Is this the end of my laptop?

[petero]

Hi,

We have (had) a Dell Inspiron 6000 notebook laptop, it's been brought back to life a couple of times thanks to this site and it is about 5 years old. Apart from it running a bit slower it still worked fine and was doing it's job just fine. Untill, that is, my daughter spilt some juice over the keyboard the other day, completely drenching it and now it won't turn on. Press the power button and the little green light appears then just as quickly goes off again. Tried to dry it out etc . but to no avail. So in your expert opinion, do you think it is time for the scrap heap.

Should this be the case, can you tell me how to get the info off the hard drive onto our new laptop. Thanks,

Peter

[Guest Wolfeymole]

Hello fellow Yorkshireman

 

The laptops goosed mate definitely but you could get a hard drive caddy and fit the laptop hard drive in that and run it via usb.

 

Have a look at this.

 

Laptop Repair Help » Accessing notebook hard drive using USB enclosure

[Seth]

Here's a long shot, as chances are the motherboard is fried:

 

Take out the battery, unplug the AC adapter, and leave it like that for an hour. After an hour, try to power up the laptop with just the AC adapter (leave the battery out).

[petero]

Hi Wolfeymole, thanks for your reply. Is this the correct type of caddy do you think. In new territory here. Peter

 

 

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[petero]

Thanks Seth, Have tried that but no luck. Either way, battery in or out still no luck.

The item above by the way is selling for £2.50 on ebay assuming it's the correct one. Thanks again,

Peter

[Tony D]

I had a laptop in here once where the customer spilled wine on it. It wasn't drenched as you describe that happened to yours. I removed the keyboard, soaked and washed it in a solution of water and a very little bit of dish-washing detergent. Of couse I waited to make sure it was completely dry before reinstalling it. That didn't help.

 

Then I took the laptop apart and I was able to see where the spill happened. I cleaned the area with isopropal alcohol using a cotton swab and it came back to life. The only thing that didn't work was the USB port. Installed a PCMCIA/USB adapter and alll was well.

 

I don't know if this procedure will fix your computer, but it may be worth a try.

[Guest Wolfeymole]

That would be the correct case that you would need Pete.

[petero]

Thanks for al your advice and replies, it's much appreciated. Case has been ordered.

Peter