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I spilled a drink on my laptop

انسكب مشروب على حاسوبي المحمول

Act now

The first ten minutes decide whether this is a cleaning or a new laptop. Do these in order, now.

What to do

  1. Turn it off now. Hold the power button until everything goes dark. Do not shut down the normal way, do not save your work, do not wait.
  2. Unplug the charger. If the battery comes out without tools, take it out.
  3. Open the lid as far as it goes and turn the whole thing upside down like a tent, on a towel. You want the liquid to drain out through the keyboard, not further in.
  4. Leave it like that. Do not use rice, which does nothing and leaves starch in the keyboard. Do not use a hairdryer, which drives moisture into the board and can warp plastics.
  5. Do not turn it on to check, not even for a second. Power on a wet board is what causes the permanent damage. The liquid itself mostly does not.

These are the usual causes and the safe order to check them, not a diagnosis of your machine. If a step does not match what you are seeing, stop and ask.