Can I join the club? I hope all of you have had success in removing your odor from your vehicles. When I bought my new car, the second month of ownership, I was running late to work and decided to take some milk in a spill-proof mug with me and have cereal at work. Well, as I got into the garage at work to park my car, the stupid mug got knocked over and the lid came undone, unleashing lots of fresh low-fat milk!!! all over the front passenger side. Can I tell you how tortured I was at knowing that I did this in my new car??? And have no one else to blame???? Anyway, after a week or so of trying pet-odor removers, carpet cleaners, and simply just soaking the area up with damp clothes, I learnt of applying baking soda on the area - just make sure the area is slightly damped before applying. I left the baking soda sit for about 1 week and then vacuumed feverishly. Odor gone! It was that easy. Now forward 3 years.....I was washing my car and I happened to clean my floor mats with some carpet upholstery cleaner. Well, I didn't notice that I left the passenger floor mat too damp. For the rest of the week, I didn't drive my car. But on the weekend, when I went to get groceries - I jumped in the car to only be greeted by the smell of dead animal!!! After making sure there was no dead animal in the trunk, engine compartment, below the car, underneath the seats, I came across a heavy dead animal odor beneath the passenger side floor mat! And noticed that it was still damp!!! Instantly, I knew this had to have been the return of the milk I spilled three years ago!!! This time around, I tried to treat it with carpet upholstery cleaner with no luck. I also tried using the baking soda. Despite having the baking soda in there overnight, the odor was still active the next morning. However, not as intense as dead animal, but more like a musty, dirty socks smell. I left the baking soda in a bit longer and went to Target and got a specific car upholstrey foam cleaner from Prestige for $4. I vacuumed the baking soda - really vacuumed it and the whole passenger front side. I simply sprayed the foam cleaner and left it in for 2 minutes to soak in. After that, you use the scrubber on the cap to scrub in the foam. And then lift the foam off with a damp clothe. I repeated it one more time. And then let it dry overnight. The next day what an improvement. By day 2, the odor was contained and I hope the milk residue from 3 years ago is gone. Plus, I have a good looking interior passenger carpet! I totally recommend this product.

Thanks. Before posting, I took the battery out and it was only a little wet. Dried it. Opened the only area in the back I could get off and dried what little water I saw on the rim. After posting, I plugged it in and turned it back on and it is working. I just shut it back down in case there is more water somewhere that I can't get to. Don't need it to short circuit anything. I again removed the battery and one door to let whatever water that may be left to dry out with a fan blowing on it. Don't want to assume that because the computer comes on and Desktop appears, there still isn't water somewhere inside. I'll give it a while in case there's more water that I didn't see. This was quite the accident. I usually don't keep drink so close to my computer for this very reason. SCARY!! Wish me luck. Thanks again.

Is the laptop you got from Ebay the same as the laptops you have now? I have completely disassembled a Dell laptop. Not fun. Most of it is very straight forward. Take out the screws and remove the components. The flat ribbon cable that connects the keyboard to the motherboard is VERY flimsy and easy to damage. If you pull on this cable you risk pulling the leads out of the connector. Be carefull with other cable connections as well. A pair of forceps can be very helpful for this. Nobody around here will touch a laptop repair job. The one laptop I repaired was to replace a cooling fan and a keyboard. I had to completely dis-assemble the laptop. I also had to dis-assemble the donor laptop. And re-assemble both. Found out quick why no one around here will touch a laptop job. It is tedious, time consuming work. And if you need to buy parts good luck. What you do find will be way over priced. Yep, nobody around here will touch a laptop repair job. Pooh Bear

We generally have not bought the insurance. However, we have a local guy who knows everything there is to know about Apple products, and he repairs on site. Quickly and cheaply. He's replaced screens and batteries and performed other maintenance on our Apple products (phones, ipads, laptops) that have extended their lives much longer than we had anticipated. He also gives great advice when to upgrade, which new versions are worth buying, and so on. I've had my iphone for 6 years due to his occasional help. (Unlike the rest of my family, I'm not into upgrading just to upgrade. I call my phone "vintage Apple." They think I'm crazy because apparently it would cost nothing for me to get a newer phone, but I don't need a newer one.) He's stereotypically what you would think a young, techie guy would be... Ask around, and see if you can find a similar resource.