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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="shutter_bug" data-source="post: 1709962" data-attributes="member: 374837"><p><strong>Thanks Nick!</strong></p><p></p><p>It's my first post here.</p><p></p><p>2 days ago, my 3 year old son spilt fluid (beer) onto my closed macbook pro. I immediately opened it and wiped the fluid off the screen and keyboard and shut it down. I then googled and came across this thread and read and read and read and then cried! </p><p></p><p>After reading here I tipped my macbook upside down open overnight.</p><p></p><p>In the morning instead of worrying anymore I immediately took it to an authorised mac reparier (closer to me than a mac store) I told them what had happened and they informed me it was highly likely fried and no good, explained the same as what was said in here, once corrosion gets happening its a downward spiral and things start to stop work until the whole thing dies. </p><p></p><p>I wanted to thank admin Nick for all his posts telling people to take it in ASAP to get looked at. </p><p></p><p>I just got off the phone and luckily for me my laptop is fine. They took it apart, cleaned up under the keyboard and it had barely touched the logic board and the most exciting news is there was no sign of corrosion happening and he thinks this is because of two things ( one it was a small spill) and two I took it in asap so they could pull it part, clean it and dry it out. </p><p></p><p>Everyything has been tested, nothing is failing but they have said they cant guarentee that it will continue to work, but the no corrosion is a positive sign and the fact it passed all tests is a positive sign too. </p><p></p><p>He has given me quotes for the future for if it fails, for a new top case and logic board (logic board way too much and not worth replacing).</p><p></p><p>Their advice now is take it home and use it and see if I notice anything strange as its mine and I am aware of how it worked prior. </p><p></p><p>So my advice to others is instead of waiting 3-5 or 7 days for it to dry out (and risk corrosion begining) . take it in immediately so they can open it, clean it and dry it out properly. </p><p></p><p>For those in Melbourne I took mine to compnow in Nottinghill (used to be designwise).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shutter_bug, post: 1709962, member: 374837"] [b]Thanks Nick![/b] It's my first post here. 2 days ago, my 3 year old son spilt fluid (beer) onto my closed macbook pro. I immediately opened it and wiped the fluid off the screen and keyboard and shut it down. I then googled and came across this thread and read and read and read and then cried! After reading here I tipped my macbook upside down open overnight. In the morning instead of worrying anymore I immediately took it to an authorised mac reparier (closer to me than a mac store) I told them what had happened and they informed me it was highly likely fried and no good, explained the same as what was said in here, once corrosion gets happening its a downward spiral and things start to stop work until the whole thing dies. I wanted to thank admin Nick for all his posts telling people to take it in ASAP to get looked at. I just got off the phone and luckily for me my laptop is fine. They took it apart, cleaned up under the keyboard and it had barely touched the logic board and the most exciting news is there was no sign of corrosion happening and he thinks this is because of two things ( one it was a small spill) and two I took it in asap so they could pull it part, clean it and dry it out. Everyything has been tested, nothing is failing but they have said they cant guarentee that it will continue to work, but the no corrosion is a positive sign and the fact it passed all tests is a positive sign too. He has given me quotes for the future for if it fails, for a new top case and logic board (logic board way too much and not worth replacing). Their advice now is take it home and use it and see if I notice anything strange as its mine and I am aware of how it worked prior. So my advice to others is instead of waiting 3-5 or 7 days for it to dry out (and risk corrosion begining) . take it in immediately so they can open it, clean it and dry it out properly. For those in Melbourne I took mine to compnow in Nottinghill (used to be designwise). [/QUOTE]
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