MoreCooler.com: It's more cooler with the thing

So, I sit down to watch a DVD on Friday, placing my food and drink on another table so I wouldn't get any near the computer. About twenty minutes in, I move the glass to my main table to refill it. I do so, and then promptly tip the entire goddamn thing over into my laptop. Sprite dripping from every crevice.

Well, it's totally fried, and I'm back to my desktop after the quick addition of a PCI wireless card. I'll call Toshiba tomorrow for a service center, but I'm guessing this bad boy is on its way out. On the plus side, I was able to pull the hard drive and stick it in an external USB/Firewire enclosure to get my data off, including about 40+ hours worth of un-backed-up work on theTombs. I'm hoping the 802.11g wireless card I added all of five days ago will still work, too.

The moral: SPRITE IS SATAN'S TASTY BEVERAGE OF CHOICE.

(in response to my jest that I could buy three new laptops for the price of his Falcon):
"Yeah, but mine won't break if I spill Sprite on the keyboard."

Bastard. ^_^

That's terrible! Sorry to hear about the loss of a trusty laptop =). Hopefully, Toshiba will cover it, as it is still under warranty, right? My vid card went out on me and I had it replaced in only 3 long days (hehe, need my gaming fix!).

Warranties don't cover SUM's (Stupid User Mistakes) such as spilling liquids or dropping it. Yep, one of those things I know from personal experience.. sucks, but that's life..

Just say it shipped with Sprite inside. It might work. ;-) But seriously, that sucks. At least you didn't lose The Tombs.

this place sells toshiba laptop parts they have my keyboard for $40)
http://www.nationalparts.com/extranet/index.asp?PAGE=proc_sr_model.asp
maybe if you can figure out whats wrong you can grab parts here.. just a thought.

After about an hour's worth of work, I never did figure out how to crack the case. I think I'm leaving this to the professionals; I'm going to call Toshiba tomorrow morning and figure out a good service center nearby. Those $1800 laptops on Ebay are from a guy with virtually no seller/buyer history, so that's officially a no go, but some reputable stores still sell 'em for around $2k. If it's not fixable, I'll just consider it an expensive lesson in beverage control.

And Matt is right: warranties most definitely do NOT cover stuff like liquid spills. Which sucks double because I bought an extended warranty, which will not transfer if I end up buying a new machine.