I spilled a jar of water on my macbook

Okay. So I know there are a thousand posts about this but I cannot seem to find one that describes this situation. I spilled a large glass of water on my macbook keyboard. After just staring in absolute shock for a second or two the screen turned into the one from The Ring except rainbow color. It was terrifying. I quickly powered it off and kept it open, upside down (even on my commute home on the LIRR!). This travesty happened Thursday late afternoon. Then today, Sunday, a few hours earlier than the 72 hr mark I decided to see if the computer would accept a charge (I have been a PC user all my life- I didn't realize that by plugging it in it would subsequently turn it on!) but sure enough there was that magnificent apple and the computer was a bit slower than usual but everything powered up just find and even loaded previously opened web pages and unsaved documents. The keys worked (albeit a little slower) sound etc. The only thing was the computer didn't charge on it's own. I have a 2012 MacBook Pro and the battery could not be removed. Sadly I bought this computer from a friend for only $650 bc she got an air and now I think it might cost me more just to fix it :( anyway, the computer couldn't charge on it's own. Then the cord accidentally got removed from the computer and the whole thing shut off which was no surprise. This evening (after a few hours of it being off) I tried plugging it back in and...nothing. Turned on the power - NOTHING! When it's plugged in the amber light is still present on the charger so there must be some sort of connection going on there... But I'm terrified now that I've messed everything up even though it didn't shut off on it's own and was working fine for about 4 hours until it became unplugged. Is this just a fluke? Right now it's resumed it's position of being upside down and off. Should I take it to an apple store? I know I need a new battery- but I'm scared for my hard drive! Please tel me what this sounds like to you :(

Every time you try to power it back on you're causing more and more and more damage
Stop doing that obviously, however now it's likely too late for most all but data retrieval on your hard drive and saving the monitor.
yes, your notebook was dead, then you fried it again and again some more.
contact Apple for extracting your hard drive or have a computer tech do it for you for data retrieval.
Peace

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Take it to an Apple Store at once, unplug it, don't turn it on again.

Spilled a little water on my MacBook Pro

Hello,
Yesterday I spilled a little water on my macbook (Yeah, I'm stupid), but it didn't stop working, and I wanted to ask if is there anything more that I can do to guarantee that nothing will happen to it.
Here's the story:
I spilled about a teaspoon of water on my Retina MacBook Pro in its top right: on the metal, the keys near (and including) the power button, the back ventilation holes and the right sound output. The macbook didn't stop working, it actually stayed normal, but I immediately turned it off (and accidentally turned it on right after turning it off, but it was normal and I then clicked the "power off" button on the screen instead of pressing the power key again because I was afraid some water could enter inside it). I removed the water quickly (probably none or very little water entered the little sound holes), put it upside down and tilted it to try to take the water off (mainly from the ventilation holes).
After letting it stay for some time upside down, I returned it to normal position and removed the keycaps of the buttons where the water spilled, but the water didn't seem to have entered, because all of them were dry below the keycap (I didn't remove the power keycap to see though, because I didn't want to turn the macbook on). Then, I used a vaccum cleaner to try to remove the water from the ventilation holes (and it removed a little water) and the little sound holes. After that I put the side of the macbook that I spilled the water on inside a bowl of rice. It has been one day and I didn't turn it on.
I am thinking of letting it stay about one or two more days there inside the rice before trying to turn it on again. It seems that no harm was done, because before turning it off it was completely normal (I turned it off) and no water seemed to enter though the keycaps, and I am letting it stay turned off just to guarantee that it will be ok.
Is there anything more that I can do? Do I need to go to iPlace (the only place in my city that offers technical support - There aren't any genius bar's in my city) and ask them to do anything?
Thanks for all the help I can get. I just bought this MacBook and it would really be a problem if it stopped working or if it dies in two months. Is this corrosion thing really a problem?

Yeah, you are right.
I turned my MacBook on and it is perfecly OK, the speakers are fine, the keys that I spilled water on are normal and everything is working fine. Maybe I am just a very lucky guy and no water contaminated the internals of my macbook
And what you said is totally true. I am from Brazil, and I don't trust the repair facilities here. Because of that sending it to a repair facility is my last resort. I'm afraid that they'll say that the macbook has some problems when it is completely ok or that they'll damage it and charge me for fixing it. Things like this happen here, unfortunately.
If there is nothing I can do to to stop any corrosion without replacing the components there is no motive to send it to the repair facility.
Thanks for all the help guys.

