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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="cwa107" data-source="post: 1595043" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>Right. A short would only happen with the power on, but remember a few things...</p><p></p><p>1. The battery was still attached - and just because the machine isn't booted up, doesn't mean there isn't any electricity running through the various circuits. For example, your computer has low level operations to maintain the date/time settings and also to listen for 'wake on LAN' amongst other things.</p><p></p><p>2. The machine was on at the time of the initial exposure. You mentioned hearing a "sizzle". Once the damage is done, it doesn't heal itself.</p><p></p><p>3. Shorts are not the only failure condition that liquid exposure can cause. These components were never intended to be exposed to liquid at all. Adhesives can be broken down, materials can fail, any number of other kinds of damage - some at a microscopic level - are enough to KO your computer.</p><p></p><p>This is why it's so important not to keep a beverage around your machine, period.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A week ought to do it, but please know that it's far more likely that the machine is toast than it is to have survived. Recovery, particularly to 100% functionality, is the exception and not the rule. Have a look through this thread and you'll see what I'm talking about.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1595043, member: 24098"] Right. A short would only happen with the power on, but remember a few things... 1. The battery was still attached - and just because the machine isn't booted up, doesn't mean there isn't any electricity running through the various circuits. For example, your computer has low level operations to maintain the date/time settings and also to listen for 'wake on LAN' amongst other things. 2. The machine was on at the time of the initial exposure. You mentioned hearing a "sizzle". Once the damage is done, it doesn't heal itself. 3. Shorts are not the only failure condition that liquid exposure can cause. These components were never intended to be exposed to liquid at all. Adhesives can be broken down, materials can fail, any number of other kinds of damage - some at a microscopic level - are enough to KO your computer. This is why it's so important not to keep a beverage around your machine, period. A week ought to do it, but please know that it's far more likely that the machine is toast than it is to have survived. Recovery, particularly to 100% functionality, is the exception and not the rule. Have a look through this thread and you'll see what I'm talking about. [/QUOTE]
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