does nothing

confused why literally any laptop will do the job

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Don’t use it. Ideally open it and disconnect the battery and leave it to dry.

I don’t know why people let their laptops get wet and then turn them on. It’s wet, what do you think is going to happen other than a short circuit? Does it even need a question asking…

No never do that under any circumstances. The only thing rice does is corrode the board and destroy the laptop.

Run cinebench r23 and post result

Your options are bascially accept it always uses swap, sell it on ebay or chuck it in the bin