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How-To: Recover from a Soda-Spill Disaster

Posted 05/28/2010 at 9:37am | by Alex Castle

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There are few moments in life quite as sickening as realizing that you’ve spilled a beverage on one of your gadgets. The feeling can range from mild infuriation (spilling a Bud Light on your PlayStation controller) to near-coronary levels (knocking over a Mountain Dew: Code Red onto your brand-new laptop). Either way, it’s never something you want to go through. Because of that, we’ve put together a simple disaster plan for dealing with beverage-soiled electronics. We hope you never have to use it, but if you do, you’ll be glad you read it.

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How do you *really* clean your keyboard? Associate Editor Dave Murphy tests a variety of techniques, all thanks to one stray beverage...

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