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Moisture trapped behind screen of Macbook 2020, what to do?

Hey guys! My computer was in my bag in the upper luggage place of the airplane and somehow moisture got inside my bag and, sadly, inside my computer. When I opened my backpack I noticed that my computer was wet. I left it with a fan on top of it for two days and took it to the Apple Store, the hardware parte seems to be fine, it's running smoothly, but the screen has moisture has been trapped on the left side of the screen. The staff of the Apple support said that the only option is to replace the whole screen, which in Brazil where I live is about USD 800. Is it something that I can do to remove the moisture? Any chance that it will dry by itself? Can I speed up that process? All the best

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Posted on Mar 9, 2021 11:55 AM

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Posted on Mar 11, 2021 4:19 PM

About the only thing that comes to my mind is a very large silica gel pack or other desiccant and a big enough box with a tight fitting lid. Put the silica gel pack or desiccant into the box, shut down your mac book, don’t close it, put it into the box and put the lid on it tightly, and leave it there for a few days.. maybe up to a week.. don’t open the box for at ke least a few days.. it may go away on its own, but this way speeds up the process. You might get lucky.. Your mac book has a 1 year warranty... if you bought apple care + plan as well as your macbook 2020, that warranty is extended to 3 years...


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Mar 11, 2021 4:19 PM in response to nicolas_murta

About the only thing that comes to my mind is a very large silica gel pack or other desiccant and a big enough box with a tight fitting lid. Put the silica gel pack or desiccant into the box, shut down your mac book, don’t close it, put it into the box and put the lid on it tightly, and leave it there for a few days.. maybe up to a week.. don’t open the box for at ke least a few days.. it may go away on its own, but this way speeds up the process. You might get lucky.. Your mac book has a 1 year warranty... if you bought apple care + plan as well as your macbook 2020, that warranty is extended to 3 years...


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Moisture trapped behind screen of Macbook 2020, what to do?

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