Hey everybody!
I'm posting this as I have not been able to find a clear answer online and I'm hoping someone can provide good advice with this problem. I accidentally spilled some water one my wife's 2012 11 inch MBA (i7 2.0 ghz, 8GB RAM, 128 GB storage) and I need to see if there is a way I can fix it. The water entered from the exhaust vent and the computer was powered off at the time. I left it off for 24hrs (after dripping out any excess from the vents and letting it dry) and powered it on. The computer powers on and performs fine, but there was some damage due to the following problems it has developed. These are:
- battery doesn't work, and computer doesn't even recognize its there. Has an"x" where charge % should be.
- charger LED wont light at all
- has to be powered on with mag safe plugged in, and power button doesn't work on its own
- whenever it is on, fan is always running at high speed
- keyboard backlight no working
So There is no Apple store where I live (would have to get on a plane for that), and I bought it via B&H Photo this past Xmas. I am pretty savy when fixing/replacing internals, so I'm hoping I can fix this myself. However, I can't figure out what the problem area can be, and this is important for repair cost efficiency.could it be the battery? Logic board? A power controller?
Any experts out there that can lend a brother a hand in figuring this out?
Thanks!
I'm posting this as I have not been able to find a clear answer online and I'm hoping someone can provide good advice with this problem. I accidentally spilled some water one my wife's 2012 11 inch MBA (i7 2.0 ghz, 8GB RAM, 128 GB storage) and I need to see if there is a way I can fix it. The water entered from the exhaust vent and the computer was powered off at the time. I left it off for 24hrs (after dripping out any excess from the vents and letting it dry) and powered it on. The computer powers on and performs fine, but there was some damage due to the following problems it has developed. These are:
- battery doesn't work, and computer doesn't even recognize its there. Has an"x" where charge % should be.
- charger LED wont light at all
- has to be powered on with mag safe plugged in, and power button doesn't work on its own
- whenever it is on, fan is always running at high speed
- keyboard backlight no working
So There is no Apple store where I live (would have to get on a plane for that), and I bought it via B&H Photo this past Xmas. I am pretty savy when fixing/replacing internals, so I'm hoping I can fix this myself. However, I can't figure out what the problem area can be, and this is important for repair cost efficiency.could it be the battery? Logic board? A power controller?
Any experts out there that can lend a brother a hand in figuring this out?
Thanks!