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Lemonade spill over Macbook Pro ?
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The MacBook Pro in my signature suffered a similar fate recently when a glass of orange squash was poured over it. It was covered by AppleCare, but sadly Apple declared the machine dead due to logic board failure as a result of liquid damage, and consequently not covered by AppleCare.
Thankfully the damage was covered by my insurance company and I have a new MacBook Pro on the way.
Thankfully the damage was covered by my insurance company and I have a new MacBook Pro on the way.
If you can't get the Mac running again, and even if you do, that acid will almost certainly cause more issues down the line...Check your household contents insurance for accidental damage cover. As posted above AC will not come to your rescue in this instance.
I know. Thats why went through my insurance company.
But you wrote
thus my confusion and clarification.
To split hairs, I think he meant he had AC on it but clearly AC won't cover the issue at hand.
As a hardware engineer, I work on a number of situations like this very one, and this is what I would do to fix it. Remember, as the liquid spilled is sugar-based, even after drying immediately, it will leave a conductive sugary residue behind, which is just as bad as having water on the board, so drying will NOT fix the issue. This is why laptop keyboards stick and never work properly after spilling this type of liquid. As the battery is an internal battery, don't be tempted to switch it on until the below has been actioned:
If you are brave enough, consult ifixit to take the system board out of the chassis. Purchase some electronic cleaning fluid that is 100% alcohol-based, and dose the whole board with it. This will help lift up and soften the residue, which you can (carefully) wipe away using fibre-free cloth or kitchen roll.
While the chassis is open, look for any remaining residue and wipe that up as well. As for the keyboard, depending on the location of the spill, you may need to take a hit and order a replacement keyboard.
Failing that, claim on insurance
If you are brave enough, consult ifixit to take the system board out of the chassis. Purchase some electronic cleaning fluid that is 100% alcohol-based, and dose the whole board with it. This will help lift up and soften the residue, which you can (carefully) wipe away using fibre-free cloth or kitchen roll.
While the chassis is open, look for any remaining residue and wipe that up as well. As for the keyboard, depending on the location of the spill, you may need to take a hit and order a replacement keyboard.
Failing that, claim on insurance
The 20/20 hindsight response finally arrives.Don't drink liquids while using your MBP
If you ever watch old video footage of NASA's mission control from the early days... those guys in crew cuts and skinny have all kinds of beverages and ashtrays strewn all over their consoles.
So, if it's good enough for NASA...
I used to work in a mainframe computer room where smoking and drinking was allowed - that is until one of the other computer operators set the waste basket on fire with his cigaretteSo, if it's good enough for NASA...
On topic, I'd get a laptop stand/cooler that raises the laptop off the desk and don't have any beverages near it. I have my coffee on my desk, but my MBP is off to the side and on a cooler so if anything gets spilled, the MBP is not in the line of fire.
