I'll start off by saying my macbook pro is my baby but apparently that wasn't the case a few days ago. I was drinking coffee when the lid popped off, spilled all over myself, and then moved onto the keyboard and lcd screen of my mac. I ignored the fact that my skin was being scorched and went right for the laptop, flipped it upside down, and started to notice the coffee seeping into the left corner of my screen.
My keyboard seems fine, the computer starts up perfect but now I have a spot in the corner of my screen that looks coffee stained and even has a brighter spot in one part. The amount of space it takes up isn't too bad but being a graphic designer and working on my computer all of the time, this is something that will drive me nuts!
I called around, Apple first. I went to visit their people and the guy I delt with had an answer and quote right away as if he's delt with this plenty of times. $1200 he said. And no way I said. He told me that Apple needs to replace the entire LCD screen and that there is no way to clean off the stain by taking apart the LCD montior (but later said taking apart the LCD screen is a pain?). I have heard otherwise from some people that I'm calling. That it's possible to take apart the screen and clean it off. All in all, the last thing I want to do is destroy my computer to get rid of the stain. And also pay 1200 to fix it, I mine as well buy a new one, that's outrageous. It's not worth a 2 inch stain on my screen as long as this won't effect my computer in the long run.
If anyone has some good information that will steer me away from having someone take apart the lcd or if it's ok to do this, and if this will mess my computer up later please let me know! Greatly appreciated.
My keyboard seems fine, the computer starts up perfect but now I have a spot in the corner of my screen that looks coffee stained and even has a brighter spot in one part. The amount of space it takes up isn't too bad but being a graphic designer and working on my computer all of the time, this is something that will drive me nuts!
I called around, Apple first. I went to visit their people and the guy I delt with had an answer and quote right away as if he's delt with this plenty of times. $1200 he said. And no way I said. He told me that Apple needs to replace the entire LCD screen and that there is no way to clean off the stain by taking apart the LCD montior (but later said taking apart the LCD screen is a pain?). I have heard otherwise from some people that I'm calling. That it's possible to take apart the screen and clean it off. All in all, the last thing I want to do is destroy my computer to get rid of the stain. And also pay 1200 to fix it, I mine as well buy a new one, that's outrageous. It's not worth a 2 inch stain on my screen as long as this won't effect my computer in the long run.
If anyone has some good information that will steer me away from having someone take apart the lcd or if it's ok to do this, and if this will mess my computer up later please let me know! Greatly appreciated.