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My cat knocked half of a cup of coffee on/next to my $3000 laptop.
Open | Hardware

I left a cup of coffee on the table next to my laptop, was in a hurry to drop my daughter off at her mom’s house on time. I came home about 12 hours later to see myself in this situation.

Pics of coffee laptop:

https://ibb.co/4dQw64n

https://ibb.co/Qr8K4tQ

Most of the coffee flowed under the laptop and hardened in the vent on the underside of the laptop. I would like to get some people’s opinions as to how compromised my laptop is.

It was on the entire time I was gone. It was closed. It seems to be fully operable, but I don’t want to risk continuing to run it and ruining a $3000+ laptop.

If this isn’t the place to ask for help, please point me in the right direction.

Thank you.


What’s the best way to erase a hard drive before getting rid of it?
Open | Software

I have some old pcs that I’m going to donate. What’s the safest way to erase the hard drives so none of my data is on there?