Not to beat a dead horse, but I have a spill question. Last night I spilled a small amount of milk on the spacebar, C, V, B, and N key area of my 15" Macbook Pro I got last year.
The computer did not shutoff, and worked fine as I wiped most of it up. A bit later though, the left and right arrow keys stop functioning (the up and down keys still do). This is strange, as the spill was not really near this area.
This seems to be the only problem, but I am also worried about long-term corrosion. I'm not very tech savvy, so opening the laptop up is not really an option. Any suggestions to prevent this, and is there anything I can do besides replace my entire keyboard?
I once had a teacher who spilt coffee on her iBook. She then washed it in the sink, and then pulled out a hair dryer and dried it. Still worked somehow.
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repaired aft coffee spillage, to sell or not to sell?
Hello, sorry to bring up this topic about spillage again but I'm not sure what to do and would appreciate any advice.
I recently spilled coffee on the keyboard of my 13" mbp unibody and quite alot went in. It's been repaired at the apple 3rd party service centre and they cleaned up what they could and replaced the keyboard, backlight and uppercase for me but they left the logic board as it was because it was concealed and said that they were worried that over time the coffee will corrode it and the laptop will just shut down. I think the technician was also trying to minimise the repair cost for me cos the logic board's really expensive.
Now I'm not sure whether I should keep the laptop and use it till it corrodes and spoils and replace it with a new model which may be out by then or sell it now and get a new one. budget's an issue too so trying to work the best economical solution.
Also, does anyone know how long the laptop will last before corrosion gets the better of it? Right now it's working perfectly, it was working fine even after the coffee spill b4 I sent it in for repair.
Am really kicking myself over this, it's barely 2 mths old and paid a few hundred for apple care which seems to be void after spillage cos they'll just point everything back to spillage being the cause....
Hello, sorry to bring up this topic about spillage again but I'm not sure what to do and would appreciate any advice.
I recently spilled coffee on the keyboard of my 13" mbp unibody and quite alot went in. It's been repaired at the apple 3rd party service centre and they cleaned up what they could and replaced the keyboard, backlight and uppercase for me but they left the logic board as it was because it was concealed and said that they were worried that over time the coffee will corrode it and the laptop will just shut down. I think the technician was also trying to minimise the repair cost for me cos the logic board's really expensive.
Now I'm not sure whether I should keep the laptop and use it till it corrodes and spoils and replace it with a new model which may be out by then or sell it now and get a new one. budget's an issue too so trying to work the best economical solution.
Also, does anyone know how long the laptop will last before corrosion gets the better of it? Right now it's working perfectly, it was working fine even after the coffee spill b4 I sent it in for repair.
Am really kicking myself over this, it's barely 2 mths old and paid a few hundred for apple care which seems to be void after spillage cos they'll just point everything back to spillage being the cause....
Any opinions will be deeply appreciated, thanks!
Corrosion could occur any time between now and whenever. I don't think you have a limit before it starts happening, as it all depends how much water went in and where. I suggest regularly backing up your work and prepare to have to remove your hard drive when the computer dies (unless it gets damaged). Otherwise you may want to look online for second hand logic boards, or ones on sale by 3rd party retailers. Selling it now might not be a good idea and you would have to mention the spillage which could put buyers off. If it was me (also being budget conscious) I would keep using it and hope for the best. When things come to the worst if they do you could always buy a new model or if everything is too expensive at the time, buy a second hand one for the time being. Good luck.
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Originally Posted by macie
Hello, sorry to bring up this topic about spillage again but I'm not sure what to do and would appreciate any advice.
I recently spilled coffee on the keyboard of my 13" mbp unibody and quite alot went in. It's been repaired at the apple 3rd party service centre and they cleaned up what they could and replaced the keyboard, backlight and uppercase for me but they left the logic board as it was because it was concealed and said that they were worried that over time the coffee will corrode it and the laptop will just shut down. I think the technician was also trying to minimise the repair cost for me cos the logic board's really expensive.
Now I'm not sure whether I should keep the laptop and use it till it corrodes and spoils and replace it with a new model which may be out by then or sell it now and get a new one. budget's an issue too so trying to work the best economical solution.
