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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="ohabu" data-source="post: 1633880" data-attributes="member: 341572"><p>I have to share the story of this pee-damaged macbook pro<img src="/mac_images/images/smilies/Cool.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":Cool:" title="Cool :Cool:" data-shortname=":Cool:" /></p><p></p><p>So, a couple weeks before christmas, my boss comes in with his macbook pro. His 2-year old son had peed on it, and some pee had gotten into the machine. Not being very good with computer hardware, my boss kept using the computer untill he got error messages of usb ports shutting down and eventually the whole machine shut down, refusing to charge, boot or show any sign of life.</p><p></p><p>So he buys a new one, get some money back from the insurance co, and I end up with the broken one. Visual inspection of the logic board reveals some visual damage, corrotion some places including the battery connector.</p><p></p><p>I know it's gone, so naturally I try to fix it. First a dose of wd-40 and compressed air. That gets it charging again, but nothing more. Then I removed the battery (stupid screws), took the connector apart and cleaned it as best I could. That made it start, but it would not post.</p><p></p><p>So I got serious. Isopropanol, toothbrush, a little acid for some of the more visually affected connectors. Took everything apart, and spent about 3 hours on it. Behold! It boots! And works flawlessly...except </p><p></p><p>Stupid plastic protection had collected some of the original wd-40 behind the monitor, leaked into the glowing apple and gathered in the lcd. So I took the screen apart, the lcd assembly apart and found that the layers behind the lcd was ruined. Could not fix them, and the guy in the local apple store looked at me like I was a crazy person when I asked to buy them. Or the lcd assembly.</p><p></p><p>Anyway to ebay, and with new lcd and cable the machine has been working flawlessly for weeks now. Been stress testing it, testing ports, booting it a 100 times. Spent about $70 and got a nice pro for a little elbow grease<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ohabu, post: 1633880, member: 341572"] I have to share the story of this pee-damaged macbook pro:Cool: So, a couple weeks before christmas, my boss comes in with his macbook pro. His 2-year old son had peed on it, and some pee had gotten into the machine. Not being very good with computer hardware, my boss kept using the computer untill he got error messages of usb ports shutting down and eventually the whole machine shut down, refusing to charge, boot or show any sign of life. So he buys a new one, get some money back from the insurance co, and I end up with the broken one. Visual inspection of the logic board reveals some visual damage, corrotion some places including the battery connector. I know it's gone, so naturally I try to fix it. First a dose of wd-40 and compressed air. That gets it charging again, but nothing more. Then I removed the battery (stupid screws), took the connector apart and cleaned it as best I could. That made it start, but it would not post. So I got serious. Isopropanol, toothbrush, a little acid for some of the more visually affected connectors. Took everything apart, and spent about 3 hours on it. Behold! It boots! And works flawlessly...except Stupid plastic protection had collected some of the original wd-40 behind the monitor, leaked into the glowing apple and gathered in the lcd. So I took the screen apart, the lcd assembly apart and found that the layers behind the lcd was ruined. Could not fix them, and the guy in the local apple store looked at me like I was a crazy person when I asked to buy them. Or the lcd assembly. Anyway to ebay, and with new lcd and cable the machine has been working flawlessly for weeks now. Been stress testing it, testing ports, booting it a 100 times. Spent about $70 and got a nice pro for a little elbow grease:) [/QUOTE]
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