It's what Canadians calls soda as well. Only reason soda sounds familiar to me is because of how much American television we have here growing up lol
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Some call it "soda pop," too! I tend to use the name of whatever the beverage is: Coke, Pepsi, Dr Pepper, Ginger Ale, etc.....
You can buy a replacement keyboard for like $30. Takes a bit of work but the M1 Air is one of the easiest Macs to work on.
Before you replace anything you should take it apart first and clean with isopropyl alcohol. You want to make sure that there is no soda residue on any components. Good chance that is all you need to do.
For cleaning I suggest you 1) take out all the components, except for the keyboard and battery (since its a bit of a pain), 2) wash the keyboard (you can orient it such that water or alcohol won't touch any battery contacts), 3) check the rest of the components for soda residue, clean with isopropyl alcohol as needed. 4) dry everything.
Before you replace anything you should take it apart first and clean with isopropyl alcohol. You want to make sure that there is no soda residue on any components. Good chance that is all you need to do.
For cleaning I suggest you 1) take out all the components, except for the keyboard and battery (since its a bit of a pain), 2) wash the keyboard (you can orient it such that water or alcohol won't touch any battery contacts), 3) check the rest of the components for soda residue, clean with isopropyl alcohol as needed. 4) dry everything.
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Good to know, especially if one doesn't have AC+. Having already paid $229 for AC+, seems like a risk of voiding AC+ by attempting DIY. AC+ Terms and Conditions exclusions include:
"To repair any damage to Covered Equipment (regardless of the cause) if the Covered Equipment has been opened, serviced (including for upgrades and expansions), modified, or altered by anyone other than Apple or an authorized representative of Apple;"
This actually makes a case for not getting AC+:
With AC+: spends $229 (AC+) + $299 (damage fee) = $528 plus time to take to store and back.
Without AC+: spends $30 plus time for DIY repair (if you are lucky and there is no other incipient damage).
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The problem is, the chance of saturated liquid damage only affecting the keyboard is virtually zero.
If you look at teardowns, the MacBook Air keyboard and logic board are so close.
I agree, as I said in a previous post, liquid is about the worst thing to get inside a laptop. I edited to point out that I think one would have to be lucky for the DIY approach to have a favorable outcome.
btw, I have some hands-on experience with repairing water damage to electronics, so not just saying this like I have no clue what I am talking about.
When I was sailing around the world, we got water splashed over our long-range single sideband communication radio, about 1,000 miles from land, whereupon it stopped working. There was no apparent fault visually, it all "looked" good. With no repair shop in the middle of the ocean, I disassembled all the circuit boards, and went through every component and trace with a multi-tester and a detailed circuit diagram (which gave all the voltages at each node). It took me about 3 days to narrow down the fault and replace an electronic component (scavenged from another device, and soldered in its place). Gave me a respect for how easily water can damage electronics.
(I know - cool story, bro)
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Can train cat's but takes a great deal of time and patience. Sid our very large Siamese understands commands. He's too big just be allowed to do his own thing, mostly he's a gentile giant. Occasionally I walk him on the dog's leash in the early morning, but people are dumb as please don't touch the cat mean exactly that! His size seems to attract all the village idiots...Exactly! A child can be taught from early childhood to learn how to behave in their own or someone else's home; a dog can be trained, too, at least to a certain extent, but cats....they're going to do their own thing!
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The m1 MBA's keyboard has a protective film on the bottom. This is why liquid pools on the keyboard. The laptop is naturally sloped and the motherboard is tiny. It's actually one of the better-protected Macs against spills.
No loaners, unless you have an enterprise plan. But it’ll get fixed. Be glad you have AC+, otherwise it’d be $1k or more.