Boards
Spilling liquids on computers is fun...
But if it's going to die because of the spill how long would it last before its demise? Would it definitely die within an hour, say?
In a rather comical slapstick routine, I tripped over a printer cable attached to another laptop, which in turn knocked a cup of lukewarm tea splashing aforementioned tea onto the keyboard of my macbook pro. At least I think that's what happened (happened too fast...)
The splash reached my screen, a couple of the ports, and the keyboard. Like three little pools of tea around a couple of the keys.
I turned the computer off, tipped my computer to see if anything would come out (it didn't), and removed a couple of keys to see the extent of the spill (there was a tiny amount under one key and none that I could see under others). I then spent a painful period replacing a key (because the spring mechanism had become dislodged as it always does...who designed those stupid things?!) and then cleaned the screen and ports. There is no noticeable damage as yet; the computer, on which I am now typing, started up and is running smoothly and as quietly as ever.
But I am MEGA-paranoid. Could the small amount I noticed under one key reach the motherboard or whatever it's called and thereby bring destruction?
Any other liquid spill-computer anecdotes (probably not)...?