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Help! Spilt milk in my macbook?

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ryanmckenzie

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Jun 24, 2010
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Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask, I tried yahoo answers but haven't received any responses yet.
After an argument my mum threw a glass of milk on the keyboard while it was on. I turned it off as fast as I could, everything looked ok before it shut down. I turned it over and wiped off all the liquid. It's open, face down on my bed just now. Should I turn it on to see if it's ok, it's been 1 hour now?

It's a 13" MacBook Pro, 2.4Ghz
 
Your mom dumped milk on your keyboard?!
I would wait MUCH longer than an hour.. people have been known to wait days when liquid spills on their electronics.
And if you paid for that macbook by yourself I would make her buy a new one or pay for repair if it's broken.
 
EmeraldICE said:
Your mom dumped milk on your keyboard?!
I would wait MUCH longer than an hour.. people have been known to wait days when liquid spills on their electronics.
And if you paid for that macbook by yourself I would make her buy a new one or pay for repair if it's broken.
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LOL, you are talking about the OP's mom, if she threw milk on his computer it might be because he had it coming based on what he said to her. Just speculating though. :p
 
DO NOT TURN THE COMPUTER BACK ON DO NOT
That aside, you must remove the battery if possible, please let it dry for 5-7 days if you want even the slightest chance of it to work. Do your best to clean off all the milk
 
Well try to look at the brightside, at least you learned a lesson: Don't argue with you mom :p. Seriously though, I would wait for a couple days.
 
Well it would be funny but me and my mum don't have a good relationship anymore, it's kinda sad, I just hate her as a person... she cheated on my dad years ago, that describes what sort of person she is :S
Anyway, thank you very much for the quick and helpful responses! Should I maybe take it to the apple store tomorrow and they could open it up?
 
Well, there's no point crying over spilt milk...

Sorry, had to.

But yes, as everyone else has said, leave it to dry for a week and see. Hopefully you had nothing TOO important on it.
 
I hope you haven't tried turning it on. I work for an apple service center and see this all too often. Every time it is not thoroughly dried out it ends up toast if you turn it on. Seriously, as others have said you must live without it for atleast 7 days.

ALSO turn it upside down with the screen open like a tent, and leave a fan on it when possible
 
ryanmckenzie said:
Well it would be funny but me and my mum don't have a good relationship anymore, it's kinda sad, I just hate her as a person... she cheated on my dad years ago, that describes what sort of person she is :S
Anyway, thank you very much for the quick and helpful responses! Should I maybe take it to the apple store tomorrow and they could open it up?
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You take it to the Apple store tomorrow-Warranty is instantly voided, your best bet would be to take off the top case and clean the board with de ionized water
 
ryanmckenzie said:
Well it would be funny but me and my mum don't have a good relationship anymore, it's kinda sad, I just hate her as a person... she cheated on my dad years ago, that describes what sort of person she is :S
Anyway, thank you very much for the quick and helpful responses! Should I maybe take it to the apple store tomorrow and they could open it up?
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They aren't gonna help you. Spilling a liquid will void the warranty. Therefore they will make you pay for any repair. Go get a plastic tub the you can fit the ENTIRE bottom of the laptop, shouldn't be hard to find. Then go buy a bow of dry rice. Put the Macbook in the tub and pour the rice in till the keyboard is covered. The rice will absorb the liquid more than air. I would still wait a few days.
 
What is he doing near his crazy mother anyway?
Who bought the laptop? If his dad bought it, have his dad sue if he isn't old enough.

Totally unacceptable under any circumstances that someone would damage property worth $1000+. This is the new 2010 model I assume as well which is totally ludicrous!

If this happened to me, I would have contacted the police and said she beat you and threatened you and then dumped milk on my stuff.
 
I would have contacted the police and said she beat you and threatened you and then dumped milk on my stuff.
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That's even worse advice. Lying to the police is in itself an offense.
 
HLdan said:
LOL, you are talking about the OP's mom, if she threw milk on his computer it might be because he had it coming based on what he said to her. Just speculating though. :p
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Hahaha. :p Even if OP deserved it, intentionally damaging a $1000+ computer is a bit much.
 
chris2k5 said:
What is he doing near his crazy mother anyway?
Who bought the laptop? If his dad bought it, have his dad sue if he isn't old enough.

Totally unacceptable under any circumstances that someone would damage property worth $1000+. This is the new 2010 model I assume as well which is totally ludicrous!

If this happened to me, I would have contacted the police and said she beat you and threatened you and then dumped milk on my stuff.
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So, your computer is more valuable than the relationship you have with your mother? Yeah... that makes sense.
 
The milk is going to dry up and start flaking and eventually ruin the electronics. Good luck with that.

What I'd do is open up the computer and try cleaning up the milk. Then I'd let it dry for a few days before turning it back on. Else, kiss your mom to make up and maybe she will replace the computer.

In the future, try to avoid having liquids and parents around your computer.
 
lol, well I'm 20, and keep in mind that I'm on a phone, and slightly worried that the computer I just bought is completely bust. I think a slight flaw in grammar is acceptable...
Many thanks everyone, this has actually happened to me before (water leaked through my bag) so I know what happens when it's left on. I won't sue my mum lol.
 
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