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The Official "I spilled liquid in my MacBook, what do I do now?" Thread
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<blockquote data-quote="Mukakruda" data-source="post: 1479629" data-attributes="member: 286749"><p><strong>Water Damage to MackBook (read details please)</strong></p><p></p><p>I don't personally own a Mac, this is my step-dad's Mac, but he refuses to ask for help...</p><p>Apparently the other night the Mac he has had water spilled all over it, however my nephew, who spilled the water, didn't tell anyone about it so it sat for about 6 hours allowing the water to fully seep in, as no attempt to dry it was made.</p><p>As I don't own a Mac I don't know what details are significant, so I'll put in all the details:</p><p>1. At the time the water was spilled onto the Mac Book the Mac should have been on (it is usually left on all night).</p><p>2. The water stayed set on the Mac with no attempt to dry for approximately 6 hours or more.</p><p>3. As no one knew the Mac was damaged the Mac WAS attempted to be powered on multiple times (I looked it up afterwards and read that you SHOULD NOT try and power it on after water damage).</p><p>4. When my step dad put a toothpick in one of the USB ports (I guess he saw something in there) a blue "gunk" came out that almost looked like gum, but when rubbed between the fingers it shows it is a liquid metallic substance, and loses the blue color.(don't know if that's okay or not, again I don't really know anything about Macs)</p><p></p><p>-I know many of you will recommend taking it to an apple store, but I did some research on that, and apparently they will void your warranty and typically will cost you as much if not more than just getting a new machine, even if it is fixed.-- Which obviously he would want to avoid-- Storage isn't an issue because I work with computers and if it comes to getting a new machine I can get it off of the machine without any power available to it (I'm certain all his stuff is backed up either way).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mukakruda, post: 1479629, member: 286749"] [b]Water Damage to MackBook (read details please)[/b] I don't personally own a Mac, this is my step-dad's Mac, but he refuses to ask for help... Apparently the other night the Mac he has had water spilled all over it, however my nephew, who spilled the water, didn't tell anyone about it so it sat for about 6 hours allowing the water to fully seep in, as no attempt to dry it was made. As I don't own a Mac I don't know what details are significant, so I'll put in all the details: 1. At the time the water was spilled onto the Mac Book the Mac should have been on (it is usually left on all night). 2. The water stayed set on the Mac with no attempt to dry for approximately 6 hours or more. 3. As no one knew the Mac was damaged the Mac WAS attempted to be powered on multiple times (I looked it up afterwards and read that you SHOULD NOT try and power it on after water damage). 4. When my step dad put a toothpick in one of the USB ports (I guess he saw something in there) a blue "gunk" came out that almost looked like gum, but when rubbed between the fingers it shows it is a liquid metallic substance, and loses the blue color.(don't know if that's okay or not, again I don't really know anything about Macs) -I know many of you will recommend taking it to an apple store, but I did some research on that, and apparently they will void your warranty and typically will cost you as much if not more than just getting a new machine, even if it is fixed.-- Which obviously he would want to avoid-- Storage isn't an issue because I work with computers and if it comes to getting a new machine I can get it off of the machine without any power available to it (I'm certain all his stuff is backed up either way). [/QUOTE]
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