Computer advice?

[Squirrelypaws]

I accidentally spilled water on my laptop the other day, and I can't get it to turn back on.

I've pretty much resolved myself to the idea that it's beyond saving and that I need a new one (which I don't mind at all! ), but before I totally give up on this one, I thought I'd try posting here to see if anyone had any advice. I'm going to cross-post this on a couple of other forums, too; can't hurt to have opinions from multiple places, right?

Here's what happened:

I spilled about a cup, maybe a cup and half, of water on my desk. Most of the water went UNDER everything on the desk, but some (I'd guesstimate a tablespoon or so) did get on the keyboard area of the laptop.

I'm clumsy and no stranger to having spilled things on my computer, so I did what I always do; I sopped the water up with paper towels and turned the laptop on its' side so any water that got in through the keyboard could get out. I left it that way for about ten minutes.

It stayed on the whole time, but when I put it back in its' normal position it seemed to be locked up, so I turned it off.

And it never came back on.

I thought maybe it had overheated, so I unplugged everything and let the power block cool down for a couple of hours. Nothing.

I've unplugged it and let it sit a few times now since it went down, and when I plug it back in one of three things happens. Either:

A) The AC Power and Disk Drive lights come on solid green and it sounds like it's trying to run a disk or something. It won't boot up, but the disk drive will open if I push the button.

B) The AC light comes on yellow and blinks.

C) A combination of A and B; the Disk and AC lights come on solid green, it sounds like it's trying to do something, but after a second or two the disk light goes out and the AC light turns yellow and starts blinking.

The laptop is a Toshiba Satellite. I have no idea how old it is, as I got it used, but the model number is A25-S307.

Any advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated!

[starrypawz]

I'd suggest taking it to a computer repair shop. I had to do that with my last laptop after an unfortunate accident, in my case I turned it back on and it did turn on for a few moments before the screen went. If they can't fix it they should be able to remove the harddrive which was what they did with mine and they made it into an 'external harddrive' so I could access of the stuff from it

[melodys_angel]

Sounds like it shorted something up.

If you don't know anyone savy, take it in and see!

[shintoji]

ive done that before, i know how you feel! i'd suggest taking out the battery and putting it in a bag of rice, and then laying out a folded up towel and putting the computer upside down above it, with the computer sorta making an upside down v shape and leaving both things alone for a few days. if it works again, you may have to get an external keyboard. best of luck!

[kaoskat]

If yours works anything like mine does, I'd suggest setting it on fire. Of course that's probably not very useful....... *glares angrily at own Toshiba Satellite*

[Squirrelypaws]

In regards to the rice suggestions; it actually doesn't have a battery anymore; the one i had leaked, so I've been using only the AC power source for about a year  now. I don't think I have a big enough container or enough rice to put the laptop itself in.

If yours works anything like mine does, I'd suggest setting it on fire. Of course that's probably not very useful....... *glares angrily at own Toshiba Satellite*

LOL. Believe me, there's been times when I've wanted to do exactly that. Or smash it to pieces with a baseball bat.

I had a tiny bit of success with it earlier today! I put it in a patch of sunshine for a ew hours, and when I plugged it in afterward, it did boot up for about 30 seconds. So now I'm thinking maybe its just not completely dry?

[Honeycomb]

I did that too a few years ago (Toshiba too), and I bougth a new one. However, after some months I tried the old one again, and it was working again. Still is. Good old Toshiba.