Get one of those clear boxes and fill it with rice and put your macbook in there the rice will absorb all the moisture.
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I personally wouldn't do anything until the insurance claim was completed on everything with check in hand. With you tempering with it might void your insurance. I would also take hundreds of pictures of everything. Sorry about your loss and hope no one was injured. That just my 2 cents
Who knows, it might just make for a good "one more thing".
Good one!
Feel around the hard drive, see if it is damp or not. If so, give it some time to warm up and dry.
I don't know... an HD would seem like the most likely thing to survive. Today, my dad washed his phone. I tried to put his SIM card in my phone and it worked fine, even though it looked like it was ruined. The phone doesn't work anymore though. These might seem like two completely different comparisons, but there is always hope.
SAVE YOUR HD! The files on my Mac are worth more than the computer itself in my opinion. I have an external drive in case my HD crashes or something.
Good Luck! Just let it dry out for a couple of days and hopefully the files will be readable. I'm sorry to hear about your house!
Sorry for your loss. If you have backups or the files are not important I wouldn't worry about your HD. Otherwise save it. The rest isn't worth the effort IMO.
Was it on during the fire / water? If so probably less chance of it being okay. However if it was off then I would think you have a better shot of it making it out okay.
Good luck!
Good luck!
i'm thinking that thing will be fine if he let's it dry completely.
It's only water and it was off when it got soaked.
But the problem would be he doesn't wait long enough for it to dry.
I would wait 5 days (just to be safe). But that may be difficult.
It's only water and it was off when it got soaked.
But the problem would be he doesn't wait long enough for it to dry.
I would wait 5 days (just to be safe). But that may be difficult.
I don't know, I mean, the computer got doused by a FIRE HOSE. haha.
I would be really surprised to see that computer come back to life.
But what a wonderful oportunity to get insurance money and get a Mac Pro with dual 30's! And a Macbook!
Sorry to see this and hear about your fire. Hope everyone is okay and safe.
As with the computer, let it thaw out and let it air dry for at least a week. If possible take the computer apart and air dry each piece for at least a week.
If you have insurance this would be a good time to call them up.
Just for fun, take this to an Apple store in a insulated box and ask a Genius.
That would be insurance fraud…
As with the computer, let it thaw out and let it air dry for at least a week. If possible take the computer apart and air dry each piece for at least a week.
If you have insurance this would be a good time to call them up.
Just for fun, take this to an Apple store in a insulated box and ask a Genius.
But what a wonderful oportunity to get insurance money and get a Mac Pro with dual 30's! And a Macbook!
That would be insurance fraud…
It's just an upgrade.
My old neighbor had a 100,000 dollar house that burnt down and rebuilt a two story 250,000 dollar house, and the insurance company had no problem with it.
I don't see why they would mind with him upgrading his computer.
Usually, everyone gets nicer things after getting insurance money.
Almost always.
The difference between a hard drive and a sim card is that the hard drive has a lot of moving parts, and has places where water can get in. It also has exposed electronics.
That is quite an "upgrade" at over twice the cost (assuming that $100,000 was a recent appraised value prior to the fire)!
Being a firefighter I can tell you, depending on where that laptop was in relation to the fire, that it is most likely 100% drenched in water. Thus, also 100% frozen through. I would assume your machine is done for. Electronics can be dried out, but that's with limited water present (or limited exposure) Your insurance will pay for a new one, and you could probably get the new Alum MacBook.
Sorry about your lose.
Sorry about your lose.
I'm fairly sure he means his neighbor shelled 150k from his pocket for the upgrade.