FUUUUUuuuuu.....

That sucks!

But from that comes the saying - never drink and post


Or was it something else?

Did you take out the battery, switch it off etc to let it dry up?

That's when you should congratulate yourself for choosing a PC over one of those expensive MacBooks. ;)

High, M... Surprisingly it doesn't seem to have gotten too far past the keys. The chicklet design kept most of it on top and when I started fervently trying to sop up any that got through with the folded edge of a paper towel there wasn't much there. It is all sticky and stinky now. The screen is all mucked up and streaky now though but that's not visible when lit.

I thought I'd have to let it sit for the night but so far it's working (typing on it now). If anything got messed up it would be the internal speakers but the grill mesh is so fine it doesn't seem that any got through there either. 

Man... say what you want about Acers but this thing is pretty awesome. Just a very nerve racking moment.

And I swear I'm not drunk. It was my first beer of the night. My raggedy shirt got caught on the edge of my desk and my hand bumped into the pint glass... and of course I made things worse by trying to catch it.

Ooof...

@Rain... Yeah. This little lappy only cost $300 and kicks butt. Still though I can't afford to replace it right now. I guess considering this is the first time I've spilled anything on it after almost a year of using it over 12 hours a day I've been pretty lucky. 

Sorry, Beepster.  I hope it was a beer you like because you're going to smell it for a while.  

Yeah... friggen' stinks like a dingy pub in here now. :-/ 

pop that keyboard right out,disconnect the ribbin from the back of the keyboard,soak right in the tub/or equivevint.
at this time sop up any remaining alchohol inside the laptop itself.
remove the keyboard from being submerged in water and let dry in a warm spot for 24 hrs +.

put it back together and youll be fine.

trick is to get it in the water while its still wet with beer.
if it drys(beer) it wont work as effectively.
i clean keyboards like this all the time.
is that strange?

well i just backed a videocard at 250 for 20 minutes to fix a common
short(thats called reflux)

What a waste of beer...


+1 to washing the keyboard in water.

???

um... I don't think I'm gonna do that... even if you guys are being serious. lol

It's fine which is quite surprising considering it was half a pint. I have no idea hot the beer didn't get right in between the keys. The keys themselves wer covered but not underneath. Perhaps that's one of the benefits of the chicklet key design?

Seriously next to no beer got through and looking under the keys there doesn't even seem to be much room for liquids to get inside the laptop. I'm really glad I bought this model.