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Vodka lemonade + MacBook

benfilan

benfilan

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Dec 21, 2006
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aaasaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Spilled a drink on my keyboard, turned it over immediately and disconnected the battery. Dried it out, but now it won't power on. Is it screwed? Will of cost a bomb to fix? Very depressed right now :(
 
I've never liked those gel keyboard covers but it's times like these that make you wonder whether the compromise is worth it, I hope it works out!
 
Applespider said:
While it won't be covered by Applecare, it might be covered by your home insurance. Worth checking your policy just in case...
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Yeah i thought of that, hopefully it'll be covered :S
Its working now, but the keyboard is sticky and the screen is fooked. ARGH. :eek:
 
If your lemonade was sweetened, theres a good chance that the sugars have stuck around on your logic board. What we would do at my shop is take apart the computer and give it a thorough cleansing with deionized water or isopropyl alcohol before powering on.
 
xrevision said:
If your lemonade was sweetened, theres a good chance that the sugars have stuck around on your logic board. What we would do at my shop is take apart the computer and give it a thorough cleansing with deionized water or isopropyl alcohol before powering on.
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Sugar leaves a nasty residue, and the acids in the lemons will corrode the circuits.

Which is the problem with soda, sugars and acids...

My brother dropped a mixed drink on a keyboard and it actually ate through the traces on the 3 plastic layers. Killing it.
 
Unfortunately it was non-diet lemonade... It was the only thing available. Major suck. My dad is an electrical engineer, and hes painted a pretty gloomy picture :( he thinks it might be possible to dry the screen out, and clear the gunk from under the keyboard and then it might be better. If not, I think the house insurance is paying for it :/
 
benfilan said:
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aaasaaahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!

Spilled a drink on my keyboard, turned it over immediately and disconnected the battery. Dried it out, but now it won't power on. Is it screwed? Will of cost a bomb to fix? Very depressed right now :(
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Did nobody ever tell you? Don't drink and surf. :D
 
as those keyboard covers got a mention, what about airflow? It has been my understanding so far that Macbooks pull the air in through the keyboard and the fan pushes the heated air out to the back.

Anyone got experience using these thingies? If so, did you push your macbook before resulting in 80°C CPU temps and have those changed negatively after using a cover?
 
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