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water damage and kernel panic

My Macbook Air came into contact with water (not much, but some) and it was doing a couple of weird things i.e. the password box disappearing upon restart and the menu disappearing when trying to save a textpad file. After searching through Google, I followed advice to turn it off and leave it upside down to dry for 96 hours. It was fine on the first day and then on the second day, I noticed the camera wasn't being recognised in Photo Booth, Google Hangouts etc. So I restarted and I received a kernel panic cpu 11 caller message before managing to sign in. There was also a burning smell (although I could have bene mistaken about that due to ACTUAL panic). Needless to say, I turned it off. The next day, I turned it back on to see if it would come on so I could back up my hard drive , which I managed to. After turning it on and off a few times, it seems fine for the last few days. I ran a hardware test and it came back all-clear. It's just the internal camera that isn't working. So I'm not sure what to do. Does anyone know how to see the contents of the kernel cpu 11 caller message that I originally had? I see people posting those when seeking help but I'm not sure how to access it.


Thanks!

MacBook Air (11-inch Mid 2012), OS X El Capitan 10.11.4

Posted on Apr 30, 2016 8:57 AM

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water damage and kernel panic

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