Laptop Water Damage Explained

Laptop and water don’t mixed. The first thing you should do is to power off the laptop and wipe off the excess water. You will be in a little luck if this is just some water. If this happened to be coffee, tea or milk, the situation may worsen as they tend to be harden to clean and this makes the keyboard sticky after drying. In most cases, the keyboard has to be replaced.

When it comes to water spillage on a laptop, the laptop must be disassemble for cleaning. Any excess water that seeps inside the laptop may cause corrosion if left for more than 3 days. The mainboard, SSD (your data are in there!), speaker etc may be damaged if not clean up. The most unwanted case is water trapped in the battery connector which may short the entire mainboard. If this happened, the repair would be more costly. In short, look for a reputable laptop repair shop like Volta PC as we have professional technician to clean up your laptop. Don’t leave your water damage laptop by chance.

Is cleaning really necessary since my lapop still works fine?

Since we never know if water may seeps in to other components, the only way is to disassemble the laptop. If you spilled a large cup of milk all over the keyboard, this may means you would definitely need your laptop clean by a professional. If you spilled some at the corner, it may not be so bad but we wouldn’t be able to guarantee the laptop condition for the next few days. For a piece of mind, we would suggest you to send in your laptop for a professional water damage cleaning service.

The keyboard don’t work properly after a water spilled

We are unable to remove each single key cap for a cleaning as the hinge may break during the removal. For this case, the entire keyboard can be replaced only. At the same time, our engineer will diagnose if there are any water spill inside the laptop which may need to clean up. The laptop cleaning and diagnostic are done concurrently for water damage laptop

How much does it cost for a Laptop water damage repair?

Our laptop water damage repair cost $95. The cleaning and diagnostic is done concurrently and we will quote you for additional parts if we found any parts are corroded or damaged. For more information, you can refer here

Is my data safe on a water damage laptop?

In most cases, yes. The data is stored on a separate component called the hard drivve (SSD/HDD). If there are no water marks found on your hard drive (SSD/HDD), the data should be safe but this will also depends on the hard drive existing condition. For Macbook user, SSD are soldered on the motherboard and thus the data should be fine if there are no water marks on the motherboard. Our engineer will advise you once you send in for the laptop cleaning and diagnostic.