Cleaning a Macbook Pro - Semi special conditions apply

[Kardashian]

At some point in your life you'll run into what's called "a squirter"

I'm gay.

 

[pinktank]

wow someone's gloating about shmex, feminine hygiene wipes wins

 

[janey]

I'm gay.

Then even more likely.

 

[Screwball]

I'm gay.

Then you must have met a shiteload of squirters, must you not?

 

[neilah1]

I've had orange juice spilled on my MacBook...

And spent ~$600 fixing it.

A short sweet story of kids watching a short DVD on my MacBook (was the only DVD player-thing within reach). As kids are, they were mezmerized by the DVD... and got closer and closer and closer.. until said OJ was spilled all over the keyboard of my MacBook.

Seriously, it was a lake.

I immediately held the power button down, killing the power, flipped it upside down, and let it drain. I powered it up long enough to eject the DVD, which came out -- yes, you guessed it, slimed with OJ. After a few hours of letting it dry...

Keys got sticky. Space bar was especially rough.
Superdrive could not accept/eject discs.
Battery seemed to have shorted, so it would hold a charge for about 30 mins. then die. Without the usual 'running on low power' warning.

so...

Replaced battery. ($130?)
Replaced Superdrive (like $300 at AppleStore)
Replaced keyboard (and whole top case, like $200 at AppleStore)

Now it works great.

Good luck getting yours cleaned.

 

[bigandy]

Your letter to Penthouse plea for help just doesn't ring true. You said you put your laptop on the floor. How did said juices get from the bed onto your laptop on the floor?A little help here. I really want to believe you.

There was no bed mentioned. Use your imagination, rdowns!

I would also say print out your porn next time and face the other way, well out of range of your computer.

OH, SNAP!

 

[mpw]

...Use your imagination, rdowns!...

I was surprised by rdowns' lack of imagination too... his mother is much more adventurous

 

[Jiten]

This thread made my day.

 

[Pickoff]

My 14-year-old self is laughing my head off. Good luck dude, and rest easy knowing you have just supplied me with enough awkward jokes to last at least 5 years.

Now I'm worried, I really can't stop chuckling xD

 

[dubweiser]

Pic or it didnt happen!!!!!!

(of your girl)

 

[Syndacate]

No, you can't just take the keyboard off, you have to pop the upper case off as well!

http://www.ifixit.com there's a guide here, that's very helpful with pictures of each step!

Okay, thanks. I still haven't gotten around to this thing yet . Though I think I'm just going to go for the keys, rather than the the whole case.

That was a very useful link, thanks very much.

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Best of luck cleaning your keyboard , let us know how it goes

Yeah, the pictures are pretty clear, good deal, I'll use that.

The best non-disassembly way is probably to work around a piece of fairly fine cloth lightly soaked with detergent around the crevices of the keyboard. As others suggest, taking off the worst-afflicted keys carefully may also facilitate more thorough cleaning.

I would also say print out your porn next time and face the other way, well out of range of your computer.

Yeah, that's what I've done so far (haven't taken the keys out yet), but with just water. I haven't popped the keys yet, but I will in a few.

And spent ~$600 fixing it.

A short sweet story of kids watching a short DVD on my MacBook (was the only DVD player-thing within reach). As kids are, they were mezmerized by the DVD... and got closer and closer and closer.. until said OJ was spilled all over the keyboard of my MacBook.

Seriously, it was a lake.

I immediately held the power button down, killing the power, flipped it upside down, and let it drain. I powered it up long enough to eject the DVD, which came out -- yes, you guessed it, slimed with OJ. After a few hours of letting it dry...

Keys got sticky. Space bar was especially rough.
Superdrive could not accept/eject discs.
Battery seemed to have shorted, so it would hold a charge for about 30 mins. then die. Without the usual 'running on low power' warning.

so...

Replaced battery. ($130?)
Replaced Superdrive (like $300 at AppleStore)
Replaced keyboard (and whole top case, like $200 at AppleStore)

Now it works great.

Good luck getting yours cleaned.

Gah, that's scary.

Thankfully this wasn't a "lake" like yours was, it was only a splatter. The keys aren't sticky yet, and would be by now if they were going to be, but I'm still going to pop them out 'n clean them anyway.

My 14-year-old self is laughing my head off. Good luck dude, and rest easy knowing you have just supplied me with enough awkward jokes to last at least 5 years.

Now I'm worried, I really can't stop chuckling xD

LoL Good to know somebody prospered from this incident =).

Pic or it didnt happen!!!!!!

(of your girl)

Ha, I'll take the "it didn't happen" option if those are my choices. I'm not posting a picture of my girlfriend who I just released rather personal data about for the world to see. It would A) **** with her rep, if anybody knows her and sees the picture, and B) I'd take the heat for it.

That's a dumb move even by my standards.

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I never intended this thread to be sexual (outside the jokes which were obviously coming), more a technical aim on getting my keyboard at 100% so I can request an admin lock this.

I've been busy working, have some free time now, so I'ma eat something, then get to work on this keyboard 'n see what's up. For now I plan to use only water, no solutions/solvents. I'll holla back when (if) I get the keys out 'n back in.

Thanks for the link, that's what I plan to use.

 

[Syndacate]

Alright, I popped all the keys in the area out (all the middle keys).

I was right about how they come out, just takes a lot of time and patience. Sort of like lock-picking, without the threat of lawsuits.

Didn't break anything, had a lil trouble figuring out how the spacebar went back together, but now that's back and fully functional. Just tested all the keys and everything works 100%.

I scurbbed in there with a toothbrush, there were 2 larger (about 1.5cm in diameter) splatter stains and 2 smaller (<.5cm) splatter stains in there. With a toothbrush, I got the structure inbetween the keys 100%, while the keys soaked in soapy water.

Let everything dry with a hair dryer & gravity, blew out the whole computer with a high powered air blower (since I couldn't find any dust-off).

I didn't even know the keys could be removed on a laptop keyboard, thanks a lot for everybody's help.

I'm going to request to an admin that this thread be locked to prevent any further "extensions" on topics that may (or have) arise in this thread outside the intended goal.

Thank you all for your help.

 

[MICHAELSD]

It's good to hear to your "problem" was fixed. Seriously, would it kill you to close your MBP and put it in the next room?

 

[alphaod]

I hope you know the lessen here is you don't have private action near your computer.

Besides the mop up, you never know who might be watching.