Yeah that's why i pulled the plug straight away. You can submerge any electrical component in water providing there is no power to it and it will work fine once dried out.

Normally i have the worst luck ever so yeah, its good luck to me. Now i just have to spend the rest of my life with none ahahha.

The hair dryer was blowing cool air. not hot or warm. Otherwise it would of no doubt melted something.

i'd do the same immedently unplug it and let water run out. if it didnt work i'd be kicking my Brothers A$$ till it blead!. i dont allow drinks or any other type of liquid near it. if they wont move it i will and it will be down the drain. if he gets mad i yell. Deal With it !

We'll i'm glad it still works. Playstation Rocks !

I had something similar happen to my old laptop.........however I was not so lucky.

I was drinking beer and had it sitting next to my laptop. Was kinda drunk, tried to pick it up, and spilled the beer right on top of it. I was so pissed at myself and from that moment on any drinks were not placed by my laptop. I had to spend $800 on a new one. Managed to salvage the DVD burner and the RAM and ended up trading to a friend for a decent graphics card.

dam man. i had a similar thing happen to my old laptop. had it sitting on a table and on the counter right beside the table was the blue water cooler. well one night i left the laptop on the table and when i came out in the morning the laptop was sitting in 1 cm of water, off. i was scared and pissed shitless. i took the laptop and draind the water outa it then opend it a bit and stood it up like a A with 4 blowdryers all blowing cold into the vents. after a good 10 minutes i tested it out and it turned on!!! i imedetly turnd it off and pulled the power. i left it there for another hour and when my mom came home needing the laptop. i said no its drying and i explained it to her. told her she would have to walk next door and use her sisters comp to check her email. low and behold the lazy women grabs the laptop turns it on and fries it as soon as i leave the room. thank god for warrintys. "umm sir i dont know what happened it jus didint turn on oneday. oh dont mind the water damaged stickers or paint that somehow started to peel off the metal ram cover. jus send it in and fix it."

It was in standby mode, i just whipped the power plug out.

Being a technician you just know these things about electrical equipment.

Yeah, if it was knackered, he would of been buying another 60gb model if the warranty wouldn't cover it (or i couldn't get away with it).

Yeah, to spill a drink in a laptop is really bad because the keyboard doesn't have a rubber backing, its just placed straight over the mobo. It instantly reaches the mobo and boom.

I did tell him to move the drink about 10 times over the week (it was weird because id told him that many times that he actually still did it, as if it was meant to happen you know?). Next time il take the advice and pour it out .

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What about the hard drive? And other parts like the screen, keyboard and palm rest you could have sold on eBay with a bit extra in the price for the good smell!

I kept the HDD but now I can't find it. Was trying to recently because it will fit in my 360 HDD I think. The screen was damaged from something else so I couldn't sell it.

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HA just found the HDD. Looked in a place I never thought to look in.
I also kept the battery because I bought the same model but a year newer HP pavilion. Batteries are damn expensive.

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This is why my kids are FORBIDDEN to take liquids anywhere near electrical devices.   They aren't even allowed to have drinks on the PC desk, period.  I would have said MOVE it, or you will pay for the damage you may cause my PS3.  I don't even let the opportunity for that to arise.   If I see them on the PC, and there is a drink on the desk, they're DONE with the PC for the day...