Water spilled in the back of MacBook Pro. HELP!

I don't know if anyone can advise what components might have been affected by any water. You're doing right to dry it out, which you really should do before trying to turn it on. You can also use a hair dryer, on low heat, to blow heated air into the MBP. Don't put the heat on high enough to melt anything!

If after you're sure it's dried out it still won't start, and you know it's getting power, reset the SMC as well as PRAM. If it still won't start, take it to Apple.

No offence to the original poster but i've read this post before on the macbook section, well, something similar.

First it was vodka and sprite and was spilled by a cat on the power cord. ( i replied on that one )

Then another post was similar except for the vodka but the cat was also involved.

Now here's another post about a cat knocking a cup on the same area as the other two post i've read.

Must be some breeds of cats that hates macbooks.

Again, it's possible that this post is not connected to the others i've read in the past couple of days. Just similiar.

No worries.....

I was more interested in the cat that tend to spill stuff on the macbooks for the past couple of days...

Cheers...

Leave it drying at room temperature for a minimum of 72 hours before trying to turn it on again. Do NOT use a hairdryer. There's no telling what got wet or what you damaged by powering it on prematurely, so if you can't get it to go after it's dry, take it in for repair and brace yourself for a big bill.

And if your cats can be depended on to spill whatever you leave around, stop leaving things around for them to spill.

We don't know, but nothing under $900 would be very surprising. If both the logic board and the display got wet, the machine will be a total loss. It would be cheaper to buy a new one.

You're right to be concerned: the fact that it won't turn on is a bad sign. So give it several days to dry completely. A household fan blowing air over it constantly during that time will help. It may or may not come back to life -- cross your fingers.

A curious phenomenon that one notices after reading these forums every day for years is that the amount of liquid people have spilled into their Macs is inversely proportional to the time that has passed since it happened. So what was reported to be about half a cup of beer right after the accident is, by the next morning, barely a quarter of a cup, or maybe somewhat less. By a couple of days later, the amount spilled was just a few drops. And when the owner finally bites the bullet and takes it in for repair a month later, he's shocked -- shocked!! -- to be told by the technician that there's evidence of liquid damage inside. So regard your GF's diminishing estimate of the cat tsunami's magnitude as evidence of a widely-shared form of wishful thinking, and take it with an indulgent grain of salt.

put in some rice cause rice does drain it out

Take out the battery too and leave it open with the above rice suggestion. I'd cross my fingers next but It happen to me too. I left my laptop dry out completely for several days and got lucky. I would not plug it in until it's completely dry.

Hello aimyourbrent, I got the same problem yesterday, I know this post is old and you have solved so let me know what have you done?