[plug] Fluid damage to Laptop

[Shayne O'Neill]

> you can wash it with the garden hose if you like!  

Um, Don't do this. You'll oxidise the heck out of the solder joints
seriously reducing the life time.

Use a proper cleaning solution, something that is NON conductive, and
preferably inert. 
Give it a once over with a blast of air to properly dry it, and swing a
cat 3 times around your head for good luck.

For reference, I managed to drop my mobile into a pint of beer ("Here
sweety let me lean over and get that for you *plop* *WAAAAGH!*")/
It died and wouldn't come back. 3 weeks later it just woke up with the
normal alarm clock I used for waking up, good as new. It was weird.


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