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Annoying computer disaster

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LadyKate63	Annoying computer disaster	Lead	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90923 (06/28/09 3:44 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None Argh! Last night while using my laptop here at the hotel, I knocked over an (almost empty) coffee cup and a bit of coffee spilled on my keyboard. I quickly wiped it off, but guess what... about 15 minutes later some of my keys stopped working. I figured it might be ok in the morning, but instead the keyboard stopped working completely. I have a spare (fairly old) laptop at home, but I'm stuck here for the rest of the day (until 8:30 pm) without a computer. If these things are so fragile why don't they put some protective film over them? See you all tomorrow. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
Xenasgrrl		#1	[-]
Olympian Posts: 9074 (06/28/09 4:00 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	oooh that really sucks LK. I don't have a laptop but I know it must suck to be stuck there without it! Good luck and hopefully it will get fixed soon- or magically repair itself. ~Keepership and avatar by Sais08~~banner by TaladarkieJJ~ Userbar made by Leigh~thank you sweetie ~Whatever Leigh wants Leigh gets~ (unless I say no)
xenaandgab4eva		#2	[-]
Olympian Posts: 7600 (06/28/09 4:19 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That DOES suck. That's happened to me before. All of my keys were all messed up and some weren't working at all. Luckily my laptop had to be repaired anyway for other reasons, and they fixed it. Keeper of Xena's Smile My darling baby Evie...I love and adore you with all my heart and soul...forever and always "...cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling, and everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last, need you by my side cause everytime we touch, I feel the static, and everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky can't you hear my heart beat so, I can't let you go, want you in my life..." Thanks to Saisy for the banner, and Aurora for the avatar
Ayoshen		#3	[-]
One Star General Posts: 1747 (06/28/09 4:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I know how that feels, LK. I spilled coke on my laptop TWO TIMES, once the laptop crashed completely and just as I got it back in perfect state, it happened again so uh. You're lucky it's still working at least.
mickey		#4	[-]
One Star General Posts: 1360 (06/28/09 4:51 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That sucks. I spill stuff on my laptop quite often but nothing happens to it. Maybe it's immune to drinks.
trancegem		#5	[-]
Royal Posts: 5160 (06/28/09 7:17 PM) XOC Forum Host Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	have you tried poping the keys off and wiping the under it with a slightly damp cloth? //PLA's Official Annoying People Deflector Staffer
ApollotheArcher		#6	[-]
Four Star General Posts: 4061 (06/28/09 7:26 PM) Hera's Enforcer Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	That's too bad, LK. Computers, like cars, can be a real pain to fix. That's why I don't like to buy brand new stuff that can get ruined easily---as you well know. ~~~~~~~~~ I'm the King of Sweetness, my dear. --Hades to Persephone "Not Fade Away."
LadyKate63		#7	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90924 (06/28/09 9:38 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	(online at the hotel business center) I'm not popping any keys off!!! I'd rather pay someone who knows what they're doing. Someone suggested I try blowing cold air from the hairdryer on the keyboard, I'll try to do that when I get home. Btw, I have spilled stuff (tea) on it before, and nothing happened. I think it's the cream that made the difference because it's sticky. Anyway, it's a good thing that it still turns itself on which means that the motherboard isn't fried. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
xenaandgab4eva		#8	[-]
Olympian Posts: 7601 (06/28/09 10:47 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Lol...yeah don't pop any keys off. I popped one of my keys off and couldn't get it back on. Keeper of Xena's Smile My darling baby Evie...I love and adore you with all my heart and soul...forever and always "...cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling, and everytime we kiss, I swear I could fly can't you feel my heart beat fast, I want this to last, need you by my side cause everytime we touch, I feel the static, and everytime we kiss, I reach for the sky can't you hear my heart beat so, I can't let you go, want you in my life..." Thanks to Saisy for the banner, and Aurora for the avatar
New Xenalander.talkingxena		#9	[-]
Warrior-in-Training Posts: 14 (06/28/09 10:48 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Actually I was told it's because when coffee dries it can form crystals that form new bridges between circuits in keyboards and short/confuse the signals. If you spill water on your keyboard, you just let it dry and it's fine, but if you spill coffee on it, especially if it's coffee with sugar, it can really mess things up. Same goes for any sugary drinks I guess. A lot of modern desktop keyboards are now "liquid proof" to a certain degree (thank goodness, since I spilled energy drink in mine a while back and it was fine), but yeah, laptop ones are still pretty vulnerable as far as I know.
