| Author | Message | ||
     Xl1200r |
So last night I decided it would be a nice idea to spill an entire glass of water on the keyboard of my Mac laptop. It turned off on its own within seconds. I've dried it off as best I could, closed it up and set it aside. I'm planning on not trying to turn it on for a while to make sure it's totally dry. Any tips for me from this point? | ||
| Ft_bstrd |
Go buy another computer. | ||
| Rasta_dog |
Put it in a 10 lb. bag of rice. | ||
| Swordsman |
It There ya go!  ~SM | ||
| Carbonbigfoot |
Do you have a leaf blower? No, Seriously. R | ||
| Fahren |
Hair dryer. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Ok... After it turned off last night, I closed it up and set it aside. A couple minutes ago, it booted up on it's own, even while closed. When I opened it up, it was at the login screen and making a noise through the speakers like I was holding a key down. It did allow me to use the track pad to click on the "Shut Down" button, which it did. This tells me that many key parts are intact. I was thinking about a blow dryer or fan... Should I take off the cover on the bottom to open it up and get some airflow in there? | ||
| Boliver |
Uh yeah Mr Awesome if you didn't disconnect all the power to it then turning it off really didn't do much good. | ||
| Xl1200r |
It wasn't/isn't plugged in. | ||
| 07xb12ss |
Battery should be removed immediately from electronics if water damage has occured. Then dry it/let it sit. | ||
| Swordsman |
You basically shorted the battery out. The question is, when it drained, did anything get hot enough to melt? Circuit boards are loaded with sensitive pieces that can't take much of a load without burning up. The location the short occurred will determine if you need to recharge the battery or buy a whole new laptop. ~SM | ||
| Daggar |
I would take it apart and pull the battery. Leave it opened up for a couple days to make sure it's completely dry, then put it back together and hope it still works. You may be screwed, you may not be. | ||
| Xl1200r |
The battery isn't easily removable - I'd have to open the thing up to get to it (yes, the "non-removable lifetime battery" is a feaure). Still worth it? The battery must be able to hold some kind of charge seeing as how it turned itself on. | ||
| Damnut |
Whenever you spill any liquid on electronics, remove the battery ASAP. The faster you remove the battery, the chances that you can save your item increases. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Battery won't be coming out. There's a big warning sticker that says, "Do not remove the battery" and it's held in with funky 3-pointed screws. | ||
| Boliver |
If the battery is connected then there is still power to it.Knock knock knock is this thing on?Power is still supplied whether it is Dc or Ac there is still current supplied to it so it is probably ruined.God Bless you Mac users | ||
| Reepicheep |
My family has done this many times to various thinkpads and dells. The keyboard is probably shot. The rest of it might be, or it might have survived. Get a can of electronics cleaner (or two) and spray the heck out of it, removing as much as you easily can first. Then let it dry well. The bag of rice and very low heat isn't a terrible idea either. | ||
| Scooter808484 |
No guarantees on this, but my daughter has a Macbook pro. The hard drive crapped out completely after 4 years, well past warranty. She took it to the local Apple store. The fixed it, while she was standing there FOR FREE! Including the upgraded operating system. My daughter is likely cuter than you, however, so your results may vary. Try that with a DellMart computer. | ||
| Teeps |
Dry it low and slow. A gas range oven with a pilot light would do nicely. | ||
| Boltrider |
This happened to me on my Dell, only it was Mountain Dew. It did just as yours did and shut itself down immediately. That was about a year ago and I still use it everyday with no problems from that spill. | ||
| Drkside79 |
Rice! | ||
| Drkside79 |
You have a 50/50 shot of being just fine. BTW i did something similar with a mac about 5 years ago. a little rice and 48 hours and it was fine. My laptop lasted for another 4 years before the logic board went. (motherboard for you PC folks) So all in all it was the most durable pleasing laptop i ever had! | ||
| Froggy |
Take out the battery, open the cd drive and any other ports. Place it in a bag of rice or silica gel. Then play the waiting game. | ||
| Ourdee |
I fixed my water logged keyboard by taking it apart and cleaning it with rubbing alcohol. Let the parts dry under a fan then put it back together. Repair under warranty? | ||
| Skntpig |
If you live in an area with your Air Conditioning running you can take it apart as much as possible and place it in the intake/return vent. | ||
| Ridenusa4l |
+1 Froggy, my friend dropped her blackberry in the toliet (dont ask) and put it in some rice and within a day it was workin again! ...oh by the way you should invest in one of these, i have it and NO liquid can get through it! http://www.iskin.com/protouch_apple_keyboard/ Jake btw mines a red one lol | ||
| Swampy |
I am ungodly awsome also, I had to pee and a friend I haven't talked to in a very long time called, I stuck the phone between my right ear and shoulder, and since I am right handed unzipped down with my right hand, which made me drop my right shoulder and dropped my phone into the bowl. I took out the battery and shook the phone out and stuck it(the phone) in the freezer. Then I went pee. Now I have it in a sealed bag of rice(the phone). All I need is to get my phone list back because I don't believe in backing up things. | ||
| Xl1200r |
Doesn't turn on at all anymore. Absolutely no response from the power button. The LED on the charging plug still works and battery indicator lights do work (75% charge), but otherwise, it's a nice looking $1200 paper weight. | ||
| Iamike |
If you've ever looked inside an eletronic device, like a cell phone, that has been wet with dc still applied, it's not a pretty sight. The green crud starts growing pretty quick and eats up many of the connections. You should have seen what our protective relays looked like after being underwater for a couple of days from a flood with 130vdc applied. | ||
| Iamarchangel |
There is also a water sensor stuck in there someplace. If it's triggered, warranty is void. Battery removal voids warranty. If warranty is up, battery can be removed, stickers or not. There is a good powerbook site that has a step by step teardown, including printouts for screw and part place mats. I'm at work. The link is on my home computer. Tell me if you can't find the site. On the one hand, it sounds bad. On the other, they've pulled one out of the Amazon after a week and it worked fine after drying. |
