Got diet Coke into my macbook pro, but it still works
Hi all,
About 2 weeks ago diet coke got sucked into my MBP. I dried it out, took it to the apple store, got it checked out and it was kept over night to test; came back passing all the tests.
I have witnessed no decrease in speed and the only problem I've had since is I had to restart the computer a couple times due to the trackpad not working.
Is there a possibility of it dying down the road? I'd rather replace the computer with all my data in tact now than wait for the thing to die.
Thank you for your help
Be glad it wasn't regular Coke or flies could be a problem.
All kidding aside, your concern about failure is valid as the carbonic acid in fizzy drinks likely accelerates corrosion. Only time will tell how much damage can occur. I highly recommend that you create a bootable clone with SuperDuper or Carbon Copy Cloner in order to preserve your data in case of failure or need to troubleshoot.
http://lifehacker.com/5839185/the-best-disk-cloning-app-for-mac-os-x
http://www.bombich.com/
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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