XNU		#10	[-]
Warrior-in-Training Posts: 138 (06/29/09 4:44 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Ouch! That hurts to hear....I had to have my laptop "re-indexed" and lost everything......so I can appreciate the torture of having it and it not working. Arrgggh...! The Xena & Ubers Subtext Podcast The Podcast show for all the Xena & Uber Subtext stories that have not been given a voice.
LadyKate63		#11	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90926 (06/29/09 7:01 AM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Luckily I drink coffee with no sugar. I'm home and on my old laptop ... at least that's working fine. fingers crossed Tried turning on the one I coffeed (to coin a word ), same results. Going to the shop later today. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
Rosalyn.talkingxena		#12	[-]
Villager Posts: 38 (06/29/09 8:23 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Good luck with the coffeed laptop, it's an expensive thing to lose to a java fix. .......................... .........................
LadyKate63		#13	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90942 (06/29/09 11:17 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Well guess what. I went to take a nap... and after I woke up, my old laptop didn't. It still turned on but the screen was almost completely dark. I suspect it didn't survive the strain of being put back to work after a 2-year hiatus. Sooo ... I went to the shop, took in my laptop ... then stopped at Best Buy and bought a new Toshiba. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
unwise ocean		#14	[-]
Four Star General Posts: 4085 (06/30/09 11:10 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	I hope it's coffee-proof?
LadyKate63		#15	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90969 (06/30/09 11:11 AM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	No laptop is coffee-proof. But I did order a plastic keyboard cover -- it's supposed to be so thin it doesn't interfere with typing at all. We'll see if it lives up to its billing... Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
xxdecrepitxx		#16	[-]
One Star General Posts: 1384 (06/30/09 3:52 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	LadyKate63 wrote: Sooo ... I went to the shop, took in my laptop ... then stopped at Best Buy and bought a new Toshiba. And that's the way to do it. Same thing happened to me a few months ago. It didn't affect my laptop, but I took it as a sign from Heaven and still bought a new one.
LadyKate63		#17	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 90983 (06/30/09 10:33 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	No use crying over spilled coffee, right? Anyway, I'm sure everything will be fine... the only thing that's bugging me right now is that I just realized I have some material on that laptop I'll need for work this week. Thinking of calling the shop to see how things are going. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
LadyKate63		#18	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 91186 (07/08/09 9:13 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Sooo, I heard from the shop today. Apparently my coffeed laptop is beyond repair. The guy said that at first he thought he could just replace the keyboard, but seems there's damage to the motherboard as well. The only thing he can do is get my files off the hard drive -- I'll pick it up tomorrow. That turned out to be one expensive cup of coffee. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty
unwise ocean		#19	[-]
Four Star General Posts: 4098 (07/09/09 12:11 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Now, now LK, we all learn by our mistakes. Anyone for platitudes? I've got so many more... Perhaps I'm not the only to learn by your mistake, so thank you for sharing. If you're going to continue to live dangerously, maybe you should change your beverage to something less sticky? No, I'm not being tiresome, it was only a hint.
LadyKate63		#20	[-]
Administrator Moderator Olympian Posts: 91206 (07/09/09 12:50 PM) Xena Studies Ph.D. Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Actually, that's the thing, I'm usually a tea drinker. Without sugar. Apparently, any liquid spillage can cause serious harm to a computer, but sugarless tea (or water) is probably the least harmful. Sugar is especially bad because the crystals tend to mess with the circuits, but there are crystals in coffee too. Keeper of Xena and Ares' love and hate See my artwork and fanfiction at The Muse's Corner * Visit Xena Online Community Sig script and avatar by Nutty

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