed??

Oh, and I bought this laptop 8 month ago is its pretty new... Samsung btw

Thanks guys, help will be appreciated.

EDIT: Is there any chance of my mouse pad working again after drying it for overnight?? if so, and everything works perfectly fine like before, than I don't need to get it checked by technician right??

Put it under the sun for quite a while. I'd recommend to take it apart after that and see if there's any more water; you'll never know.

[nothng2do]

DON'T use hair dryer or fans,use compressed air cans..but check warranty first
and check to see if it's covered by samsung.
good news is if it's booting ur motherboard might be safe.

[First1]

Originally Posted by nothng2do

DON'T use hair dryer or fans,use compressed air cans..but check warranty first
and check to see if it's covered by samsung.
good news is if it's booting ur motherboard might be safe.

Warranty after bath gadget bath scene? I wonder...

[laurens92]

1: pull the battery out
2: put the laptop upside down Do not close the laptop and put it upside down, you don't want to break the display. also make sure it sits safe, perhaps under a towel or something so you don't scratch the laptop.
3: give it plenty of time. people say put it in the sun or use a hair dryer don't do that! the laptop is plastic also you don't want the tin to melt which screws up your laptop. compressed air is ok although it's better not use use anything at al unless you open the laptop which i doubt because your garantee will be gone( You don't want the air press the water to more places which water shouldnt be ).
4: give it a rest a few days before trying it again. set it at a safe place perhaps a place with good wind circulation this will increase the speed to dry

[frosty33]

You could try putting your laptop in an airtight container with silica packets to absorb any moisture left. Or, you could try using un-cooked rice instead of the silica packs. Good luck.

[Frediloc]

If your computer was still running post-spill, odds are you can get it back up to 99% operating performance. I've fixed many laptops that had liquid worse than water spilled on it, and for the most part they are ok after a while.

Almost all laptops nowadays have a 'spill-proof' design which catches any spilled liquid with a plastic layer just below the keyboard. If all you spilled was water, it should all evaporate soon and you'll be as good as new. Your touchpad will likely work again as well.

To speed up the process you could try taking out the keyboard. That usually isn't too hard (5-10 screws and a couple of panels), and there are many online guides that can walk you through it. Otherwise I'd recommend just waiting a couple days for it to dry, if you have the time.

[Celebrated]

8 months, simply take it back.
Samsung has a year manufacturer warranty.

I dropped mine at 10 months, legitimately. Returned without a problem. Don't even use these "grandma remedies," just get a new one.

*Edit: I should note that I bought my laptop at HH Gregg, without the extended warranty. They accepted it and exchanged it without a problem.

[leovyner]

still better to take it to the experts

[ecchi255]

I have experienced worse than just half cup, my laptop actually became a victim of 4 hour of rain
and when I've found out, the water pour out of my laptop like a waterfall
M laptop fine now after I dried it for a week
You did the right thing turn it off, since water is dangerous to electrical gadget if its turn on, coz water can only cause short circuit if there electricity on your gadget

As for your touch pad, I suggest you don't have too much hope
Since short circuited things usually burn