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Plenty of water spilled on MBA's keyboard, the laptop acting like a devil now
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I'am pretty sure it's next to impossible to do that
But it's smart to have a glass a little futher, so that if it would spill most liquid would get under the laptop(with MBA that shouldn't be a big problem), not on top of it.
There is a vid/review on youtube where some chick (cnet probably) is torturing the MBA, you would be surprised to find out how well it can survive the water test or freezer torture, but of course even in these tests most of the time they let it dry first and I'am pretty sure the overall lifespan of the laptop is somewhat reduced after that, lol.
If you use a laptop stand, then that decreases the likelihood of an accident. That's what I do with my rMPB. If its on my lap as I use it other then my desk, I ensure there's no cups/glasses close by.
Are you suggesting to buy/use the stand only to avoid the liquid spills? You've got to be joking
Of course it reduces the chances, but that's not what people are using it for, therefore it's irrelevant.
Are you suggesting to buy/use the stand only to avoid the liquid spills? You've got to be joking
Why do you think I'm joking
It raises the laptop off the desk. You knock over your coffee cup and there's no risk of it getting into the laptop
Well yes, but that's a bit over the top if you don't need that stand for other purposes.
Just keep the drinks some 30cm away at least and with the head on ones shoulders there shouldn't be any problems or bad consequences...
The laptop stand helps in other areas and is not all that expensive so its not really over the top, i.e., I didn't spend 200 dollars on it. The stand raises the laptop and gives me more desk space as well.
I have followed the rule of "no liquids near my computer" ever since my Apple ][ in 1978. It really isn't all that hard for me.
But recently I started watching movies on my MBA at the dinner table on the porch. Even though it's not next to my drink, I realized that it could be in harms way if I knocked over a glass.
So I built a very simple little stand out of wood scraps I had lying around. It didn't cost anything and only took about 5 minutes. If you don't have tools or wood scraps, you could just set the MBA on top of a couple large books.
But recently I started watching movies on my MBA at the dinner table on the porch. Even though it's not next to my drink, I realized that it could be in harms way if I knocked over a glass.
So I built a very simple little stand out of wood scraps I had lying around. It didn't cost anything and only took about 5 minutes. If you don't have tools or wood scraps, you could just set the MBA on top of a couple large books.
So this was the third time you've had this happen with electronics
And, on top of that you were HIGH WOW, do you think you'll ever learnLou
Spill water on Macbook. Immediately play games in an attempt to heat up the machine and "dry" out the water.
Yep sounds logical to me
Yep sounds logical to me
You are professional! After replaced the whole C side, the computer still have many keys malfunctioned. I found green tints under the connections between keyboard and trackpad... Trackpad is dead, too.
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I did laughed myself too, ironically.
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When I posted that, I actually shut it down already, but the deep devil of water had ruin the power key, my little Mac hence in the cycle of started and shut itself.
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congratulations...you now have a new mac paper weight. seriously though, your mac is fried. to give you somewhat clear picture on what happened to your mac - imagine yourself being soaking wet and holding a live power cable - what do you think will happen to you? that's right, you'll get electrocuted - you may end up having second degree burns or RIP.
sometimes you get lucky if after spillage, you shutdown your mac and waited for "drained" and wiped the spillage for a couple of days - your mac would turn out fine...
Hurtful but, I'm not a lucky baster, there was a slight a drop of tears that I almost push out, but this didn't win the mercy of god.
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I actually bought one with 8GB of ram, you don't know how much I want to have my mind cut and cooked that hence.
Updating: Happy ever after...
Thanks for all the replies.
After 10+ hours of heat&hair dryer torturing, my little Mac seemed freak out, opening and closing itself and never end until the battery drained, I started to worried about my data and took it to my friends.
And, after cleaned the milky white power board with pure alcohol, dead still.
After realizing unplug the keyboard, the MagSafe worked, i decide to change a keyboard.
After I was told the keyboard was pasted and screwed on the aluminum side, I bought a whole genuine c side...
After change the c side, still malfunction, some keys... Then I found the green CuSO4 on the hidden side of the trackpad...
After buying another genuine trackpad, I begged and prayed... Oh dear god, this time, it finally becomes normal... All of my data is fine.
