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Big coffee spilled on my macbook. Now ok except battery.

Hello first thanks for your help.

I spilled a BIG cup of unsugared coffee on my macbook pro 13p retina Mavericks. Brand new it only has 4 weeks.

I have let it dry for 48h. Everything is OK (amazing!) BUT it only works when it is plugged into the wall.
This means the battery doesn't work anymore. As soon as I unplug, it shuts down.

State of battery is "must be replaced now".

Also I have a few questions...

- is it likely if I get the battery replaced it will be OK? (coffee could have damaged something else... battery connector, ...?)

- if I get the macbook opened, and try to clean with demineralized water, dry again all, could my battery recover?

- is there any software or utility that could try to fix this?

- can I buy the battery myself (where?) and replace it? I would prefer a brand new original battery

- seems my computer is SLOW since this. Can this be linked to the battery, and get better when a new battery is in?

Thanks !

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)

Posted on Jan 4, 2014 11:57 AM

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Lexiepex

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Jan 5, 2014 12:58 AM in response to alex94598

Drop this Alex. If you stop now everybody will forget about it.

Lex

jbriang

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Feb 15, 2014 6:20 AM in response to silotxy

A little late coming in, but wondering if and how you may have resolved this.

I had virtually an identical occurence with my Macbook Pro back in November. Once I learned the cost and time to analyze and fix, I chose to upgrade to a new Macbook, mainly because I couldn't have it out of commission for that long.

Meanwhile the old coffee-spill Macbook Pro is humming along on tethered power only. If you or anyone has a repair experience, I would be interested in hearing.

Big coffee spilled on my macbook. Now ok except battery.