Laptop vs wine

[Let'sgoflying!]

Cannot find boot disk
Cable error

Disassemble & blast connxn’s with ‘electric spray’?

 

[RyanShort1]

For a minute I thought you were talking about Linux there...

 

[Raymo]

If you haven't powered it up since the spill, you should be able to clean the wine out with electrical cleaner but if it was powered up when the spill occurred, you may need to replace some parts. There are plenty of videos on the interweb for disassembly help.

 

[midlifeflyer]

For a minute I thought you were talking about Linux there...

My first thought too.

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Disassembled, cleaned, electric spray on contacts
The Dell in a circle logo appears then the windows logo then these images, in order;

 

[dennisc172]

Does the laptop have a CMOS battery on the motherboard? This holds date and BIOS setting information (on older systems). Maybe this got some wine and shorted.... Worth trying ? Most just have the CR2032 battery.

Furthermore found this, maybe it helps: https://www.dell.com/community/Laptops-General-Read-Only/4150-Error-Code-M1004/td-p/348630

 

[SkyDog58]

Damn. Parity error. I guess you used the wrong wine pairing.

Sorry. Wish I had more to offer than a dumb pun.

 

[sferguson524]

That Parity error might be Memory related

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

Well I just kept restarting and killing it and I can hardly believe it but the darned thing decided to start up normally after a continuous barrage of error messages - and is now working 100%!!
(my wife who saw all the parts and screws all over the kitchen counter also has a new appreciation for my skills [aka damn fool luck])
Have extracted all the recent stuff which was not covered by the last backup so I am a happy camper this am!