Spilled water in my MacBook Pro its been slow ever since fixable or not?

How large is your HD AND how much space do you have left?

If it is the due to the water damage is there something that i can do?

Take your MBP to your local Apple Store or AASP. Let them properly diagnose the problem and provide you w/a repair estimate. Water damage is not covered under Apple Care or its standard warranty.

.. not much you can do.. be sure to back up your files.. might be your disk.. might be a short on your circuit board..

I wonder if you actually did fully dry it out. Maybe do like they do on tv with wet phones- bury it in rice.

Maybe even heat the rice (raw,dry not cooked) and let it sit under- well, surrounded by it for a day or two. Else, like someone else said- to Apple store..

With that much water spilled, it's a miracle the machine is running at all, much less for 1 year. You've gotten very lucky. Water does serious damage to the electronics inside a computer.

If the machine was off when the spill happened, and was allowed to thoroughly dry for at least several days, if not a full week, before being turned back on again, that would explain why it's still working. (Plus, of all the liquids you could have spilled, water is probably the least damaging.) However, there still could be corrosion and other minor damage that is causing your problem.

Of course, it's also possible that the water has nothing to do with it. Try some of the tips in the Mac OS X Speed FAQ. If nothing there helps, it's probably a hardware issue.

I wonder if you actually did fully dry it out. Maybe do like they do on tv with wet phones- bury it in rice.

I think that after a year it's fully dry! 😁

Also, note that rice may work fine with phones, but it is a horrible idea with laptops! You really don't want rice getting inside the keyboard, optical drive, vents and other openings. That can worsen the problems, especially if the rice gets inside and gets wet... that can leave sticky starch residue on sensitive electronic components, which is very, very bad.

It would be hard to argue against what you said! Except the part about it being absolutely dry... water is tenacious at remaining where it is..it may eveporate but in an enclosure like a computer, it will find a cool enough spot a few inches away to recondense, further from the hot battery or drive...

How about- place it in the sun, turne off of course, for a few hours, and pack it wth the dessicant pack it arrived with to cool....?

Or like someone already said: to apple store quick....

A computer is not a sealed environment that can trap water, there's air flow. There are even fans that are blowing to circulate air. It's been a year, it's dry.

As to putting it in the sun for a few hours, that's more extremely bad advice! Depending on conditions (temperature, time of day, air quality, etc), the MBP could be damaged by such treatment. Same goes for putting it in the oven, so don't even go there!

O! Sorry. But thanks for informing me! I will shut up now.

****7547 wrote:

jus to ask what exactly could the store do to help me if there is water damage?

Mo

Replace the damaged parts.

what, you mean so it works without causing complaints?

(~sarcasm off~)

pardon me please, I joke a LOT.

YUP!

Hi, I am having the same problem discussed in your original question- but my question for you is did you ever take it to apple, and what seemed to be the problem, and how much did they charge for the repair? And did they solve the problem for you or did it occur again later on? I already have to replace the battery from my spill which is pretty expensive so I wonder if it's even worth it to get it fixed or if i'd just be better off with a new laptop altogether.