So I posted on here a few days ago that my laptop died when I plugged my phone into the USB port. It had been acting funny for a week or two, freezing up and requiring a hard reboot. I did some research and did an NVRAM(?) reboot, which seemed to help for a while, but then I plugged my phone in and *blip*.
I took it to our nearest Apple place (a 3rd party joint) explaining what had happened and that I understood this to be a fairly common problem in macbooks (correct me if I'm wrong) and that the USB port got fresh with my logic board and things went south. They opened it up and informed me of liquid damage, but I haven't had any spills. It doesn't matter, because it got there somehow and has voided my warranty (it will be just a year old on the 26th, which makes this suck even worse). They described it as pink and sticky, and I do drink a lot of cranberry juice so that's probably the culprit. I didn't get to speak to the tech who looked at it and they were pretty dismissive and uninformative when I asked questions like, "Is there any chance these could be separate, unrelated problems?" and "Did you test the USB ports after powering it on?" It would be nice to know if it's safe to try using them.
Can anyone advise on whether it would be worth opening up and cleaning myself with isopropyl alcohol? Is that at all a legit course of action? Is it too late for the rice trick? What would you do in my position to avoid having to shell out $900 for repairs or buy a new one?
I took it to our nearest Apple place (a 3rd party joint) explaining what had happened and that I understood this to be a fairly common problem in macbooks (correct me if I'm wrong) and that the USB port got fresh with my logic board and things went south. They opened it up and informed me of liquid damage, but I haven't had any spills. It doesn't matter, because it got there somehow and has voided my warranty (it will be just a year old on the 26th, which makes this suck even worse). They described it as pink and sticky, and I do drink a lot of cranberry juice so that's probably the culprit. I didn't get to speak to the tech who looked at it and they were pretty dismissive and uninformative when I asked questions like, "Is there any chance these could be separate, unrelated problems?" and "Did you test the USB ports after powering it on?" It would be nice to know if it's safe to try using them.
Can anyone advise on whether it would be worth opening up and cleaning myself with isopropyl alcohol? Is that at all a legit course of action? Is it too late for the rice trick? What would you do in my position to avoid having to shell out $900 for repairs or buy a new one?