HELP- screen broken/ spilled nail polish remover

Ok I am an idiot. 5 days ago I spilled nail polish remover on one end of my macbook pro's keyboard. I turned the computer upside down and wiped it off. The only damage seemed to be that the light went out on that part of the keyboard. HOWEVER, last night I opened my computer and 1/4 of the screen was black. In teh bottom corner it is kind of colorful and cracked looking and on one side there are vertical colored lines. Does this have to do with the nail polish remover spill? THink I can convice Apple that this just happened without my doing any damage to the computer? It is only a few months old. Please help!!

Effect of Nail Polish Remover spill on macbook pro???

What would be the likely effects of spilling a small amount of nail polish remover on a macbook pro's keyboard? I did this a few days ago. The only damage seemed to be that the light in that section of the keyboard went out. Today a fourth of my screen was black. On the bottom left corner there is some color and it looks as though it is cracked. there are also a few colorful vertical lines. Does the nail polish remover have anything to do with this??????? PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i would almost guarantee that they will know what caused the damage.

Nail polish remover is very toxic to plastic and electronic parts that comprise your MBP. It's possible that the damage is not only to the keyboard area but may have extended to other circuitry. Brace yourself for an expensive repair bill from Apple. They will definitely not repair it under the warranty but will charge you for the repairs. I suggest taking it on in for an estimate of how much it will cost before deciding to have them repair it.

Regards.

I hate to say it, but most likely


I guess you should just go to the Apple Store and have them check it out.... perhaps a new keyboard.... maybe a new screen. At least that is cheaper than getting an entire new Macbook!

I agree, it's a solvent after all. I'd bet that it did some damage to the logicboard.

I recently lost a MBP to liquid damage, and unfortunately it ain't a cheap repair. I gave the MBP a good few days to dry out, and it did work again for a few days, but then the screen started displaying garble like yours. Basically it means Apple will replace your motherboard, which is most of the computers guts, which equals expensive for both the part, and the repair bill.

I opted to buy a new machine as the cost of repair wasn't far off a new and better specced MBP, best of luck and hope you had insurance.