What to do if you spill water on your laptop?

Has your prized laptop just been water damaged?

Do you need your laptop and all those precious files saved on it to be repaired?

There are some steps you can take to try and recover from Watergate.



When you’ve spilled liquid on your laptop be it tea, coffee or water it may reach the internal working parts via the keyboard. So what you need to do is:

1. As we know electricity and water don’t mix so immediately unplug the AC adaptor from the socket and turn the laptop off by pressing and holding the power button
2. Then the next thing to do is turn your laptop upside down and let it drain.
3. As best you can soak up excess liquid, by using a clean lint-free cloth or paper towels while paying attention to ports and vents. This is to stop further liquid seeping into crucial parts like the motherboard
4. Then pushing the screen back as far as you can, sit the laptop upside down on an absorbent clean towel or cloth.

Before you even attempt to turn your laptop back on, you must leave it upside down to dry for at least 24 hours (some people recommend even 48 hours). That way you make sure the laptop is bone dry before introducing electricity to the equation.

If you’ve just spilled water on the laptop you’ve got a good chance of letting it dry out completely on its own without professional help.

But if the liquid spilled was a sugary drink, tea or coffee, we recommend you contact a qualified service (like ours) before you try and restart the device as more extensive cleaning will be needed first as they leave behind a residue that can be harmful to the electrics.