Wife spilled water On my Dell laptop

[XCLAN]

I have a dell inspirion 2650 laptop. My wife spilled water on it and it wont power up....i had taken a air compressor to it and blew it out extensively....is this baby toast?
Dell said they can replace the motherboard for 500+$ wut a joke.
any advice?
thanx Guyz!

btw it has absolutely no power at all

 

[aphex]

Not sure with a laptop, but whenever ive had any electrical device get wet, i take the whole thing apart to let the components dry out. Usually after 3 days, i put it back togeather and it works fine.

I think the rule of thumb though it that you cannot whatsoever try to turn it on, it does something when it trys to power up.

 

[XCLAN]

I think the rule of thumb though it that you cannot whatsoever try to turn it on, it does something when it trys to power up

yeah i would not have tried it....but wife tried to play dumb and didnt tell me it got wet

 

[lobadobadingdong]

If it was attempted to turn on after, or was on when it got wet, it likely shorted out any number of different components. I do dell warranty calls and can tell you that $500-600 is about right.

Unisys engineer travel between $80 - 280 (from to 30 miles to 180 miles) (flat fees are given from a distance table, anything over 180 miles round trip is billed by the hour at $125/hr.)

Service call fee for up to 1 1/2 hr service (minimum standard fee) $125

Motherboard + shipping next day via DHL $150-250 (depending on current rates for the laptop motherboards.


Your best bet is to try and find a motherboard on e-gay if you are technically adept enough to repair it yourself. (takes a fairly steady hand and good eyesight) If not, it's time to wish you had bought the complete care option and pony up for a repair or buy another laptop.

 

[helpmeout]

And to add to the above post-- put the wife to work for a month or so. That should make the expenditure easier to swallow.

 

[XCLAN]

Originally posted by: helpmeout
And to add to the above post-- put the wife to work for a month or so. That should make the expenditure easier to swallow.

actually me and wifey are at an end in our relationshp...and I wouldnt have put it past her to have done this on purpose.

 

[klaviernista]

Unisys engineer travel between $80 - 280 (from to 30 miles to 180 miles) (flat fees are given from a distance table, anything over 180 miles round trip is billed by the hour at $125/hr.)

Service call fee for up to 1 1/2 hr service (minimum standard fee) $125

Motherboard + shipping next day via DHL $150-250 (depending on current rates for the laptop motherboards.

Not to flame on dell, but what a ripoff. This is like going to the service center at best buy and having them charge 75 bucks to put Ram in a desktop, which takes all of 2 minutes. $125 dollars and hour is ridiculous. MOst likely those numbers are inflated so they almost force you to buy there "complete care" (take your wallet for a long walk off a short pier) package

Chances are, you could've bought your entire system for half the price elsewhere and then when wifey did this replaced the whole thing for less than what dell will charge you now.

As for fixing your PC, yeah I wouldn;t have turned it on. Water is a conductor and you likely shorted some components when you turned on the PSU. Fried Mobo is highly likely

 

[oldman420]

i agree thats not the kind of support I would want. buy local

 

[XCLAN]

Yeah i know I had no clue it got wet.....it wasnt till after it didnt turn on that i flipped it over and watter dripped out of it
I am positive wife did this on purpose

 

[Looney]

Originally posted by: XCLAN
Yeah i know I had no clue it got wet.....it wasnt till after it didnt turn on that i flipped it over and watter dripped out of it
I am positive wife did this on purpose

Geez, and you're still in the same house? I would bail asap, who knows what she's doing to your food.