I split juice on my Macbook pro and now it wont work
I split juice on my MacBook pro and immediately unplugged it and dried it off. I had it sleeping with the screen closed when it happened. It shut itself off and won't turn back on. It's been about 45 minutes since it happened and I plugged it back in. As you know, the charger has a light on it indicating that it is charging. this light is normally bright but is now very faint. I spilled juice on it as well so maybe that's why. I also hit the button on the side of the Mac that shows the battery power level it showed up as normal but when I pressed it agian, it didn't show anything. I can't open up my Mac because I can't find a screwdriver small enough. I'm not sure if I should wait more or send it in for repair. Please help because I'm freaking out right now.
Our condolences and conmiseration for your loss. Your wallet is about to go on a crash diet.
If the Mac is old-ish, best bet is to invest on a new one. After all, the 2012 models have just come out so we are at the start of the update cycle. Else you'll have to weigh the pros of the cost of new technology vs. the cost of repairing a used computer.
If the Mac has truly bit the dust, have the techs extract the hard disk drive, put it in an external enclosure and you can use that to recover your files and/or migrate them and all your settings to whatever new Mac you get.
Been there, done that, but not due to juice. My Early 2008 MBP suddenly just died when I put it to sleep one day; fried logic board. Opted to upgrade to a Late 2011 MBP and used the old Mac's HDD to recover all my stuff onto the new one. Even my Office:2011 registration was recovered.
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