mjmj Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Last night, a full glass of wine was accidentally spilled on my macbook's keyboard. Sad to say, it doesn't work anymore. Has anyone here experienced this and if yes, were you able to fix it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mastrmindalliance Posted August 20, 2010 Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Last night, a full glass of wine was accidentally spilled on my macbook's keyboard. Sad to say, it doesn't work anymore. Has anyone here experienced this and if yes, were you able to fix it? Hey Mj, if it's a macbook pro you can buy the whole keyboard and replace ($130AUD a couple yrs ago). If only spilled on the keyboard area it shouldn't have gotten past the keyboard due to the construction. Not sure about non-pro macbooks though, but i assume the construction _should_ be similar. Having said that... Mine would turn on and run after similar treatment with coffee - just the keyboard didn't... Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted August 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 20, 2010 Hey Mj, if it's a macbook pro you can buy the whole keyboard and replace ($130AUD a couple yrs ago). If only spilled on the keyboard area it shouldn't have gotten past the keyboard due to the construction. Not sure about non-pro macbooks though, but i assume the construction _should_ be similar. Having said that... Mine would turn on and run after similar treatment with coffee - just the keyboard didn't... Good luck! Thanks MM Its just a 13in Aluminium Macbook (pre Macbook Pro). As soon as it spilled I turned the book upside down to drain all the liquids. It turned off immediately and this morning when I tried to turn it on it tried to boot up but then died. So its not working. I am going to drop it off at the shop and see what they say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrison Posted August 21, 2010 Report Share Posted August 21, 2010 You have to open the caseback (a lot of screws pay attention to the position of each one are not all egual), disconnect battery and check the logic board and the connection cables to evidence eventual wine debris. Try to blow warm air using a hairdrier (not to close...) . Disconnect the HD cables and check if hd is ok. Reconnect all cables, reconnect battery, put on the caseback, cross you fingers and try to turn on If you need help to open mac, take a look at this video : Removing keyboard is a little more difficult, but not impossible! If you need help, call me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikellem Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 You have to open the caseback (a lot of screws pay attention to the position of each one are not all egual), disconnect battery and check the logic board and the connection cables to evidence eventual wine debris. Try to blow warm air using a hairdrier (not to close...) . Disconnect the HD cables and check if hd is ok. Reconnect all cables, reconnect battery, put on the caseback, cross you fingers and try to turn on If you need help to open mac, take a look at this video : Removing keyboard is a little more difficult, but not impossible! If you need help, call me Morrison, Welcome aboard! Nice of you to offer your help here! Enjoy and thanks for sharing... MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwoTone Posted August 22, 2010 Report Share Posted August 22, 2010 Morrison, Welcome aboard! Nice of you to offer your help here! Enjoy and thanks for sharing... MM +1 Double T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 You have to open the caseback (a lot of screws pay attention to the position of each one are not all egual), disconnect battery and check the logic board and the connection cables to evidence eventual wine debris. Try to blow warm air using a hairdrier (not to close...) . Disconnect the HD cables and check if hd is ok. Reconnect all cables, reconnect battery, put on the caseback, cross you fingers and try to turn on If you need help to open mac, take a look at this video : http://vimeo.com/2522394 Removing keyboard is a little more difficult, but not impossible! If you need help, call me HI Morrison Thank you for your help and advice. If I had my lap top over the weekend I would have seen this msg but I had no lap top... and have only seen this this morning. I have dropped it off at the local Mac Shop and that is what they intend to do. All I am hoping is that the hard disk is salvageable and that the shop will tell me that I need a new Mac book then I can go to the insurers and get them to organise a new one for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmj Posted August 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 26, 2010 The local mac shop has managed to salvage and transfer my data on to a new macbook pro. All of this courtesy of my accidental damage policy. So its all good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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