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[Del Boy]

Got a problem with my laptop it's a Dell and the dog decided to jump up and knock coffee all over it Sunday, tipped it up and hairdried it  Anyway it now beeps when you turn it on (never did before).

Any ideas what he's done?

[Darth Loo-knee]

Something to do with the Coffee I reckon 

[Del Boy]

It's a possibility 

[tunnie]

fckked it 

How many beeps does it do?

[Del Boy]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

[Darth Loo-knee]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Steam clean it mate that will get rid of the coffee

[tunnie]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Count them, that will tell you what its complaining about. Post up how many beeps it does 

[Darth Loo-knee]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Count them, that will tell you what its complaining about. Post up how many beeps it does 

I would have thought it would be like Morse Code Tunnie, with computers being clever it will be telling him what is wrong

[tunnie]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Count them, that will tell you what its complaining about. Post up how many beeps it does 

I would have thought it would be like Morse Code Tunnie, with computers being clever it will be telling him what is wrong

Close.... 

[tunnie]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Count them, that will tell you what its complaining about. Post up how many beeps it does 

Also, check what types of beeps some are short, some are long

[Del Boy]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

Count them, that will tell you what its complaining about. Post up how many beeps it does 

Also, check what types of beeps some are short, some are long

Ok will check in a bit 

[STMO999]

If it's going bip bip bip beep beep beep bip bip bip, that's computer for SOS

[dad1uk]

If it's going bip bip bip beep beep beep bip bip bip, that's computer for SOS

 

Are you sure it's not saying "I said Milk but NO sugar!" . . . .

[Chris_H]

Sadly coffee is quite conductive and corrosive.  Drying it is not good enough.  It really needs to be removed with distilled water or meths and fast.  The batteries would be best removed too as the voltage will accelerate corrosion.
Hopefully the keyboard has caught it all.  These can often be removed from the outside by sliding a latch-bar accessible between the front of the keyboard and the case.  Having said that, I haven't dismantled one for some time!

[KillerWatt]

Quite a few until actually turns on, as if you were holding down a button or something. It does turn on and works fine though.

As it starts up normally (other than the repetitive bleep), it's probably just a case that a new keyboard will fix it (count yourself lucky).