Fall your favorite Laptop Bathtub, sink, sea or even worse in the toilet? Have you forgotten and swam with your device in your swimsuit pocket or by hand. Did you touch it at some point and suddenly with a sharp motion drop some liquid or drink and wet the Laptop? In this guide we’ll outline some steps to try to save the wet Laptop, or at least our data.

It is not at all unlikely that some liquid will drop on your device at some point. However, do not panic, just act immediately, since it is a malfunction that needs immediate treatment. In any case, we need to react immediately, as we can prevent the fluid before proceeding well inside the device. All liquids are not the same. When we say that the Laptop was upsetting, we should be able to say what kind of liquid was it squeezed out.

For example, it’s different our Laptop to fall into the sink and different to swim with us in the sea. If the Laptop squeezed out of liquid drinks such as coffee, juice, tea, soft drinks, as soon as they dry out they will leave residue and stick. It is also known that salt water contains salt, which is capable of corroding – oxidizing our device and creating many more problems than plain fresh tap water. Its composition, properties such as temperature, acidity, and salt content play a key role in the difficulty of repairing. Rain, seawater, natural juice or tea are different in each other.

In such cases, we can rinse our appliance with pure alcohol. Clean alcohol is particularly volatile and can flush points that we can not reach.

Another very important factor, which can affect the success rate in the event that the Laptop is upset, is the reaction time. In any case, we need to react immediately, as we can prevent the fluid before proceeding well inside the device.

What you should definitely prevent from happening to your device if it gets wet is the oxidation of its motherboard, which is almost irreparable. That’s why it’s time to pass from the moment the Laptop gets wet until our technicians take over.

But there are also some actions that you must do to make it easier to save it.

Immediate actions:

1. Turn off the Laptop directly to minimize the possibility of a catastrophe. As soon as we remove the Laptop from the liquid, we must disable it if it is open. If the Laptop slammed off while it is closed, it is much safer than if it was up while it is open.

The next step is to remove the battery. Remove the battery and all peripherals if this is feasible as many Laptop models have it built in.

Electricity, electronics and liquids are not a good combination. Many components within the Laptop may short-circuit and be damaged. So we need to act quickly. We also need to remove what else we can from our device, such as a case, sim card, memory card or headphones.

2. Drain the moisture away from sources of intense heat (eg hair dryer, oven etc.), which can overheat it, quickly evaporating the water, leaving salts and loose particles to slow the oxidation of the circuits. Wrap it with absorbent paper (for example, kitchen towels). If it falls into the sea, rinse it directly with tap water. We wipe our Laptop with a soft cloth / towel or absorbent paper wherever it is possible.

We avoid excessive shaking of the laptop to avoid water moving inside it. Wipe our appliance gently to remove as much water as possible. We also wipe the memory card and the sim if they are wet. Remove as much water as we can.
We recommend sucking the liquid and not blowing as it pushes inward the remaining fluids / water and at the same time can destroy the circuits. To suck up using a vacuum cleaner and holding the appliance with the wet side to the ground, we pass the vacuum cleaner out of the area without touching it so that it sucks / evaporates the fluid from the Laptop.

3. Use a material with high absorbency to remove as much water / liquid as possible, to completely dry our device. This can be accomplished by putting our device in a material that has the ability to absorb moisture. Such a material everywhere is simple rice.

There is no preference for some rice, they all do us. The secret throughout the process is the rice-laptop environment to be isolated. We use a sachet or cap that closes airtight and fill it with dry rice. We put the appliance and its battery in, or any part that may have been wet until it is completely covered with rice. We wrap the package and let the rice work for at least 24 hours at room temperature. The rice will pull the moisture and drain the air and absorb the moisture from the device.

Another substance that has a high absorbency, much larger than common rice, is Silic Gel Gel. We may not have heard this word before, but we have all seen it. It’s no other than the sacks we find in new shoes, bags and electronic components to absorb moisture.

