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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="knox_o" data-source="post: 1626746" data-attributes="member: 339492"><p>Hi all,</p><p></p><p>my tale of woe =is =linked =to =an =embarrassingly =high =degree =of =stupid =on =my =part. In =short, a smoothie =i =was =blending =splashed =onto =my =macbook's =keyboard. =My =brain =was =incredibly =slow =- =I =thought =it =would =be =fine, =as =it =only =hit =a =few =keys, =so =I =just =wiped =it =off, =and =at =the =time =it =seemed =ok.</p><p></p><p>Since =then, =I've =discovered =a =few =things =really =aren't. = +As =you =can =see, =each =time =I +press =space, =I +get =a =lovely =equals =sign. (a =plus =sign =with =shift]</p><p></p><p>Also, =my =zero =key =no =longer =works =- =which =was =unfortunate, =as =that =was the =second =digit =of =my (now =old] =password. =The =down =and =left =arrow =keys =are =also =out =of =commission, =as =are =the =right =hand =side =alt =and =cmd =keys =(never =knew =there's =be =a =day =i'd =be =so =glad =for =the =doubling =up =of =those =keys!].</p><p></p><p>Is =there =anything =I =can =do =to =salvage =the =situation, =or =am =I =looking =at =a =costly =repair?</p><p></p><p>Many =thanks, =and =apologies =for =the =mess =of =equal =signs.</p><p></p><p>Edit: ridiculously, =after typing this, I ran my finger up and down the space key while holding it down...and the equals thing seems to have stopped...(don't ask me what possessed me to do that - maybe i figured it could unstick whatever had become stuck??] - the arrow keys also seem to have sorted themselves out after the space bar. but no such luck with the zero key.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="knox_o, post: 1626746, member: 339492"] Hi all, my tale of woe =is =linked =to =an =embarrassingly =high =degree =of =stupid =on =my =part. In =short, a smoothie =i =was =blending =splashed =onto =my =macbook's =keyboard. =My =brain =was =incredibly =slow =- =I =thought =it =would =be =fine, =as =it =only =hit =a =few =keys, =so =I =just =wiped =it =off, =and =at =the =time =it =seemed =ok. Since =then, =I've =discovered =a =few =things =really =aren't. = +As =you =can =see, =each =time =I +press =space, =I +get =a =lovely =equals =sign. (a =plus =sign =with =shift] Also, =my =zero =key =no =longer =works =- =which =was =unfortunate, =as =that =was the =second =digit =of =my (now =old] =password. =The =down =and =left =arrow =keys =are =also =out =of =commission, =as =are =the =right =hand =side =alt =and =cmd =keys =(never =knew =there's =be =a =day =i'd =be =so =glad =for =the =doubling =up =of =those =keys!]. Is =there =anything =I =can =do =to =salvage =the =situation, =or =am =I =looking =at =a =costly =repair? Many =thanks, =and =apologies =for =the =mess =of =equal =signs. Edit: ridiculously, =after typing this, I ran my finger up and down the space key while holding it down...and the equals thing seems to have stopped...(don't ask me what possessed me to do that - maybe i figured it could unstick whatever had become stuck??] - the arrow keys also seem to have sorted themselves out after the space bar. but no such luck with the zero key. [/QUOTE]
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