Spillage on Laptop

Buckley · 12-04-2006, 04:09 PM

Hi there,

While back I managed to spill Jack & Coke on me laptop, as you are thinking now, this has had severe adverse effects - Mind of it's own, shorts, shuts down without warning, high pitched sqealing, running away, drinking (my Jack) and all sorts of naughty stuff

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I dismantled it recently to clean the motherboard and other components, put it back together it it works perfectly! Except that it shuts down after 30secs of starting XP...
This is a Packard Bell Easynote, not the greatest in the world, but all I could afford at the time.

Do you think it'd be worth it to repair or just chuck it?

**laboye** · 12-04-2006, 06:39 PM

Hi and welcome to TSF! Sounds like your machine is overheating. When you dismantled the machine and reassembled it, be sure you mounted the heatsink and fan assembly onto the CPU properly. If you did remove this, you may need to apply some new thermal grease to transfer the heat off of the CPU. The best known is Arctic Silver heat compound. It can be found here:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007

-Eddie

Buckley · 12-06-2006, 11:07 AM

Hi again, I have solved the problem of it shutting down now and the laptop seems to be operating normally, except for 1 thing, now it reboots without warning when it processing , even when only 2 programs are running or starting, any help?

**TheMatt** · 12-06-2006, 12:42 PM

When your laptop restarts, hold down F8 and you will see a bunch off boot options. Go down and select "Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure". Then boot back up, and see if you get an error or BSOD.

12-04-2006, 04:09 PM	#1 (permalink)
Buckley Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Spillage on Laptop Hi there, While back I managed to spill Jack & Coke on me laptop, as you are thinking now, this has had severe adverse effects - Mind of it's own, shorts, shuts down without warning, high pitched sqealing, running away, drinking (my Jack) and all sorts of naughty stuff . I dismantled it recently to clean the motherboard and other components, put it back together it it works perfectly! Except that it shuts down after 30secs of starting XP... This is a Packard Bell Easynote, not the greatest in the world, but all I could afford at the time. Do you think it'd be worth it to repair or just chuck it?

12-04-2006, 06:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
laboye TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 1,246 OS: Windows xp Pro/Vista Beta 2/Ubuntu 6.06 LTS My System	Hi and welcome to TSF! Sounds like your machine is overheating. When you dismantled the machine and reassembled it, be sure you mounted the heatsink and fan assembly onto the CPU properly. If you did remove this, you may need to apply some new thermal grease to transfer the heat off of the CPU. The best known is Arctic Silver heat compound. It can be found here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16835100007 -Eddie __________________ Repair Windows XP Guide --- Resolutions Crazy Computer that I'm saving up for::Antec P180 Case;PC Pwr&Cooling 1kW Quad SLI PSU;Asus P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe;Intel Core2 XE X6800;Corsair TWIN2XP2048 2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 RAM;2xAsus GeForce 7950 GX2;BFG PhysX Accel.;IBM DVD-RAM/Plextor DVD±RW;Seagate 750GB HD 7200RPM;WDX 150GB 10000RPM;Vigor Monsoon TEC Cooler

12-06-2006, 12:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
TheMatt Moderator, Hardware Team Join Date: May 2006 Location: Boston Posts: 13,696 OS: Win 3.1, 98, NT 4.0, XP Debian 4.0, Kubuntu 6.06 My System Blog Entries: 3	When your laptop restarts, hold down F8 and you will see a bunch off boot options. Go down and select "Disable Automatic Restart on System Failure". Then boot back up, and see if you get an error or BSOD. __________________ - Matt M - KB1OSC - Folding@Home 85015 If TSF has helped you, please consider donating. If I have stopped responding to a thread, feel free to send me a PM with a link to the thread. It is advisable to subscribe to threads so you will receive updates when replies are posted. You can subscribe to threads from the "Thread Tools" Menu. »Memtest86 »Prime95 »UBCD »SpeedFan »NHC Personal »Everest »Sandra »PC Wizard »RivaTuner »ATi Tool Click here for Useful Articles and Guides

12-06-2006, 11:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
Buckley Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 2 OS: XP	Hi again, I have solved the problem of it shutting down now and the laptop seems to be operating normally, except for 1 thing, now it reboots without warning when it processing , even when only 2 programs are running or starting, any help?