Water Damage. HELP

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Water Damage. HELP

My cat just jumped onto my desk and knocked over a full cup of tea, spilling it all over the side of my Macbook Pro causing liquid to go into the USB port and all the other ports. It turned off IMMEDIATELY and is completely unresponsive. I have used hair dryer to blowdry it and turned it upside down to try and get all the water out.

Is there anything else I can do at all to try and help it?

I'm going to take it into the genius bar tomorrow...

ANY advice would be greatly, greatly, greatly appreciated.

Thank you!!!!

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.4)

Posted on Aug 1, 2012 8:56 PM

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clintonfrombirmingham

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Aug 1, 2012 8:59 PM in response to AmiElla

You best bet will be the Genius Bar - I wouldn't try to do anything else at this point. There's no telling what will have to be replaced and, even if you're under warranty, Apple won't repair liquid damaged units gratis.

Sorry,

Clinton

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AmiElla Author

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Aug 1, 2012 9:03 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Thank you Clinton! So bad how much can go wrong in one instant with this sort of thing, just hoping it won't cost a stupid amount to get fixed....

If anyone else has any info would be great

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AmiElla Author

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Aug 1, 2012 9:25 PM in response to AmiElla

Do people suggest taking the battery out? Would this greatly increase the chance of recovery?

I'm unfamiliar with the technical workings of the macbook and I don't want to inflict any further damage to it by doing something wrong so I have been cautious about taking the battery out but if it'll make a big difference then I will!

Thanks!!

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Aug 1, 2012 9:31 PM in response to AmiElla

Don't take the battery out - don't do anything! Just wait until tomorrow and let the Apple techs handle it - it's not the first time that they will have seen liquid damage...

Clinton

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AmiElla Author

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Aug 1, 2012 9:33 PM in response to clintonfrombirmingham

Okay thanks, getting panicy as I'm sure you can imagine. Hard not to want to keep trying to fix it myself, which is a joke seeing as it's the first mac I've had and I've only had it for three weeks....definitely better to leave it to the experts.

This is gonna be one expensive cup of tea.

Thanks again

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Shootist007

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Aug 1, 2012 10:13 PM in response to AmiElla

Sorry to be the barer of bad news but your Mac is dead. Yes take it in but they will say it needs a new logic board and maybe other parts.

Logic board is $400-$800

Could need other parts also at an addition cost.

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AmiElla Author

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Aug 1, 2012 10:26 PM in response to Shootist007

Yeah I figured as much, I'm in the UK so I'm hoping it'll be around £300 to get fixed...worst morning in a long while...

thanks for your reply!

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Shootist007

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Aug 1, 2012 10:31 PM in response to AmiElla

You're Welcome. Good Luck.

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Aug 1, 2012 10:31 PM in response to AmiElla

You'll be fine......Accidents do happen and don't feel too bad about it......It happens to the best of us once in a while......

If it would make you feel better, went white water rafting and forgot I had me new $2K Nikon DSLR with me.....Long story short, it's still under the river to this day.....Lesson learned - water and electronics do not make a good match...

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Aug 1, 2012 10:39 PM in response to Bimmer 7 Series

Thank you! You're right, just part of life and it could be much, much worse, least it's just technology and nothing more important, just money when it comes down to it and that isn't the be all and end all.

Saying that though so sorry to hear about your camera, must have been devastating, just gotta think of the bigger picture ultimately I suppose, least it isn't you at the bottom of the river! (bit dramatic but you know). Hope you didn't feel too awful afterwards, or least only for a short while...

Thanks 🙂🙂

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