What to do if you spill something on your laptop

Ok, it’s happened to most of us at some point. You're working on a really important project for college. Well, actually the lads are over, you’re playing online poker, ace-king suited on a $5000 pot and in the excitement someone (you never exactly figured out who) spills a pint of lager onto the laptop keyboard.

So what do you do? Throw a towel over it and play on, hoping for the best (and in no way prepared to throw away the hand for the sake of a little spill)? Well, not if you want your laptop to work the next time you try to turn it on! Trust me, take it from someone who knows from experience, you want to deal with this properly, and fast, if you want to prevent serious damage to your laptop. You need to act quickly. Here's what to do: