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Take what they give you and then add to it and you end up getting an "upgraded" product.
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Take what they give you and then add to it and you end up getting an "upgraded" product.
Finally with all the 'pop' features we lost when steve insisted on those glossy displays!
Sorry bout the loss. Insurance claim is what people recommend in this thread and its the most logical choice. Take enough pics of it though.
Also, just for love of it. Try to see if the MacBook still works. I know the odds are HIGHLY against you, but it never hurts to try. I read earlier a suggestion to let it thaw out until you can get the battery out. Do that. Dry out with a cloth the whole thing as much as possible
Then put the rest in a container with rice covering it. Let sit 5 days in the rice, take it out and let it "breath" for a day and put back in the container with rice, take out after another 5 days. Reconnect, turn on and post back!
PS - Hope it all goes well
Also, just for love of it. Try to see if the MacBook still works. I know the odds are HIGHLY against you, but it never hurts to try. I read earlier a suggestion to let it thaw out until you can get the battery out. Do that. Dry out with a cloth the whole thing as much as possible
Then put the rest in a container with rice covering it. Let sit 5 days in the rice, take it out and let it "breath" for a day and put back in the container with rice, take out after another 5 days. Reconnect, turn on and post back!
PS - Hope it all goes well
When its -273 K outside Canadians are having the last barbecue (BBQ) of the summer.
No kidding.... I don't know if I would ever get used to that cold.
A sim-card has no moving parts whereas a HDD has some very miniscule moving parts. These moving parts are certainly frozen, and because water expands when it freezes the HD is most certainly not salvageable.
Anyway, to the op: It's always sad to have your house burn down. It has happened to me twice. Once when I was a kid - the 23rd of december - and once when I was an adult – some short circuit in the building because some dufus electrician thought he'd save two bucks and three minutes of work getting the proper thingy from his truck.
This sort of thing has (again) gotten me to think about getting more online storage, even if I do hate having to upload stuff and have it one someone else's servers.
Anyway, good luck to you.
Yep, canadians are tuff, even 273 degres after (below) their atoms have stopped moving, they still crack up a bbq.
For some reason, I was expecting screenshots of a kernel panic.... silly me, what was I thinking!?!?
you mean up there in Canada??
I couldn't imagine it being that cold.
OP, sorry about your loss.
Sorry to hear about the fire, it's certainly tough and a bad time for it to happen and I can tell you that to some extent I feel your pain, my house flooded out on the 25th of December and a lot of stuff got ruined. Having just dealt with the insurance company, my recommendation would to be to file a claim with your insurance company, make sure you take lots of pictures. If your insurance company has already come to assess the damage and make an estimate, make sure that you mention the MacBook on your claim, include the pictures you've taken as well (they may have already taken their own if they have come into the home already).
The second thing you should do is try to dry it out, this is something that the insurance companies will ask you all the time when you try to file a claim - "have you dried it out?"
To do so, firstly remove the battery and then attempt to thaw it out at "room temperature" (~ 22*C). Once it is thawed, place the computer in a sealed container of rice for a few days and let it absorb what it can, and then remove it from the rice and let the rest of the water run out. Once the water has run out, place it in a fresh container of rice for another 3 to 5 days to absorb the rest of the moisture.
If the computer was on at the time when it was drenched in water, there is a very slim chance that this might work. Regardless, it's worth a shot. If you can't get the computer to start up once it has been fully dried out, remove the hard drive and take it to a Genius Bar or to an authorized repair center to see if the data is salvageable, at least that way you won't lose your data.
Good luck, and hang in there. It may not look like it now, but things will get better.
The second thing you should do is try to dry it out, this is something that the insurance companies will ask you all the time when you try to file a claim - "have you dried it out?"
To do so, firstly remove the battery and then attempt to thaw it out at "room temperature" (~ 22*C). Once it is thawed, place the computer in a sealed container of rice for a few days and let it absorb what it can, and then remove it from the rice and let the rest of the water run out. Once the water has run out, place it in a fresh container of rice for another 3 to 5 days to absorb the rest of the moisture.
If the computer was on at the time when it was drenched in water, there is a very slim chance that this might work. Regardless, it's worth a shot. If you can't get the computer to start up once it has been fully dried out, remove the hard drive and take it to a Genius Bar or to an authorized repair center to see if the data is salvageable, at least that way you won't lose your data.
Good luck, and hang in there. It may not look like it now, but things will get better.
"It won't turn on"
Hehe thats too funny.
*The situation isn't funny. The OP expecting it might turn on is funny.
Take it to a Genius Bar (still frozen to the table)and say "It won't turn on".
My dog is dead. Why is the mail piling up at the door?
Seriously though sorry to hear about the fire. Hope everybody got out ok and there wasn't too much damage.
Hehe thats too funny.
*The situation isn't funny. The OP expecting it might turn on is funny.
Take it to a Genius Bar (still frozen to the table)and say "It won't turn on".
My dog is dead. Why is the mail piling up at the door?
Seriously though sorry to hear about the fire. Hope everybody got out ok and there wasn't too much damage.
That'll do it.
On a serious not - contents insurance, or, if you bought it with a Credit Card - check with you CC firm - it may be covered by them.
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Frozen macbook is still less broken than a Windows laptop, surely?
Good luck with the Insurance.
At a glance, I thought you stuck it in the chiller cause it's burning up...
Well, sorry to hear your house caught fire though.
and i thought 40F was bad... i'm starting to appreciate new jersey's climate...