Also, does anyone know how long the laptop will last before corrosion gets the better of it? Right now it's working perfectly, it was working fine even after the coffee spill b4 I sent it in for repair.
Am really kicking myself over this, it's barely 2 mths old and paid a few hundred for apple care which seems to be void after spillage cos they'll just point everything back to spillage being the cause....
Any opinions will be deeply appreciated, thanks!
I wouldn't try and sell it unless you were upfront about the spill/potential corrosion.
Other than that, like 333mhz said, there's no way of knowing how long the corrosion will take. Depends on the amount of liquid, area covered, amount of oxygen present etc.
Good luck with it though, I hope it works out for you.
Sorry to revive this, but I've been an idiot. Basically I spilled liquid on my MacBook and it will switch on for about 5 seconds, switch off and then turn back on again, with no life one the screen. What's happening and what should I do?
Sorry to revive this, but I've been an idiot. Basically I spilled liquid on my MacBook and it will switch on for about 5 seconds, switch off and then turn back on again, with no life one the screen. What's happening and what should I do?
Read the first post in this thread, it tells you exactly what to do.
And sorry again to be a pain, but has anyone had my issue? If so how did it work out? I've read a lot about spillage on Macs, but no one seemed to have my symptoms.
And sorry again to be a pain, but has anyone had my issue? If so how did it work out? I've read a lot about spillage on Macs, but no one seemed to have my symptoms.
Electronics and liquid don't mix. When you spill liquid on a laptop, it generally drifts into the the system board of the machine. It can cause all kinds of weird behavior, the specific symptoms don't matter. If you don't remove power immediately, typically the resulting damage is permanent and the system board will need to be replaced (basically the entire "guts" of the machine).
I have a late 2008 unibody 15" MBP's and just the other day I spilt water on the keyboard (over the area where the logic board sit's) while trying to take the glass that contained the water away from the computer (mind boggling and extremely irritating). I've had it sitting in front of a fan for the last day to get some air circulating and as of now, the MBP powers on, but the screen does work and remains black. Within 5 - 10 seconds of being powered on, it shuts itself down.
Am I completely screwed? I read a lot of stuff about just needing to replace the logic board...is it really that simple? Well, not simple, but you get what I mean. One piece, one replacement...woot. Definitely beats the $1200 repair fee I was quoted.
I've Spilled a little bit of water on my new macbook pro 13. It was from the left side where my adapter and usb stick is placed.. The computer was in sleep mode when it happened and i let it dried for one day before i tried to turn it on (had not seen the suggestion on this forum).. It started fine but did not recharge (only used battery), but when the battery went out it started running on power from the adapter only (but did not recharge)... Now a day later it suddenly went back to battery and when that was used it turned off and i cannot start in anymore.. Everything else seems to work on the computer (does not seem to be problem with CPU, keyboard, memory and so on).. Will this require a new logic board or is it possible only to switch the plug for the recharger ??
Mac Specs: Late-2008 Macbook 2.4Ghz, 250Gb HD, 2GB RAM
Water damage 4 months ago - still worth cleaning logic board?
About 4 months ago I had the displeasure of spilling a glass of water over my late 2008 unibody macbook, particularly over the port the magsafe adaptor connects to. I left it to dry for three days before turning it on, and i found that everything worked well. Well, except for one thing: the macbook would now charge the battery very slowly. After 4 months, the charging mechanism seems to have failed almost entirely. The macbook will draw power from the AC adapter but the battery indicator says "(Not Charging)".
--[Certainly, the green leds no longer work, and I suspect the spillage might be causing a further problem, where if the laptop battery is left to run dead (bad practice, I know) the machine will simply not switch on for hours afterwards.]--
So, given that corrosion is probably setting in:
1. Would it still be worth trying to clean the logic board after all these months, or do you think the damage already done?
2. Does the Magsafe adaptor connect straight to an outlet on the logic board? If it doesn't, what does it interface with, and is it something that might be worth replacing to see if it makes a difference?
liquid spill just a day ago.
