What happens if I get an electric shock while touching the touch pad sensor on my laptop?
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stick your tongue on it and see...........
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Depends what "wet" it. If the liquid had particles in it, it could cause connections to form on the circuit boards and you will get a short. In any case, if it's used or cheap, open the case, dry with a hair dryer on low or no heat. Plug it in and wait for the moment of truth. Power up. If it's an expensive laptop, take it to a professional. He may be able to replace damaged components before they short out. Most likely you will pay $100 and up for a competent tech to service it, plus parts.
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Take precautions against static electricity, especially when you open the box or handle the chip.  Mild static damage can ruin miniature electronics like chips easily.  If you felt the shock, it was probably enough to ruin it right away, more mild damage should show up within six months.\n\nYou've probably learned the static rules, then forgotten bits.  I know I have.  Here's a refresher. http://www.webopedia.com/DidYouKnow/Computer_Science/2002/static.asp
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Most likely the thing is toast.\n\nThe internals may dry out but if there is any moisture that got into the hard drive then your probably out of luck.\n\nA little note on water damage.  As long as the power supply didn't fry when it was exposed to water there is some chance that you'll be ok (may have to replace HD).  The thing about water is that in and of itself its not bad, its all the little stuff that are dissolved in it that make things so bad.  You can use distilled water to clean an old, sticky keyboard and it will work great.  Because when you poor the water through the keyboard, there is nothing in the water that will be left behind when it dries out.  Its that stuff thats left behind that makes things short out and parts not work properly.\n\nSame thing when your laptop got water damage.  I would guess that given enough patience and some very careful cleaning and inspection that you might be able to put it all back together and get things to work, but the internal connections are going to start to corrode, and if there is any sediment left behind your going to have a hard time cleaning it all.
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It depends. I've spilled things in a laptop before and had no negative consequences other than a few of the keys no longer working. My recommendation would be, if you spilled it on the edge of the keyboard, tilt your laptop towards that side to help drain the water out. The keyboard can be replaced, if necessary and if you know what you're doing.
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On power on, hold down the touchpad button.
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Is the power button next to the touch pad? Just kidding...\n\nPerhaps pressing that part of the computer loosens the battery. Does it happen when the computer is plugged in?
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Yes, I would say it is an overheating problem. Because it is a laptop I would recommend you to take it to a repair shop. \n\nThe laptop turns off to protect the cpu.\nWhen trying to turn it back on, it will turn it self immediately back off, because of the safety feature.\nIf it ever happens again this time wait 30 min berfore trying to switch it on again. I bet this time it will turn back on with no problems, because after 30min the temp. will be at an acceptable temperature.
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Underneath your memory you should see 2 solder points marked with a G, just "jump" these two connections and it should reset it...\n\n***I TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR ACTIONS IF THIS RUINS YOUR LAPTOP***\nit worked on mine so just try it...
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add more RAM. that or you can open it up and mess with the jumpers or switches. Doing that will cause the processor to become hotter and it may overheat, ruining you notebook.
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I would recommend not.  Two years ago, my Sony Vaio's telephone modem suddenly stopped working during a lightning storm.  The lights hadn't dimmed or anything, so I thought it was just a glitch.  The technician said that just because the power supply was protected by a surge protector, the phone line (which was not plugged into a surge protector) experienced a surge when a telephone box blew a few blocks away (it was a bad storm, but I just had to check my email).  The surge wouldn't have hurt someone on a normal phone, but was just enough to disrupt my delicate computer.  So unless its urgent, or you can work off the power grid (like a laptop), I'd just leave the computer turned off in a storm.
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not neccessarily, it really depends if your wearing shoes or not. of course your asking, how do i verify this?\n\nwell their is this thing called conductors and instulators. conductors means current can go through and insulators means it can't. the reason why humans get charged up because their friction causes electrons to build up in their body.\n\nso basically, touch someone else for fun and you might verify that shock.
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You'll likely get various answers as I can already see.  No, it doesn't really damage it but think about this, you turn it off and then immediately turn it back on, one minute 500W (my power supply) of energy is flowing through your system and then not and then immediately it is again.  I hold the belief this causes unnecessary wear and tear on the system and if you are only going to be away from the PC for a short time, put it in standby or for longer times hibernate and shut down at night (or whever you sleep).  But, if you are having a problem with Windows and task manager is not responding, press the reset switch (if you have one) which is a far better solution than turning it off and immediately turning back on again.\n\nJust my take.
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Contact DELL and ask for a replacement!!! This seems like a safety-hazard issue and I am sure these issues should be dealt with a replacement only.
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Actually, you might find that any surface that you have your laptop resting on might also be warmer than normal if you were to check it immediately after use.  It isn't just your lap that this is happening on, although since it's in close proximity to your skin with a layer of clothing between you and the computer, you're more sensitive to the increase in temperature on the device.\n\nSome electronic devices, which operate via battery power, are well known to become warm or heat up while in use.  It isn't limited to just laptops, as I've even experienced this with cell phones (if talking on it for an extended period of time) and other devices as well.  This is attributed to how the electronics work, which converts the energy stored within the battery into power that can be used by the equipment.\n\nThere are two suggestions:\n\n1)  Check with the manufacturer to see if they might be doing a recall on the laptops.  There have been a few laptop recalls, of lately, due to the fact that the batteries have caused certain types of laptops to burst into flames.\n\n2)  If there is no recall, check with your local Best Buy, Microcenter, or major computer store.  If your laptop included an internal fan for cooling, they might be able to recommend an alternative.
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Electric?  If you mean do you get shocked by everything you touch, then yes, that happens to me all the time.
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The touch screen functionality is made possible not due to the regular monitor itself - there is a transparent overlayer on the top of the screen that is present, which comes into contact with your fingertips. You don't even touch the screen directly when working on a touch screen. The sensitive overlayer can use one of many principles to activate the sensors that are embedded within it. These could include an array of capacitive transducers, piezoelectric transducers, light-based or any such that can respond to touch (more accurately, pressure) with a corresponding electrical signal that can, in some way, be representative of the position of the touch. This "touch screen" comes entirely with its own "software", which converts the position of touch into a manner that would be similar to, say, the signals coming from the mouse. As a result, at the end of the "black box" which is the input device, it may even not be possible to tell what was the input device. Thereon, any regular OS can come into the picture to translate the signals into the response expected by the user.