Sunscreen leaked in my bag and went inside my work laptop earlier today. Panik. Charger port, USB-C, HDMI port etc.
Came home, unscrewed the whole back. Got cotton, started taking off as much as I could. Unscrewed some more off the mobo, but wasn’t able to get into the ports to clear the lotion.
Idea! Got some floss, and the wire thingy you tie cables with. Needed something small but just strong enough to scoop out the lotion from the ports. First go with the wire, scoop out lotion, run into cotton, then followed by the floss to get into the corners. Repeat x937374 times to get as much out as possible. Great success. Calm.
I am so proud of myself 😎😎😎
Also bonus points because my laptop wasn’t charging earlier today (before the spill) and while cleaning this off, got the charger to work as well.
Honorary shoutout to a new toothbrush that I sacrificed trying to remove the lotion. You were a champ!
That would’ve definitely sent me into panik mode, good job on cleaning it out so thoroughly! Bonus that your charger works again too. At least it’s your work laptop so if it rusts out in a few years when you’ll hopefully be gone, it won’t be your problem…
Sunscreen leaked in my bag and went inside my work laptop earlier today. Panik. Charger port, USB-C, HDMI port etc.
Came home, unscrewed the whole back. Got cotton, started taking off as much as I could. Unscrewed some more off the mobo, but wasn’t able to get into the ports to clear the lotion.
Idea! Got some floss, and the wire thingy you tie cables with. Needed something small but just strong enough to scoop out the lotion from the ports. First go with the wire, scoop out lotion, run into cotton, then followed by the floss to get into the corners. Repeat x937374 times to get as much out as possible. Great success. Calm.
I am so proud of myself 😎😎😎
Also bonus points because my laptop wasn’t charging earlier today (before the spill) and while cleaning this off, got the charger to work as well.
Honorary shoutout to a new toothbrush that I sacrificed trying to remove the lotion. You were a champ!
That would’ve definitely sent me into panik mode, good job on cleaning it out so thoroughly! Bonus that your charger works again too. At least it’s your work laptop so if it rusts out in a few years when you’ll hopefully be gone, it won’t be your problem…
agree, these things are so expensive