I put paper towels to mitigate the damage. The screen was still on, and seemed ok. I soaked up the water from the keyboard.
I then held the laptop upside down to shake the water out from the keyboard. Around this time, the screen went black, although I could hear the hard drive and/or fans making noise (not sure which, most likely fans. Same noise as ever when it is on.)
Long story short, the screen would not go on, and the computer, after I turned it off, would not turn back on.
What to do if this happens to you.
I would say power down the laptop as soon as possible, and remove the battery.
I put my laptop in the oven. As you can see on this blog, I had put my iPhone in the oven multiple times, with no problems. The reason I felt ok doing that with my phone, and now laptop (long story short, the laptop is ok now, and I am typing from it now!) is that I noticed saunas (the ones I go to, anyway) get around 180 degrees. My iPhone 4 used to complain that it was too hot to use, but that is all. It never melted nor exploded. According to a quick Google search, saunas (with humans in them) get up to 221 degrees Fahrenheit. I have not taken electronics in there, so I would not set my oven to 200+, but certainly 170-180 degrees F.
Please note, I am not encouraging you necessarily to put your laptop in the oven. I am simply saying it worked fine for me, and saved me from having to buy a new computer. If you choose to do this, it is your choice.
Moving right along.
- Remove the battery.
- Turn oven on to lowest setting. Mine is 170.
- Put the laptop inside.
- Check on it in increments of 5 minutes at first. Simply to make sure it hasn't melted or exploded etc. This means, simply cracking open the door a bit for a visual scan.
My laptop was in the oven around 20 or 30 minutes. Then, I turned off the actual heat, and left it in there for another 20 minutes or so (to fully cool down.) I took it out once it was cool to touch, and it works perfectly well now. It is a regular plastic laptop from HP, nothing fancy, 15.6 inches like this one : http://www.currys.co.uk/gbuk/computing/laptops/laptops/hp-15-ba080sa-15-6-laptop-blue-10146691-pdt.html
Hope this works for you!
