Sticky Macbook Pro Trackpad
Hi!
My friend recently spilt some orange juice onto his Macbook Pro. Thankfully for him, everything seems to be working fine (he said it was only a tiny spillage), but his trackpad has gone sticky. He's out of warranty by a few weeks (though it probably wouldn't be covered, anyway) and he knows it would be costly to have Apple look at it. I said that I would take off his back case and remove the battery (as per a few guides on the internet) to see if there's any sticky residue and clean it off if so. I just wanted to check that removing the battery would expose the backside of the trackpad so I'm not wasting my time and risking his machine with the repair job for no reason. I've come across this as a solution around the internet, you see. Comments appreciated. Thanks guys.
P.S. His Macbook Pro is a new unibody type from mid 2009 onwards.
My friend recently spilt some orange juice onto his Macbook Pro. Thankfully for him, everything seems to be working fine (he said it was only a tiny spillage), but his trackpad has gone sticky. He's out of warranty by a few weeks (though it probably wouldn't be covered, anyway) and he knows it would be costly to have Apple look at it. I said that I would take off his back case and remove the battery (as per a few guides on the internet) to see if there's any sticky residue and clean it off if so. I just wanted to check that removing the battery would expose the backside of the trackpad so I'm not wasting my time and risking his machine with the repair job for no reason. I've come across this as a solution around the internet, you see. Comments appreciated. Thanks guys.
P.S. His Macbook Pro is a new unibody type from mid 2009 onwards.
macbook pro unibody, Mac OS X (10.6.4)