Hi, I'm a uk owner of the Sager 4780
On Friday, I spilt some tea into the keyboard. the laptop is under warranty, and yes I know I'm an absolute idiot for keeping liquid near my laptop. The tea was unsweetened and had milk in it.
I turned it off, tipped it upside down and drained whatever liquid I could get out. I then put it down and idiotically turned it on. I now know, from some desperate web searching, that I should have kept it upside down and taken the battery out. But I didn't.
Anyway, it booted up normally, but obviously the keyboard didn't work. So I turned it off, detached the keyboard, took the plastic keytops off and started drying and cleaning, and cleaned the small bit of gunk on the metal plate underneath. A couple of hours later, I'd replaced the keys, and the laptop booted up properly and gasp! the keyboard worked fine
I gradually realised, however, that the laptop was not recognising mains power, and was running on battery. But other than that it was working fine. As the battery meter began inexorably dropping I turned the laptop off, plugged the mains in and restarted. still didnt recognise mains power
The battery finally ran out, and now the laptop is essentially dead. When I press the power button, with the battery in/out and mains lead in/out, all I get is a single flash of the green power LED. All the other LED's don't work.
I opened up the casing underneath the keyboard to see if there was any obvious dried liquid causing short circuits and there didnt seem to be.
Does anyone have any idea what exactly might have happened to cause this power problem? Or how it can be remedied?
a) I dont think the battery shorted, as it worked till it ran out of charge
b) the laptop seemed to be running fine other than the power issue- perhaps just a short in the circuits related to the mains power socket
c) WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER SPILLAGES- ARGH, so if/when I return it, which I can't do till Tuesday (easter weekend) if they figure out its a result of a spillage, service will charge me for a new motherboard
Sorry to waste your time, I know this isnt very helpful or informative, but I'm desperate- I can't afford the £350 or $500 a new motherboard might cost....
andy pointon
On Friday, I spilt some tea into the keyboard. the laptop is under warranty, and yes I know I'm an absolute idiot for keeping liquid near my laptop. The tea was unsweetened and had milk in it.
I turned it off, tipped it upside down and drained whatever liquid I could get out. I then put it down and idiotically turned it on. I now know, from some desperate web searching, that I should have kept it upside down and taken the battery out. But I didn't.
Anyway, it booted up normally, but obviously the keyboard didn't work. So I turned it off, detached the keyboard, took the plastic keytops off and started drying and cleaning, and cleaned the small bit of gunk on the metal plate underneath. A couple of hours later, I'd replaced the keys, and the laptop booted up properly and gasp! the keyboard worked fine
I gradually realised, however, that the laptop was not recognising mains power, and was running on battery. But other than that it was working fine. As the battery meter began inexorably dropping I turned the laptop off, plugged the mains in and restarted. still didnt recognise mains power
The battery finally ran out, and now the laptop is essentially dead. When I press the power button, with the battery in/out and mains lead in/out, all I get is a single flash of the green power LED. All the other LED's don't work.
I opened up the casing underneath the keyboard to see if there was any obvious dried liquid causing short circuits and there didnt seem to be.
Does anyone have any idea what exactly might have happened to cause this power problem? Or how it can be remedied?
a) I dont think the battery shorted, as it worked till it ran out of charge
b) the laptop seemed to be running fine other than the power issue- perhaps just a short in the circuits related to the mains power socket
c) WARRANTY DOESN'T COVER SPILLAGES- ARGH, so if/when I return it, which I can't do till Tuesday (easter weekend) if they figure out its a result of a spillage, service will charge me for a new motherboard
Sorry to waste your time, I know this isnt very helpful or informative, but I'm desperate- I can't afford the £350 or $500 a new motherboard might cost....
andy pointon
