My laptop got wet and sat for at least an hour

[Daswiruch]

yea giant one too and I guess the rain water got through and got into it

wtf can we get a picture of the hole and its surrounding area?

[Ad Bot]

[pch]

So I was hanging out with a friend when I decide to pull my laptop out and I realize, it's wet. It probably has been for an hour, it's been raining here and water must've seeped through a hole in my wall and got it wet, what can I do? I tried to turn it on when I found it and it shut off and I kept it infront of a fan for 5 hours and nothing, it is currently sitting on a towel with the bottom panel removed

you made a big loving mistake trying to turn it on when it was wet

[Xphifre]

you made a big loving mistake trying to turn it on when it was wet

Yeah, that probably fried it.

[Juliun03]

Yeah, that probably fried it.

[Insert Name Here]

Yeah, that probably fried it.

Still put it in the rice and pray harder than a priest in isreal that the damn thing still works

[Akio]

oak leaves absorb water

holy stuff

[Steve5451²]

If you haven't removed the battery already then do that ASAP.

you made a big loving mistake trying to turn it on when it was wet

this though.

[TristanLuigi]

you made a big loving mistake trying to turn it on when it was wet

This. AFAIK, the reason is that while wet electricity can travel through water to cross wires, which can send nonsense data to corrupt things, induce short circuits and rapid heating, and corrode metal (possibly quicker due to electroplating). If it's left off, the electricity can't forget things over and corrosion is pretty much the only thing you have to worry about.

But yeah, you can try rice but chances are it won't work. I've spilt water on a laptop before and I didn't have the sense to turn it off; I saw each key of the keyboard slowly die one by one until the damn thing BSOD'd.

[Maxwell.]

fix the hole so this doesn't happen again

[Refticus]

cover it in rice, it will attract asians

[e-maxx]

use the laptop to cover the hole

[Ducky duck]

ricericericericericericericer icericericerice

[th3coolst3r]

I have forgotten how to resize images, but I will try the rice thing

[e-maxx]

[img width={width} height={height}]http://{url}[/img]

[Quote Story]

[img width={width} height={height}]http://{url}[/img]

alternatively, you can just do [img width={whatever}]http://LINK[/img]
which will size the aspect ratio properly