[doublepost=1495296857][/doublepost]Maybe try to be helpful instead of literally saying nothing. The rule is, if you don't have qnything nice to say, don't say anything at all.
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Please help! I spilled water on my MacBook Air!
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I am not too sure how I said nothing, as I stated the best solution is prevention. Secondly, the purpose of forums is for education, and for the general education of this thread I stated what occurs when a device is attempted to be powered on while still containing moisture from a liquid exposure. Furthermore, I even informed them that the effects may not be immediate. Therefore, I did say something, and I would say it again!
@Shakejuntt I am extremely glad that we gained a forum member who will clearly provide a much more viable response than I do. My response explains what exactly occurs when a liquid spill hits electronics.
[doublepost=1502165724][/doublepost]I laugh because everyone is a " i told you so " and "you learned your lesson, water and computers dont mix. very true on both accounts but none offer a solution the the problem. mac book airs are made to be portable, you take them to the coffee shop ( lots of liquids there) to the beach( liquid there too) maybe tour working on home work at the kitchen table. and oh i need a drink moment happens. so you come over with anglass of whatever and boom pow splash youve dumped the glass of your favourite drink on the mac. ther problem here is the unit doesnt match its intended environment. why arent companies like apple ( innovator in the feild ) coming up with a simple solution....seal the keys to the body. you can vent the side still but most spills are on the keys. lets face it this would be a simple solution to the issue. and before you mention that some of the heat is designed to exit out of the key area well hmm maybe a redesign with better side venting is required. i love the mac and will never go back. but stop with your nagging and i told you so's to these people. lets offer design solutions so thatapple can sell us their newest products before the current ones we have expire. a waterproof laptop would be an incredible acheivment and i wouldnt put it past apple to do this. but we need it sooner than later crossing our fingers. and to those who this has happened to, good luck i hope you get this resolved and back and running.
[doublepost=1502165900][/doublepost]sorry for the spelling and grammer errors.
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While Altemose's commentary doesn't solve the original poster's problems, they are valuable as a lesson for others who might be exercising the same behavior but haven't yet had it affect them.
In a way, it's like a team meeting after a loss. Why did we lose? What could we have done better?
Failure can be a very effective lesson, but only if the listeners are willing to accept advice. There is a boatload of denial here.
If the nearly 70,000 views of this thread convinces *ONE* person not to eat and drink while using their computer, well, then post-mortem admonishments like Altemose's are in fact useful.
Parents will tell their kids "Don't run on the pool deck." So one day, when the kid trips, skins his/her knee and starts bawling, the parent can say, "What did I tell you? DON'T RUN ON THE POOL DECK." The smart kid stops running on the pool deck. The dumb one keeps running on the pool deck.
Do not drink nor eat near your expensive and precious computer electronics.
Don't text and drive.
Do you guys need more examples?
In a way, it's like a team meeting after a loss. Why did we lose? What could we have done better?
Failure can be a very effective lesson, but only if the listeners are willing to accept advice. There is a boatload of denial here.
If the nearly 70,000 views of this thread convinces *ONE* person not to eat and drink while using their computer, well, then post-mortem admonishments like Altemose's are in fact useful.
Parents will tell their kids "Don't run on the pool deck." So one day, when the kid trips, skins his/her knee and starts bawling, the parent can say, "What did I tell you? DON'T RUN ON THE POOL DECK." The smart kid stops running on the pool deck. The dumb one keeps running on the pool deck.
Do not drink nor eat near your expensive and precious computer electronics.
Don't text and drive.
Do you guys need more examples?
Please help, I am spazzing out!! This has happened to me once before, so I reacted better to the situation. I spilled some water on the computer, but not a lot. I'd say 70% went to the keyboard, and 30% towards the screen, where I think it could have gone inside of the computer... BUT, I reacted VERY quickly and instantly. Literally not one second from when I knocked over the glass with water and it spilled, I grabbed the laptop and turned it over. then I (holding the laptop upside down) held the power button till it shut off - i shut it off, it did not shut off by itself. then i grabbed a towel and wiped away all the water (though there was not much). then I left it upside down for a few minutes, and i grabbed some tissues, and (holding it upside down) wiped every little corner I could reach. I could not open the screws, because I had nothing to open them with. I kept it upside down at all times, then I put it in a plastic box, without the lid. i put rice on the spots where the screen bends, on both sides... The computer stayed upside down (in the box), with that part covered in rice. then I used the see-through foil to make it air tight, and carefully covered that box with wide tape to make sure it was air tight. Before putting it in the box, I did try to turn it on 2 times, just by pressing the power button, and nothing seemed to happen. now it's gonna stay like that in that box for the night. What to do now? please tell me how to save this laptop... my parents will kill me. Put the box in the sun? under a light? take the laptop to service or let it stay like this for a few days? what should I do?? Thanks in advance
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[doublepost=1516098042][/doublepost]Water is only damaging if the device was in use or powered on while wet , But if it was simply in Hibernation or sleep mode disconnect the battery, open up the laptop the best you can and have a fan blowing on it for a week and put rock salt in a pair of tights as salt draws water too it very quickly and place it on and around the laptop, if you don't have salt use some long or short grain rice that's been heated up dry in the microwave then again poor it into some tights and place over laptop, the hot rice stays hot for ages and draws water too the rice and the heat dries it out, it should be ok as Mac-books are a sealed unit and built to last, I would check your warranty too, because I'm sure it covers accidental water damage. Finally use a Air duster to blow out them hard to reach parts and it will clear the water away without rick of damaging further. I hope this help you and anyone else that has a drink spilt on there electronics. Another trick is to use distilled water, its none-conductive and will rinse away the conductive water if its still wet or 99.9%isopropyl Alcohol to rinse water away and it will vaporise off fast. , then do all the other drying steps. you will find not only will it restart up but take you to the page it was last on as if nothing happened.
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