Never never never never operate or even own a MB be it Pro or Air without first having placed a $7 clear plastic key board cover on it.
Never
Never
I'm planning on turning it on again in 24 hours.
Never never never never operate or even own a MB be it Pro or Air without first having placed a $7 clear plastic key board cover on it.
Never
Pics of the girlfriend to see if its worth being mad
Those things look like crap and ruin the typing experience. You might as well just wrap the entire computer in cellophane.
Never never never never operate or even own a MB be it Pro or Air without first having placed a $7 clear plastic key board cover on it.
Never
Never never never never operate or even own a MB be it Pro or Air without first having placed a $7 clear plastic key board cover on it.
Never
Those things look like crap and ruin the typing experience. You might as well just wrap the entire computer in cellophane.
It's like a condom... Just because you "barely know it's there" doesn't mean it yields the same experience as without one...
Continuing your analogy, why take the risk of not using one?
Hi,
My girlfriend spilled water on the keyboard of my 2012 13" MBA. It did not shut down. I immediately toweled it off, shut it down and then left it sitting in an airy spot in an upside down V. I then started googling and after about 20minutes placed the keyboard half in a baking dish and covered it with rice (attached pic).
I don't have the tools or experience to open it.
I've read conflicting information. Is this sufficient, or do I need to buy a plastic bag to seal the MBA in with the rice? Is rice better than ventilation? Any other suggestions? I'm planning on turning it on again in 24 hours.
Thanks very much. I appreciate there are a lot of threads on this and I've read most. I want to be sure I'm doing the right thing.
Nick
To the real damager. I beg to differ, you may have been looking at cheapies. Mine are practically invisible and do not in the least affect typing touch.
An update: After 48 hours I started using my MBA air again and it has been working fine.
A Warning: Because I submerged the bottom half of my MBA in rice and then tried to close the screen, because of the way the hinge works it pushed a lot of rice inside the laptop (into the fan vents?). This was quite alarming at first, and if I picked my laptop up I could hear the rice rattling around inside. But by shaking the laptop and closing and opening the lid repeatedly I eventually got it all out after 20 minutes or so. If you spilled water on your MBA and it won't turn on and you think it's ruined, you might even want to purposefully do this?
An update: After 48 hours I started using my MBA air again and it has been working fine.
A Warning: Because I submerged the bottom half of my MBA in rice and then tried to close the screen, because of the way the hinge works it pushed a lot of rice inside the laptop (into the fan vents?). This was quite alarming at first, and if I picked my laptop up I could hear the rice rattling around inside. But by shaking the laptop and closing and opening the lid repeatedly I eventually got it all out after 20 minutes or so. If you spilled water on your MBA and it won't turn on and you think it's ruined, you might even want to purposefully do this?
hi,
my girlfriend spilled water on the keyboard of my 2012 13" mba. It did not shut down. I immediately toweled it off, shut it down and then left it sitting in an airy spot in an upside down v. I then started googling and after about 20minutes placed the keyboard half in a baking dish and covered it with rice (attached pic).
I don't have the tools or experience to open it.
I've read conflicting information. Is this sufficient, or do i need to buy a plastic bag to seal the mba in with the rice? Is rice better than ventilation? Any other suggestions? I'm planning on turning it on again in 24 hours.
Thanks very much. I appreciate there are a lot of threads on this and i've read most. I want to be sure i'm doing the right thing.
Nick
Well it's been a while since I read this thread, but my MBA is still going strong. Never had a problem with it.
There was a lot more rice inside than I thought. I must have still had individual rice grains falling out every now and again 2 or 3 months later.
As for the original indiscretion, it's hard to get too mad as I may have inappropriately grabbed her, causing her hands to flail and one of them hitting the water...
Luckily all's well that ends well.
Well it's been a while since I read this thread, but my MBA is still going strong. Never had a problem with it.
There was a lot more rice inside than I thought. I must have still had individual rice grains falling out every now and again 2 or 3 months later.
As for the original indiscretion, it's hard to get too mad as I may have inappropriately grabbed her, causing her hands to flail and one of them hitting the water...
Luckily all's well that ends well.