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Hey everyone, looking for some help and advice.
This is my first post here, but I've been lurking and reading for about a year since I got my black MB. The thing is awesome. Anyway, just registered now for this reason... (and you may notice my forum name...)
My girlfriend has a white MB and today spilled water all over the keyboard while the thing was on. I wasn't there but she says it was a serious amount of water and the computer immediately shut down, with a noticeable sound like that of cold water hitting a hot surface, a kind of frying sound. She took out the battery and put it on its side and within an hour I had the keyboard off and the hard drive out, set in front of a heat lamp with a large fan on it. It's been like this for about 8 hours now and will stay for much longer.
As for damage, there's noticeable residue (mineral deposits?) on the RAM chip contacts and some residue on the logic board in various places but the hard drive was dry as was the optical drive. I'm hoping to save her data by throwing the HD in my MB. The battery is fine. The residue on the RAM, at least, comes off really easily. There is no other obvious damage, although the inside had a few drops of water when I opened it up.
I've read a lot of threads already, such as http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77554 , but need to know if anyone has any further advice. Should I take the thing completely apart? I'd prefer not to. Will it dry ok as it is? Will I need a thorough cleaning, or can I just start it up in a few days? Any advice you guys have I'd love to hear, I'm very much a novice compared to most of you on this forum. Thanks!
-chris
This is my first post here, but I've been lurking and reading for about a year since I got my black MB. The thing is awesome. Anyway, just registered now for this reason... (and you may notice my forum name...)
My girlfriend has a white MB and today spilled water all over the keyboard while the thing was on. I wasn't there but she says it was a serious amount of water and the computer immediately shut down, with a noticeable sound like that of cold water hitting a hot surface, a kind of frying sound. She took out the battery and put it on its side and within an hour I had the keyboard off and the hard drive out, set in front of a heat lamp with a large fan on it. It's been like this for about 8 hours now and will stay for much longer.
As for damage, there's noticeable residue (mineral deposits?) on the RAM chip contacts and some residue on the logic board in various places but the hard drive was dry as was the optical drive. I'm hoping to save her data by throwing the HD in my MB. The battery is fine. The residue on the RAM, at least, comes off really easily. There is no other obvious damage, although the inside had a few drops of water when I opened it up.
I've read a lot of threads already, such as http://www.mac-forums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=77554 , but need to know if anyone has any further advice. Should I take the thing completely apart? I'd prefer not to. Will it dry ok as it is? Will I need a thorough cleaning, or can I just start it up in a few days? Any advice you guys have I'd love to hear, I'm very much a novice compared to most of you on this forum. Thanks!
-chris