I have a Toshiba satellite notebook that had beer spilled on it. When the power was pushed you just hear three loud beeps and the nothing else really happens. The power lights stay on, if u put a disc in the cd rom, the disk spins and appears to be reading. After havin enough, I completely took apart every component in the notebook and on the ram, i notived a large buildup near one resistor. This is the only sign of any damage on the mobo so im hoping this is it. On the ram it says pc2700s-25331-AO 512MB DDR PC2700 CL2.5 Would this following ram work for a replacement: http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/prodd...

I almost doubt it would be only the ram. Beer gets everywhere. Normally you can wash the boards with distilled water and dry with warm air. The LCD lamp ballast is more likely to be damaged in the great beer spill of '08 than the ram. Guess you could take it to a shop and let them try to fix it. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

The thing about it tho is theres no sign of beer anywhere else on the mobo...the way the keyboard allowed the beer to drain in the ram area which is the only sticky area on the mobo. It wasnt a lot of beer either. Im going to see if i can get some cheap ram on ebay to try it out. Any suggestions?

I'd get to the tech support page for that model or email toshiba and ask. Be sure you know that it is three beeps. I assume that it is three short beeps and not some combination of short and long. I'd be sure of the beep code before I bought anything. "Best Practices", Event viewer, host file, perfmon, are in my top 10

Have you tried cleaning the RAM stick with water? Make sure it's good and dry before trying it again. Check Crucial.com to make sure you get the right replacement. I suspect that you are probably going to have a keyboard problem also.

Yea it looks that way with the keyboard...its a sticky mess... I cleaned the ram with rubbing alcohol and q tips but nothing...its like one of the black rectangular transistor burn out internally. I tried putting it in a different slot as well and nothing. I found a good cheap replacement on ebay anyway. http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...