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| Thread ID: 132201 | 2013-05-10 07:32:00 | Macbook got wet | wotz (335) | Press F1 |
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| 1340558 | 2013-05-10 07:32:00 | Daughter's macbook got a bit wet. It runs but won't charge the battery. Any tips or tricks about this, or are we facing exorbitant apple repair cost? | wotz (335) | ||
| 1340559 | 2013-05-10 08:15:00 | Daughter's macbook got a bit wet. It runs but won't charge the battery. Any tips or tricks about this, or are we facing exorbitant apple repair cost?fortunately for you it won't cost you apple exorbitant repair costs. Only the cost of being careless, same cost as if it was an asus, HP or dell. | plod (107) | ||
| 1340560 | 2013-05-10 09:23:00 | Go through your contents insurance. | Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1340561 | 2013-05-10 09:34:00 | Put it your hot water cupboard over night and see what it is like in the morning. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1340562 | 2013-05-10 10:30:00 | Put it your hot water cupboard over night and see what it is like in the morning. :) Done that a few times with laptops that have gotten wet with water. If it was any other sort of liquid expect corrosions to happen soon after rendering it stuffed. Sometimes depending on the amount of "wetness" pays to leave them a few days standing on their edges to allow any moisture that can run out, to run out other wise liquid can puddle on a flat surface ( motherboard etc). |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1340563 | 2013-05-11 03:58:00 | Try a PRAM and SMC reset (just for kicks, can sometimes help in weird ways) support.apple.com and support.apple.com If that works, sweet. Chances are it wont. On to step two: luckily for you, apple laptops are really nice to take apart. Pop the screws out of the bottom and left away the metal plate. Check for any signs of major corrosion. Photograph/note signs of such corrosion and post here. IMO whilst the back is off it's a great time to leave it to dry for another day or so. Residual moisture can condense especially in those aluminium body machines, which means one min it's working, then you pick is up and water gets jolted and bang. It's dead. Let it air and dry out for a bit before you use it again! Anyway, once the back is off, you'll want to remove the battery (you'll probably need a special 3x point screw driver for this) remove the 3x screws from the battery and un clip it, check again for corrosion on the contacts. If there's no corrosion present use a volt meter to check for charge on the battery and on the motherboard contacts. If the mobo contacts give a good reading and/or the battery gives a bad reading then the battery has probably shorted out and shat itself when it got wet. Buy a replacement, something like this, the one I'm linking isn't neccicarily the right one for your laptop. www.ebay.com I'm guessing the battery DIY job will cost about $60-80 NZD assuming that only the battery has died. If it's not the battery that's died it's going to be a damaged motherboard. that part alone costs over $500 USD if I remember correctly. Best option there is an insurance claim. It will be cheaper than DIY and you'll have assurance that any work completed will work 100% |
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