I also did replaced the dry ****** heat conduct glue to 7783 silicon, now in win8, while playing LOL @ 1440*900 high quality, the temperature goes down from 95 to 82 approx. it should be lower in win7.
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As guys educated above, never give a chance to spill on your Mac , it will be painful.
If it happens, shut down and turn upside down, and let dry with heat for 2+ days. Turn it upside down first, never ever let it be and suck on it, that juice won't have normal taste...and you will lost maybe like me, 200+ dollars and plenty of time.
Ps: after tore down the whole, I found MacBooks never use keyboard to take in great amount of air to help cooling the main board, no holes that is obviously designed to do so, someone says take away the keys' cover to let it cool is wrong, have the silicon cover on and never take it away!!!!!!!
Thanks for all the replies.
After 10+ hours of heat&hair dryer torturing, my little Mac seemed freak out, opening and closing itself and never end until the battery drained, I started to worried about my data and took it to my friends.
And, after cleaned the milky white power board with pure alcohol, dead still.
After realizing unplug the keyboard, the MagSafe worked, i decide to change a keyboard.
After I was told the keyboard was pasted and screwed on the aluminum side, I bought a whole genuine c side...
After change the c side, still malfunction, some keys... Then I found the green CuSO4 on the hidden side of the trackpad...
After buying another genuine trackpad, I begged and prayed... Oh dear god, this time, it finally becomes normal... All of my data is fine.
I also did replaced the dry ****** heat conduct glue to 7783 silicon, now in win8, while playing LOL @ 1440*900 high quality, the temperature goes down from 95 to 82 approx. it should be lower in win7.
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As guys educated above, never give a chance to spill on your Mac , it will be painful.
If it happens, shut down and turn upside down, and let dry with heat for 2+ days. Turn it upside down first, never ever let it be and suck on it, that juice won't have normal taste...and you will lost maybe like me, 200+ dollars and plenty of time.
Ps: after tore down the whole, I found MacBooks never use keyboard to take in great amount of air to help cooling the main board, no holes that is obviously designed to do so, someone says take away the keys' cover to let it cool is wrong, have the silicon cover on and never take it away!!!!!!!
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Darn looks like i was to late, may have been able to avoid purchasing the upper case. It is not very often I see a damaged keyboard from liquid on these airs.
The older macbooks it was all the time.
The older macbooks it was all the time.
Are you suggesting to buy/use the stand only to avoid the liquid spills? You've got to be joking
Really? Because that is the ONLY reason I buy a stand for a laptop.
I was cleaning my mid 2010 white MacBook keyboard the other day with the key caps on and decided to spray dettol to disinfect it. I sprayed quite a bit, and then five minutes later, the shift button was acting as if it was constantly engaged and so everything I typed was in capitals. When i restarted my MacBook, it went on to safe mode at first and then the keyboard went back to normal. But few hours later when I went to switch it on again the problem reappeared. So I went to remove the shift keys and see if there was anything underneath them. I also fiddled with the transparent and plastic sheets that lay beneath them using a tiny screw driver, lifting the sheets up. There was nothing. So I couldn't log on to the mac later on because password is case sensitive. Then as I went to fit the key caps of the shift button back on, the keyboard started behaving even weirder and right now only the number row and the top function row work properly. The letter keys are behaving weirdly and so is the enter key. However the space bar and tab key seems perfectly fine. I kept switching on and switching off my MacBook to see if the keyboard would return to normal state. Eventually, it became a lot more difficult to switch my MB on and had to press the power button a few times and till it finally switched on and the keyboard problem was still there. Not to mention, when ever I press the power button, the led light of the charger turns green for a few secs then back to orange. It was weird and under two days before the incident started.
So have I just messed up the keyboard or does the logic board need replacing too?
So have I just messed up the keyboard or does the logic board need replacing too?
Open it up, let it completely dry out, place it in a warm area with air movement for a few days. It may help to disconnect the ribbon cable from the keyboard at the logic board and check for any possible corrosion if after a few days drying did not help, clean the contacts very carefully.
You may end up needing to replace the keyboard, did you also spray the trackpad to the point some may have gone in between the cracks along the edge
You may end up needing to replace the keyboard, did you also spray the trackpad to the point some may have gone in between the cracks along the edge