Spilled water on MacBook Air

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Spilled water on MacBook Air

Last night I accidentally spilled a cup of sparkling sweet water on my MacBook Air, I immediately turned it over, so to get the water of the system. Left it next to a dehumidifier for a few hours, afterwards it turned on and was working perfectly. At the beginning my computer was saying that usb portals took to much energy and my sound was not working, I guess it automatically turned of the speakers, then it would not let me charge it. Later my father decided to blow dry it, which was a bad idea considering that then we could not turn it on for the next few hours. Later that night I managed to put my computer in such a position that when I tried again it’d worked perfectly. At the beginning it was slower but as it warms up it begins to work perfectly. Today I found some problems: 1. System and all the programs take too much time to work and to load 2. When I plug in my headphones won’t work 3. When you start the computer my fen immediately starts to work (Normally I needed to use the computer for at least a good 1/2 hours before it tried to cool down the system) 4. My mouse is acting weirdly. Please explain to me what I could do and how could this be fixed and what will be the approximate price.

I have made an appointment to see the Apple store, but I can't leave my computer with the store as I am in a different country. Would you please also let me know how lond it normally takes to repair a Mac?

MacBook Air, water

Posted on Jul 28, 2013 2:40 PM

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Answer 1

Jul 28, 2013 2:42 PM in response to jplinnik94

you need to bring it to an Apple store or AASP to get an estimate. We can't open it up to see the extent of the damage. It could very well cost almost as much as the computer itself when it was new. Blowdrying it was a very bad idea.

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Answer 2

Jul 28, 2013 2:46 PM in response to jplinnik94

Never ever try to turn it back on after you "think you have it dried", always spells bad news. Take it for repair immediately, do NOT turn it back on or try to charge it.

99 times out of 100, turning a computer back on after someone assumes they dried it , causes MORE problems than when they got it wet to begin with. 😐

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jplinnik94 Author

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Jul 28, 2013 2:51 PM in response to PlotinusVeritas

The computer from my point of view is working perfectly, cos I am using it right now, however, it needs to warm up before it starts to function which is wiered from my point of view. Besides ddehumidifier does a really good job in drying up all the water in the room. Do you know anything about the system working slower after you spill water in it?

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Answer 4

Jul 28, 2013 7:02 PM in response to jplinnik94

drying out a computer even 100% does NOT keep it from being destroyed. Water leaves behind iron particles and other impurities ONCE its dried, and the sugary water you spilled in it even worse so. Your computer is damaged and is likely going to get worse. You should NOT have it turned on, period.

Youre making a mistake in using it now, take it in for service.

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nbar

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Jul 28, 2013 7:15 PM in response to jplinnik94

To echo these sentiments:

Do NOT try and turn it on again. This will certainly make any damage to your logicboard worse. Water + electrictiry=blown circuits. Do not attempt to dry internal componants in anyway (with a blowdryer, IE) anymore. This will make it worse.Disconnect any peripheral devices. Disconnect it from the AC charger. Try to avoid moving it around (particularly tilting, turning, etc). Bring it in as soon as possible to your nearest Apple Store for servicing. You most certainly will need a new logicboard, and possibly other components. Even if it is functioning now, corrosion will occur on the logicboard and other components that were compromised.

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carl wolf

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Jul 28, 2013 5:22 PM in response to jplinnik94

I'm confuse when you post "from my point of view is working perfectly", and then you post a litiny of complaints. Since you already have an appointment scheduled, speculation is moot.

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