Corrosion Risk from Liquid Spills – Sony Vaio Power IC Replacement

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How Dampness Can Cause Ongoing Corrosion to Digital Devices

Computer, Smartphone and Tablet Repair Fallacies #347: If you’ve spilled water or liquid on your laptop, but it appears to be running okay (possibly after you think it’s dried out), then there isn’t a problem, right….?

WRONG!

Even after you think the initial danger’s passed and your computer- or whatever- appears to be running normally, any remaining minor dampness (or even dried out residue) can- and often does- cause ongoing damage through corrosion and other factors.

This repair that was carried out in our St Andrews store is a good example. Having spilled coffee onto their computer a while back, it wasn’t until some time later that the problem appeared- the computer stopped turning on at all… and when we opened it up we found out why.

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You Have to Be Good Dealing with Components This Small!

Some of the repairs we do might sound straightforward when you boil them down to their basic steps- pretty much anything can, and we often leave out a lot of the detail. In truth even straightforward repairs can be quite a bit more difficult than that in real life!

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The Rumoured iPad Pro

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Card Balance

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