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Spillage I wanna Cry

  • 30-11-2009 4:01pm
    #1
    Chong
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,679 ✭✭✭


    Ok I spillt tea on MBP today, on the keyboard. I mopped it up best I could, turned it upside down immediatly to drip out. Subsequently turned it off, then back on 30 mins later , even connected to power, everything still works, dunno what to do now. Its off now btw please some one help, cause apple basically said I am screwed as did the repair guys.


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  • #2
    Jev/N
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,456 ✭✭✭Jev/N


    I would hazard a guess at opening it up and drying inside if possible and/or leaving it in a hot-press or warm area to try and evaporate all the remaining moisture.

    This works with phones and some other electronics but maybe wait to hear others opinions before doing anything..


  • #3
    cornbb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,790 ✭✭✭cornbb


    Leave it switched off for a couple of days, somewhere warm and dry as Jev suggested. It might not be a bad idea to take some of the components out too, maybe it would dry more quickly in that case.

    Keep the chin up, I know of 2 MBPs that encountered tea spillages and they both survived :)


  • #4
    deevey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 707 ✭✭✭deevey


    If its not the unibody MBP, take the keyboard off, wrap it in kitchen towels, and inside a sealed plastic bag, throw it in the hotpress for a day or so.

    This should work so long as your not a sugary person :)

    If you sugared it too, you can try isopropyl alcohol to flush out the tea/sugar and do the same as above.

    Beyond this, prepare to shell out for a new keyboard top ...

    If its a unibody, as was said above, remove as much as you can e.g. cd drive/hard drive (MB isnt difficult on it either) and stick it in the hotpress overnight upside down.. i'd say again, wrap up the keyboard area in kitchen towel and inside a plastic, the liquid should evaporate to the towel.

    I've saved my MB 3 times like this .. (coffee, alcimahol, and tea).


  • #5
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,698 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    The worst thing you can do is turn it back on so soon after a spill. As said above, always leave it a few days to dry - just in case. I hope it's okay.

    I always have visions of something like this happening anytime I have a liquid near my MBP. I reckon the sight of me cautiously holding a cup of coffee away from it must look pretty comical to observers.


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