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<blockquote data-quote="icouldwander" data-source="post: 1052605" data-attributes="member: 155112"><p>Alright, early spring of last year (2009) an energy drink, Venom,</p><p>spilled in my back pack, where my macbook was.</p><p>I took it to a second party apple certified shop, and they told me the</p><p>logic board was trashed, and the battery is trashed - as well as a</p><p>number of components connecting to the battery and etc. They priced it</p><p>at around a $1,000 repair, so "you might as well buy a new one, and we</p><p>can put your files in that."</p><p>After which, I refused to go to anyone to get it fixed, not even an</p><p>actual apple shop. I couldn't afford it, and (though it was incredibly</p><p>inconvenient because i am a student) it still worked if it was</p><p>connected to the wall.</p><p>So for about a year I've been limping it along. It was working as well</p><p>as it has been despite its damage, up til about 2 1/2 weeks ago when I</p><p>unplugged it from the wall, after being connected for a few days,</p><p>nothing more than regular, and it refused to boot up afterwards. It</p><p>would look like it was booting with the apple grey start up screen,</p><p>with the moving wheel, but then the boot up (is it an install start</p><p>up??) bar would show underneath, getting about a 5th of the way to</p><p>complete, taking about 5 minutes, and then turning completely off with</p><p>no progress made.</p><p></p><p>So, now for the questions.</p><p>Is it still the logic board and battery? Or is it much more than that now?</p><p>If I go and get a diagnostic done and find out nothing can be done,</p><p>have I really lost all of my papers, files, music, movies, programs and</p><p>etc??? </p><p>Is there any cheap, reliable way to go about fixing this?? </p><p>I know i can find people on eBay who will take the computer and put the logic board in for around $200, but I am a little weary of that type of situation. Time is of the essence, finals are coming up, as are many project deadlines, and I'm heading off to college in august.</p><p>Though money has been awful tight, money is slowly increasing, so I am open to many suggestions. </p><p></p><p>I wish I knew more tech related things to get a better answer to my questions, but If i did, I probably wouldn't be here.. :/</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="icouldwander, post: 1052605, member: 155112"] Alright, early spring of last year (2009) an energy drink, Venom, spilled in my back pack, where my macbook was. I took it to a second party apple certified shop, and they told me the logic board was trashed, and the battery is trashed - as well as a number of components connecting to the battery and etc. They priced it at around a $1,000 repair, so "you might as well buy a new one, and we can put your files in that." After which, I refused to go to anyone to get it fixed, not even an actual apple shop. I couldn't afford it, and (though it was incredibly inconvenient because i am a student) it still worked if it was connected to the wall. So for about a year I've been limping it along. It was working as well as it has been despite its damage, up til about 2 1/2 weeks ago when I unplugged it from the wall, after being connected for a few days, nothing more than regular, and it refused to boot up afterwards. It would look like it was booting with the apple grey start up screen, with the moving wheel, but then the boot up (is it an install start up??) bar would show underneath, getting about a 5th of the way to complete, taking about 5 minutes, and then turning completely off with no progress made. So, now for the questions. Is it still the logic board and battery? Or is it much more than that now? If I go and get a diagnostic done and find out nothing can be done, have I really lost all of my papers, files, music, movies, programs and etc??? Is there any cheap, reliable way to go about fixing this?? I know i can find people on eBay who will take the computer and put the logic board in for around $200, but I am a little weary of that type of situation. Time is of the essence, finals are coming up, as are many project deadlines, and I'm heading off to college in august. Though money has been awful tight, money is slowly increasing, so I am open to many suggestions. I wish I knew more tech related things to get a better answer to my questions, but If i did, I probably wouldn't be here.. :/ [/QUOTE]
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