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Mac shutdown by water spill!!

Okay here it goes,

I had a really bad week. My 13' 2009 Macbook pro has shutdown and it won't power on. This is how it happened, I spilled some water on my macbook pro most went on the keyboard and came out the back but some of it went in the top left corner of the keyboard where the air vent is located. The water went inside the air vent. Just a few seconds he water went in the whole machine shutdown. I quickly cleaned it up and opened up the mac. If you flip the mac on the backside the logic board is located on the top right side. I saw that some of the water was propelled by the fan and it touched the logic board. When I took a look at it I saw a (very) small amount of water on the extreme left side of the logic board and it was touching nothing major. I saw that at the top right there was a large black wire which seemed to be connecting to the screen, when I felt that it was wet. I left the mac alone in an air conditioned room in a case for 2 days. When i opened it up there was water son the keyboard and screen because it evaporated. I then opened it up and used a hair dryer with cool wind to dry it up. I closed it and left it anole for another day. Then I opened it up and everything seemed to be dry. I said my prayers and pressed on the power button... nothing! It didn't power up at all, no sign of life. I left it in a bag of rice for the next day then I opened it up and pressed the power button. Nothing! No sign of life. I then pressed the battery check button on the left side and it was working. I also plugged in the charger and it was shining a orange charging light. I have tried everything! PLEASE IF ANYONE CAN HELP ME OUT THEN PLEASE DO SO! 😢

Thanks,

Kumail Naqvi

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.2)

Posted on Dec 21, 2011 2:43 AM

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Dec 26, 2011 1:28 AM in response to kumailnaqvi

I would just buy a new computer for that price

kumailnaqvi Author

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Dec 28, 2011 11:36 AM in response to kumailnaqvi

This was a very tragic moment for me. it was my first mac. There is no way I would pay $900 for a repair. Instead i'll try to sell the parts, which will generate approximately $600-$800 and buy a new mac. This is the thing I don't like about apple products, you cant open them up yourself to fix them. Apple just wants that extra money fort making one of their workers unscrew the cap off! what a rip! But apple still makes the best software and hardware, there is no doubt.

Shootist007

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Dec 28, 2011 1:10 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

kumailnaqvi wrote:

This was a very tragic moment for me. it was my first mac. There is no way I would pay $900 for a repair. Instead i'll try to sell the parts, which will generate approximately $600-$800 and buy a new mac. This is the thing I don't like about apple products, you cant open them up yourself to fix them. Apple just wants that extra money fort making one of their workers unscrew the cap off! what a rip! But apple still makes the best software and hardware, there is no doubt.

Well you can. you just need to know what parts you need and look for someone like you that is selling the psrts out of an older unit.

Really it's just screws and connectors. It's not like the geniuses at the bar are replacing components on the PCBs. they are just taking screws out then what those screws hold and putting in new parts.

thomas_r.

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Dec 28, 2011 6:41 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

Selling the parts would be extremely unethical, since you cannot know what has been damaged and what has not. Unless you have the capability to test each component before selling, drop this idea.

As to opening up the machine, why can't you do that yourself? I can and have done that. All it takes is the right tools, which aren't even that hard to find or expensive. Not that that's going to do you much good, since you'll likely be looking at replacing all those non-repairable expensive parts - like the logic board - regardless of who does the repair.

kumailnaqvi Author

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Dec 30, 2011 10:13 AM in response to thomas_r.

I've already got the mac checked up by the apple store. They said that the unibody and logic board are damaged and need replacing. All of the other parts including the screen and battery are working. Some companies buy damaged logic boards for up to $150.

eww

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Dec 30, 2011 1:01 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

Are you ready to provide a money-back guarantee of serviceability on the supposedly-good parts you sell? If not, and if you don't have a long-established and well- documented track record of buyer satisfaction with used parts that you've sold, you aren't likely to get much for them. Buyers will only pay what they're willing to risk on "as-is" parts, and the part of the market that's willing to take that risk is only a small fraction of the total population of used parts buyers.

kumailnaqvi Author

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Jan 7, 2012 4:14 AM in response to eww

yeah I know it's goin' to be tough. In the meantime I've switched to Ubuntu 11.10! I cant stand windows I hate it.

Alexa007

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Jan 12, 2012 3:16 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

Hi! It happened the same to me, few months ago.. Try open the machine remove each part, carefully .. Dried them out and clean carefully the parts. Once all the parts are being dry n clean . Close it n try to turn it on .. Good luck !!! I know how it feels !!

Jan 12, 2012 5:21 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

If I can add a tip for your new or repaired MBP, purchase the Moshi keyboard cover... best $25 I ever spent... has paid for itself many times over. With the size of the spill you decribed, it may have been the difference between a functioning system and the paperweight you now have. Hindsight is always 20/20 I am sorry for your loss.

Jan 9, 2014 10:48 PM in response to kumailnaqvi

did you get your information still on your hard drive?

Mac shutdown by water spill!!