help my laptop's gone mental

[ketchupkid]

hi i spilled a drink on my lap top or rather my boyfriend did and i think while he was cleaning he must have pressed something because now when i type several keys appear as numbers and symbols rather than letters unless i hold don a key that says Fn (Function?) and i don't have a clue ho to fix it. he3- or should i say, help!

[Ethel]

You have got number lock on.

Hold down the Fn key and press Numlk key - mine is F11, yours may be different.

[ketchupkid]

just looked and the number lock is on but it wont turn off when i hold down Fn or any other key???

[vehelpfulguy]

I am afraid once you spill drink on a laptop all sorts of things can go wrong. Laptops are small and thin and a little bit of drink can cause a lot of damage.

If the liquid has got between the keys into the connectors it may make them sticky and they stop working.

The drink may have started corroding the metal, or even got on the electronics and caused problems there.

If it got down right inside to the motherboard it may stop the laptop working altogether.

You could buy a USB keyboard and use that to see if it cures the problem.

You then have to hope that no long term damage has been done to the rest of the laptop.

[Birt]

I did the same and smoke starting coming out of mine. Get it insured next time! Had this insurance on mine and they paid out. Most household policies dont.

http://fun-mobile.2u.co.uk/laptop-insurance/

[ketchupkid]

thanks for your suggestions. i left it over night to dry out and everything is completely back to normal and it's working fine. the number lock just turned itself off?!