Hi. Please help! I spilt a glass of water on my macbook. Thankfully, after letting it dry out for 24hrs it now starts. It won't however charge. The green light is not showing when I plug in the charger also. Have I damaged the battery or is it something else? Can anyone recommend what I might be able to do myself to sort as very poor! Many thanks.
MacBook Pro
Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot you can do. For starters, you should never turn on a laptop after water has spilled on it until it has completely dried out. Doing so may cause more damage. Depending on the conditions where your machine is drying out (humidity, temp, etc) you may need to let it sit for a few days. The components in there are very tightly packed and it can take some time for moisture to fully evaporate.
If you have let it fully dry out, about the only thing you can try is resetting the SMC:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964
This can sometimes correct charging related issues. This will typically only help if the data in the SMC has become corrupt. There is a very slight chance this might have happened if your machine was powered on when the water entered it or if there was still moisture in there when you turned it back on. Unfortunately, the odds are against this... but there's no harm in trying.
There's not much else you can do apart from bringing it into Apple or an AASP to have them take a look at it.
Well... you've already screwed up your warranty... so taking the battery out won't hurt.
Did you ever have any luck solving this problem when it happened to your laptop? Exact same thing just happened to me. Seems to be working fine, just won't charge...😟
Many thanks. Will let it dry for a few more days and see if that helps.
Was thinking about taking the battery out but a bit concerned that will screw up my warranty. Any thoughts on doing this?
Nightmare. Many thanks anyway. M
Macbook pro not charging after water damage
