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My previous Macbook survived best part of a pint - take it apart as far as you feel confident you can reassemble, remove and wipe dry battery and RAM modules, wipe off anything sticky, leave a couple of days in as dry and dust-free an area as you have, reassemble and send up a quick prayer...

I knocked over a glass of water, some of which went onto my laptop keyboard, which then promptly went bzzzttt and died.

After speaking to a computer guy, he said just to leave it and wait for it dry out, which I did, and it eventually came back to life a couple of days later...

I spilled a glass of wine over my partner's laptop once. Cue flash, bang etc..


Was told by someone I took it to (not a shop) that it was not repairable so I bought partner a new laptop.


Gave old one away to someone else to fiddle about with, dismantle for spares etc.


Found out much later that it had made a miraculous recovery.


Don't give up!


ETA: My cynical mind says if you take it to Apple they will tell you you need a new one ....

Sue Wrote:

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> I spilled a glass of wine over my partner's laptop

> once. Cue flash, bang etc..

>

> Was told by someone I took it to (not a shop)

> that it was not repairable so I bought partner a

> new laptop.

>

> Gave old one away to someone else to fiddle about

> with, dismantle for spares etc.

>

> Found out much later that it had made a miraculous

> recovery.

>

> Don't give up!

>

> ETA: My cynical mind says if you take it to Apple

> they will tell you you need a new one ....



Apple have a Repair Centre for all their products. Phones.. Macs.. i-Pads .. i-pods..

They are not likely to be cheap but you do get a 1 Year Warranty on the repair.


Foxy


Beware on line. There are some Phishing sites pretending to be Apple.

Thanks for the input everyone.That rice idea is found on various MAC forums I've looked at. MAC currently being fanned and has been for hours. Did try it a while ago and start up sounded normal, the Apple logo put in a brief appearance but that was all. Turned it off hoping more time might do the trick.

Tried the MAC last night and the log on screen did appear after the apple logo, but not for long. However it seems to me the battery is almost dead and recharging it didn't appear to have much effect, though maybe need to leave it longer. I don't know if this is good or bad news.


Anyone know an expert? I've tried to contact a Mark who had rave postings on the Forum some time ago and saw the reviews of Netquest. Don't know if the latter still does repairs.

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> Tried the MAC last night and the log on screen did

> appear after the apple logo, but not for long.

> However it seems to me the battery is almost dead

> and recharging it didn't appear to have much

> effect, though maybe need to leave it longer. I

> don't know if this is good or bad news.


Can't you try it off the mains?



> Anyone know an expert? I've tried to contact a

> Mark who had rave postings on the Forum some time

> ago and saw the reviews of Netquest. Don't know if

> the latter still does repairs.


Ring him up, I'm sure he still does...

> Tried the MAC last night and the log on screen did

> appear after the apple logo, but not for long.


I saw similar brief or intermittent signs of life in a laptop that had experienced a drink soaking, when I tried powering it up up every few months. I eventually had a go and managed to bring it back to full health, by giving the motherboard a gentle cleaning with cotton buds and isopropyl alcohol, concentrating on the bits where there seemed to be residues crossing the tracks.

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