Spilled coffee on MBA, fixed it for $39 [Archive]

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morlium

Sep 24, 2009, 11:13 PM

Hi guys. A few weeks ago I spilled coffee on my rev A MBA and fried it. Apple wanted $750 to repair it, so I set out to fix it myself. Here's my story (http://www.maclife.com/article/howtos/39_solution_fried_macbook_air_keyboard?page=0%2C0).
Enjoy!

Gadgetman99

Sep 25, 2009, 02:49 AM

Great story! It is very satisfying to correct an issue yourself, rather then paying someone 20 times more.

sanPietro98

Sep 25, 2009, 11:37 AM

In my experience, higher quality coffee does less damage -- for computers and people. If you spilled coffee with those "flavor crystals" you would have been hosed.

But, seriously, congrats. And well done.

morlium

Sep 25, 2009, 01:06 PM

thanks for reading guys.

hamzab

Sep 25, 2009, 01:18 PM

Bravo Bravo!! Good work mate!

BanjoBanker

Sep 25, 2009, 05:27 PM

I wish I had seen this before I sent my son's MacBook in for repair. My son too had a spill onto the keyboard, although his spill was an "adult beverage" whilst a group of his fraternity brothers and their dates were drinking in his room. :cool: Luckily for me, the repair Genius at the local Apple store is a bud from way back who knew where to find the parts BEFORE sending it to Apple.
If it happens again, I will have at it with my set of miniature screw drivers! Thanks for the article, you have given me the nerve to try it next time. After all, I have assembled multiple AR-15 lower receivers, and that is a huge bag of tiny pins and springs.:)