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Apple Computing Products:
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Spilled Coffee on my MacBook Pro
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<blockquote data-quote="Geeky1" data-source="post: 520048" data-attributes="member: 34442"><p>You could have done all kinds of damage to it. The fact that it's working is a good sign, but the longer you leave it before you take care of it (ESPECIALLY if it's on, but even if it's off), the worse it could get.</p><p></p><p>What could you have damaged?</p><p>Keyboard (obviously), touchpad, hard drive, battery, optical drive, logic board... anything in it, really. Make an appointment and take it in. Also be aware that since they've seen the machine and know what happened, it's likely that whatever warranty you have left on it is gone forever. Apple tends to flush their warranties when the computer is damaged. Say you have 6 months left on the warranty, and you get it fixed. Then say that the hard disk dies in 5 months. It is highly unlikely that Apple will cover that repair. They'll claim the coffee damaged it, whether it did or not.</p><p></p><p>I hate to paint such a bleak picture, but I'm not going to lie about it. You need to get it cleaned up properly, one way or the other (and you might HAVE to do it yourself, or have someone other than Apple do it. Apple may take a look at say, the logic board, see dried coffee on it, and sell you a logic board, rather than trying to clean that one up first), and you need to do it as soon as you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Geeky1, post: 520048, member: 34442"] You could have done all kinds of damage to it. The fact that it's working is a good sign, but the longer you leave it before you take care of it (ESPECIALLY if it's on, but even if it's off), the worse it could get. What could you have damaged? Keyboard (obviously), touchpad, hard drive, battery, optical drive, logic board... anything in it, really. Make an appointment and take it in. Also be aware that since they've seen the machine and know what happened, it's likely that whatever warranty you have left on it is gone forever. Apple tends to flush their warranties when the computer is damaged. Say you have 6 months left on the warranty, and you get it fixed. Then say that the hard disk dies in 5 months. It is highly unlikely that Apple will cover that repair. They'll claim the coffee damaged it, whether it did or not. I hate to paint such a bleak picture, but I'm not going to lie about it. You need to get it cleaned up properly, one way or the other (and you might HAVE to do it yourself, or have someone other than Apple do it. Apple may take a look at say, the logic board, see dried coffee on it, and sell you a logic board, rather than trying to clean that one up first), and you need to do it as soon as you can. [/QUOTE]
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