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Trackpad after spill

I was eating a bowl of cereal and browsing the web this morning, when I noticed there was some almond milk on the trackpad. I did as I always do and used my finger to wipe it off, as there wasn't much on the trackpad to begin with. I noticed that the trackpad wouldn't recognize my finger very well so I wetted a paper towel and I rung the excess water out. I wiped the trackpad very thouroghly with the paper towel. It was still acting weird so I powered the computer down and very very thouroghly wiped the trackpad down. I then used a dry towel to dry off the trackpad. When I booted the computer up it behaved normally for about 10 seconds, after which it went back to being weird. I have left the computer off for about 2 hours and turned it on and left it alone for even longer. I have tried doing an SMC reset several times and after each time it would work for about a minute and then go back to spazing out. I booted into windows and it works for even longer, and will go back and forth between working and not working. I am currently writing this in windows on the same computer. I am wondering if anyone has had any experience with this. I have read a couple of other threads and none of the solutions have worked, pressing on the corners of the trackpad, resetting the trackpad by putting your palm on it for 10 seconds. I was wondering if anyone had a solution that I haven't tried. And by erratic I mean that the trackpad is hardly responsive, when I move it will acknowledge my movement by shifting in the general that I want it to move. Sometimes it won't respond very much at all, and others it will be almost completely responsive, mostly if you move it in circles. I have also done a time machine backup, and it didn't change anything.

MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X Mavericks (10.9.2), Summer 2012 Model

Posted on Mar 21, 2014 7:44 PM

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Mar 21, 2014 7:58 PM in response to arockenhaus1

Liquid on the trackpad is not a good combination.


I would take it in, unless you are a DIY'er


The Track pad is easy to replace because it is accessable right under the battery. The connecting ribbon is very fragile and a bit tricky if you never done it before.


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Trackpad after spill

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