Spilt water on Chromebook C910 -C37P orange light flashes, no power. Any ideas?

PhilV
PhilV Member Posts: 5 New User
edited November 2023 in 2018 Archives
Spilt water on Chromebook C910 -C37P, orange light flashes when charger is plugged in. No lights when unplugged. No power, no fan. Blue light blinks once quickly when power button pressed. Tried all resets, unplugged battery. Hope someone can help.

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  • TECH_MAN
    TECH_MAN Ally Posts: 453
    Hi Philv
    Plug in your chromebook.
    Hold down the Esc, Refresh, and Power buttons until the charge light turns to solid red.
    Leave it charging for at least 4 hours. Charge light will turn green.
    Now it can be turned on

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  • PhilV
    PhilV Member Posts: 5 New User
    Thanks, Tech_Man,
    Held the buttons down for about 5 minutes, orange light never changed, just continued to flash. Occasionally, blue light would flicker.
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 4,226 Pathfinder
    Water damage is a difficult thing to diagnose. The best thing to do normally is to leave the device off for at least 24 hours, and place it in a dry, warm room. If it still refuses to turn on than that might be problem.
    The longer the better, but 24 hours at an absolute minimum. The worst thing you can do is to leave it running after a spill.
    Immediately unplug the Chromebook. Do not attempt to turn it on. If the water would have gone inside it might permanently damage the motherboard.
    After 2 or 3 days try to turn on it should work.
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  • PhilV
    PhilV Member Posts: 5 New User
    Thanks, Jack22. 
    It's been off for a couple of weeks. Guess the motherboard is shot.
  • Jack22
    Jack22 ACE Posts: 4,226 Pathfinder
    Just try to pressing the power button few times and check if still dont work . I guess its time to send in for repair. I guess if water spill is on the unit than there are chances that the warranty might be void
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  • PhilV
    PhilV Member Posts: 5 New User
    Jack22, out of warranty unfortunately. Guess i'll try a new motherboard. Thanks for the help.
  • PhilV
    PhilV Member Posts: 5 New User
    UPDATE: I unplugged  battery, which was why orange light was blinking. Plugged battery and after a couple of hours, battery was fully charged. Orange light turned blue on right. Tried all steps, still no power. Pressing power button a couple times, the blue light on left blinks on but, nothing happens. Noticed black on piece that connects to fan. Not sure if that would cause no power.
  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 35,055 Trailblazer
    Likely something in the power circuit fried when shorted by the water. A motherboard might bring it back but I don't know how cost effective that is.
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