Spilled water on laptop, tried power there is none but making a ticking noise.any ideas?

thanks any idea what the ticking noise mite b?

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

is it a good sign?

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

Definitely not a good sign, it sounds like a short circuit and I would certainly take my advice, do NOT switch it on, it will be a long time lump of useless plastic, try what I said and it may recover. good luck!

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by Worzel on November 11th, 2007

sorry to bother again, if its the hard drive can it b fixed??

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

It's unlikely to be the hard drive because they are sealed against dust so water will only affect the electrics and then the same thing with the hairdryer and time is needed, "IF" it is the hard drive you may be able to buy a new one or change the circuit board from an old one which you probably wont have for a laptop and then to find it is something else means you have wasted your money, the clicking from a short circuit does sound like the HD click but if you are still trying to turn it on you may be ruining it forever. By the way, you can ask me all you want after all this is AB :o)

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by Worzel on November 11th, 2007

thanks a lot! it is just so tempting to switch it on tho to check it! but i wont again now. its not looking good tho. do u think it can b fixed? and will it take long if i send it away to a workshop?? again thanks fo r listening to me!!

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

Take it from me, laptops cost more to fix than replace, IF yours IS water-damaged it will be the motherboard that is shot plus all on-board components, or the power-supply or both and the cost is prohibitive and even IF you did get it repaired you may find something else will go due to the previous damage maybe some time later. Only when you are absolutely sure that it has dried out should you switch it on, then fingers x'd. Take off the battery pack and if you can, take out the hard drive and disk drive, they sometimes have large lock screws holding them in place and dry them seperately,this will also let you point the hairdryer more to the inside :o)

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by Worzel on November 12th, 2007

thaanks? any idea what the ticking noise mite b? is it a good sign?

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

ticking... I cant imagine that being a good thing.
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It's probably the harddrive or fan. They're about the only moving parts in a computer that could 'tick.'
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You can hope its the fan...

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by noise - treble and siege on November 11th, 2007

sorry to bother again,
will the hard drive b damaged then?
is there anyway it can b fixed??

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

If you want the data off the drive without the computer working, you'll need to open up the laptop, take the drive out, and plug it into another computer using an external case. They're common for normal hard drive. Laptop hard drives are a little smaller, but they should exist.
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For now - Let it dry, cross your fingers. If it doesn't work ask a computer store.
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- noise
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p.s. Welcome to the Answerbag ;)

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by noise - treble and siege on November 11th, 2007

thanks, any idea what the ticking noise mite b? is it a good sign?

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by amm8009 on November 11th, 2007

Ticking is a bad sign. It sounds like your hard drive is not moving smoothly.

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by Anonymous on November 11th, 2007