In this case, we place our device in a sachet, box or cap that closes airtight, along with “Silica gel” pouches, leave the system isolated for at least one day. In any case, after one day we check whether the moisture has been removed from our appliance.

If we notice that there are still traces of moisture – liquid we repeat the above procedure with new rice / “Silica gel”. We never try to activate or connect a charger to our device. Do not forget that we have also removed the laptop battery in any Laptop that is possible. Run some instructions on the internet to try opening it and check the Laptop for any problems, microphone, speakers, camera, etc. EVERY EVENT EVEN IF WE HAVE ALL ABOVE AND DIRECTLY, it is a great risk to open the Laptop. We mentioned before liquids in electrical – electronic circuits are a bad combination. Indeed, the fluids cause oxidation in the circuits that progress over time. All the above process if we do it quickly and properly just increases the chances of saving – repairing our Laptop.

Our Laptop in any case needs to go to a special repair center like EasyService with qualified technicians and equipment such as ultrasonic cleaners that with special fluids and humidified in the pools will remove fluids and oxidations from all points your laptop and your laptop. They will also measure with special diagnostics your circuit board for possible short circuits.

It may have shaken our Laptop and put it back on EasyService, but it may again get us back or fall. Battery problems (even months later), unexpected interruptions and general instability of our device may suddenly occur.

In general, it is very important that we back up our data (photos, videos, files, contacts, etc.) so that we are prepared in case the fatal happens.

If our Laptop is within a warranty period do not try to go to an official Delegation. It’s impossible to trick the service and repair your device for free. Except that moisture will be seen in many places on the Laptop, there are many special moisture markers on all Laptops. This special indicator “testifies” if the device was shaken by a Liquid Contact Indicator (LCI).

This indicator is usually white or silver and gets red when wet. This makes it easier for technicians to see what happened and let us know that we are not covered by the warranty. In some Laptops, the pointer is behind the battery, while some are in the headphone port or in a slot. In fact, there is not only one but in many places a battery, motherboard in 4.5 points and other places where companies know that there may be some liquid.

Why do some Laptops work when they dry out and the others do not? It is up to the water to go into the appliance:

 For example, went only on resistors and capacitors, these parts are very easy to dry. If the water does not leave traces of salt or other elements to create a potential bridge between these components, then the Laptop will work for a long time.

If the water has gone through the circuits (ic), or shorted the flexes, which have very close contact blocks and in some other points that would be pointless to explain here, then things are dark. Mostly when these currents pass through a voltage of 4-5 V. This second case is also the most common as most Laptops receive a large amount of liquid inside them.

We remind you that specialized tools such as the high power ultrasonic bath and special cleansing tools are required to repair a wet laptop and remove it from scratches, which are available only in specialized professional laboratories such as EasyService. Do not attempt this repair yourself if you do not know what you are doing, as it is likely that your attempt will be in vain and may cause even greater damage and irreparable damage. The repair depends on the type of liquid, the extent of the damage and the possible replacements of the oxidized parts.

At EasyService, we will initially perform the necessary diagnostic tests to see if repair is possible. We will then inform you of any parts requiring change as well as the total cost of the repair.

If you spilled water, coffee, tea or some other liquid on your Laptop, EasyService will repair it. You poured water on your Laptop, wet it with some liquid and you do not know what to do; Many times at work or at home we can drink coffee, water, tea, a drink or a drink next to the laptop we are working on. The most common thing is throwing our coffee on the Laptop. Do not panic, come directly to EasyService and our dedicated technicians will open your Laptop to gain access to its wet interior. We will clean or replace parts that do not work properly on its subsystems such as the keyboard, screen, battery, … Even if the liquids have reached the motherboard, we will repair any damage to it with the help of our state-of-the-art laboratory.

So, if your favorite Laptop gets wet, bring EasyService as soon as possible to increase your chances of repairing it. We are here, always beside you to see you smile.