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MonsieurFish · 02-27-2012, 01:29 AM

So the other night I spilt a small amount of soda water on my laptop. I turned it off right away, and left it to dry for about 30 hours. Since then, I have turned it on and it works fine... except that when it is plugged in, it shocks me if I touch any metal part of it.

Here are the facts:

I do not get shocked when it is not plugged into the wall.
I got shocked when I touched the end of the wall adapter that plugs into the computer (while it was not plugged into the computer)
Once the laptop was plugged in, I got shocked when touching the metal parts in the CD drive, as well as a screw at the bottom of the computer.
I am in Thailand (don't know if electrical outlets and such are different over here?)

Anyways... the fact that just the adapter shocked me leads me to believe that it may be the problem, and not the computer? But this all began as soon as I spilt soda water on the laptop... so I feel like the adapter cannot be the only problem. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong and how I could fix this? Could it simply be that the wall plug-in I have been using is faulty or something? I am getting tired of doing the shock test only to find out it still happens, as they are getting fairly painful.

02-27-2012, 01:29 AM	#1
MonsieurFish Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Feb 2006 Exp:	Why is my laptop shocking me? So the other night I spilt a small amount of soda water on my laptop. I turned it off right away, and left it to dry for about 30 hours. Since then, I have turned it on and it works fine... except that when it is plugged in, it shocks me if I touch any metal part of it. Here are the facts: I do not get shocked when it is not plugged into the wall. I got shocked when I touched the end of the wall adapter that plugs into the computer (while it was not plugged into the computer) Once the laptop was plugged in, I got shocked when touching the metal parts in the CD drive, as well as a screw at the bottom of the computer. I am in Thailand (don't know if electrical outlets and such are different over here?) Anyways... the fact that just the adapter shocked me leads me to believe that it may be the problem, and not the computer? But this all began as soon as I spilt soda water on the laptop... so I feel like the adapter cannot be the only problem. Does anyone have any idea what is wrong and how I could fix this? Could it simply be that the wall plug-in I have been using is faulty or something? I am getting tired of doing the shock test only to find out it still happens, as they are getting fairly painful.