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I was using my laptop this morning, and spilled tea nearby - got my USB keyboard (which I cleaned up), but didn't get _anything_ on my laptop or the docking station. I confirmed the docking station and AC Adapters work via a colleague's laptop, but my laptop simply won't turn on.
I don't get any lights on the LED display. Nothing.
The docking station won't recognize it - no power lights on there when it gets plugged in.
It's a 6460 DVU model, with the Advanced Docking Station, almost a year old.
Thus far, I've tried:
1) Having another similar model use the AC Adapter and Dock.
2) Tried a battery from another system.
3) Tried the '10-press+30' ESD discharge
4) Tried the '15-press+30' ESD discharge
5) Tried w/ Battery
6) Tried w/o Battery
7) Tried w/ DVD drive in bay
8) Tried w/o DVD drive in bay
AC Adapter is the 90W 20V model.
Battery is the extended model.
I have not yet tried removing the RAM.
Right after the 'incident' I moved the laptop (in dock) so it wouldn't get anything on it. It was on at first. I noticed it had turned off (I think it went into hibernation or something), so I undocked it and placed it elsehwhere entirely out of the way while I finished cleaning up and cleaned the USB keyboard I have for the Docking station.
When I went to start it, nothing happened. Initially the dock registered it and I think the LED signaled it; but it wouldn't turn on. So I removed it from dock again and it still wouldn't turn on. I tried removing the battery, and after that I got nothing period from there-on-out.
I noticed the following similar threads (from which I got some of the steps tried above), but none either have a solution or helped:
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=32136
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=260
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=31651
http://forums.lenovo.com/lnv/board/message?board.id=T_Series_Thinkpads&thread.id=31582
The problem seems to be very similar to the last one (thread.id 31582), but no one has replied there.
Anyone have any ideas?
I checked on Lenovo's support site and the system is still in warranty, so I'm about to call it up. But I thought I'd try here too - you know how supports calls usually are. (Fortunately this is my first w/ Lenovo; may be they're different. Not likely, but here's hoping.)
Ben

Hi,
The exact thing happened to me recently, spilled tea on the keyboard ,disconnected from power source turned off and wiped it, turned it back on it worked, but when the battery was running low..... i connected to teh a/c adaptor and it would not recognize it, now when i turn it on the power indicator led does not glow and does not boot but if i disconnect and press power source i get a battery symbol blinking..... so if you have found any solution i would like to hear from u. unfortunately i do not have a warranty and the place where i gave it for repair could not fix it.please PM me. Thank you very much.
cheers,
Jay
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