MacBook Pro - Water Damage

I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro that suffered a water spill. It would start to boot, then re-boot part way through. I pulled it all apart (after a week) and found no corrosion that I could see. I pulled the drive and was able to save the data to another Mac using an external enclosure. I had a spare LogicBoard and swapped that in - having the exact same issue. The keyboard and track pad work fine.


Tried internet recovery and boot/install Catalina from a USB drive - same issue. With the USB drive, it starts to load the OS, then reboots after about 60 seconds.


Aside from the logic board, there isn't much left? I should mention that the batteries are flat dead. I tried also with the batteries disconnected.


Any thoughts or advice?


Posted on Sep 27, 2023 5:57 PM

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Sep 27, 2023 6:14 PM in response to bearmark2012

bearmark2012 wrote:

I have a mid-2015 MacBook Pro that suffered a water spill. It would start to boot, then re-boot part way through. I pulled it all apart (after a week) and found no corrosion that I could see. I pulled the drive and was able to save the data to another Mac using an external enclosure. I had a spare LogicBoard and swapped that in - having the exact same issue. The keyboard and track pad work fine.

Tried internet recovery and boot/install Catalina from a USB drive - same issue. With the USB drive, it starts to load the OS, then reboots after about 60 seconds.

Aside from the logic board, there isn't much left? I should mention that the batteries are flat dead. I tried also with the batteries disconnected.

Any thoughts or advice?

Time for a new computer. Water damage is often extensive and ongoing due to corrosion.

Oct 4, 2023 1:16 PM in response to bearmark2012

Quick update that might be useful to others. I mentioned I had a dead battery, and had thought the MacBook would boot with the bad battery disconnected, and only using the power supply. This was partly true, but would go in to a boot loop. I read elsewhere that this model needs a good battery to boot - doesn't have to be fully charged, just passes whatever battery checks are done when loading an OS. Odd. I replaced the battery and I am back in operation!


MacBook Pro - Water Damage

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