HT1349 My daughter just spilled 1/2 glass of water on her macbook. What can she do?

My daughter just spilled 1/2 glass of water on her macbook. What can she do?

Orient the computer vertically on its side so that water can drain out but leave the lid open as much as possible
Leave it that way for a few hours
Use a hairdryer to dry things out for another 30-60 minutes from all angles
Leave the device off all night with a fan blowing on it
Try to power up in the morning
At that point, the Mac will work OK, or you will know that you need to head to the repair shop
Or better yet, take the Mac to the repair shop first and let them power it up.

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I just spilled water on my macbook pro? What should I do?

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Hi j,
Shut it down, unplug it, and if it has a removable battery, remove it. After that, it becomes controversial. If possible, I believe in removing bottom cover and keyboard, then dabbing up any water that may have reached the "innards." After that, you can leave it open and point a fan at it for two days or so. Another option is to carefully position it in a bag of uncooked rice (so no rice will get inside it) and seal the bag, so the rice can absorb the water. Some people will tell you not to mess with it at all, just bring it to an Apple Store.

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Well, I don't know if you brought it in to the apple store yet, but if you did, I'm sure they told you they would fix it for a $755 flat fee. Since your liquid sensors were probably tripped, your warranty is basically void, at least for this instance.
You can diagnose the problem yourself though. Although from the sounds of it the worst probably happened, you can do a few things to check out if you have any hope.
You dont need to "bring it to the apple store" to figure out whats wrong with it as many others have told you is your only option. The service manual that an apple technician uses to diagnose and fix the macbook pros is readily available online.
If you don't want to spend money and your insurance won't cover this here is what you should do.
First check and see if the battery is acting normally, as in it charges and if you press the indicator button it shows you how full it is. If it is working, you are one step closer to being lucky, if its not, don't expect this next step to work unless you are even more lucky. Now take off the bottom case and try to dry any remaining water with a fan or low heat hairdryer. You might even want to wait another week for it to dry. If you are really ambitious you can buy some electrical contact cleaner and do the same and wait another few more days.
Then, on the bottom left on the logic board, near the keyboard connector are 2 larger silver pads. They usually have a power symbol next to them. Mine look like this
They are to the left of the tiny capacitor things and underneath the chip, basically dead center in the picture. Now you want to take a fork, or paperclip, and touch it to one or both of these "pads" (I only had to touch one of them). If you are really lucky, the machine will power on. If it doesn't, disconnect the keyboard ribbon cable which is right next to it and try it again. If it doesn't work, your logic board is most likely dead. If it does power on and your trackpad works, that means you need a new keyboard/power button. (those two are one in the same in a macbook pro) You can buy a replacement keyboard for $50 and while it is not easy to replace, it is not impossible and you could probably find someone to do it for less than $755.
Hopefully yours isn't too different. mine is a late 2010.

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About 5 days ago I spilled water on my macbook. It immediately shut down. I panicked and tried to restart it, realized how stupid that was, and took the battery out. Cleaned the water off, then laid it upside down to get the water out.
About 48 hours later I tried to start it up again. It started to power on, but then just didn't. I took the battery out and left it alone for another couple days. Yesterday I tried it and it powered up. As soon as it got to my desktop, an iCal box popped open, but I didn't have time to read it because it immediately shut down again. I turned it on and this time it worked fine. I was able to do everything with no problems, but then after a few minutes it shut back down.
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Probably not. You might get a fan and blow some air across it to help speed up any evaporation that might occur.
Luckily it was water. That's probably the least damaging liquid you can spill on electronics. Just give it some more time. Of course there's a point where it may take a trip to Apple but I'd give it time.

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After a substantial spill many people will turn their notebook upside down and shake it, not only does this not work, but it spreads liquid havoc throughout your machine and makes things often as bad as possible.
The keyboard itself acts like a one way valve in the case of a substantial liquid spill. While liquid pours into the bottom chassis easy, it does not come out easily at all, and in the case of any spill, most of it will not come out by turning it upside down. Disconnect all power and contact Apple for diagnostics and repair.
Do not attempt to, after a spill, ‘dry out your MacBook’ and test it
After a spill most people invariably try to “dry out” their notebook by various methods, including hair dryers and otherwise. This both does not work, and after a substantial spill of any magnitude, even if the liquid was water, residue is left behind.
There are additionally many very tight places inside your notebook where liquids will linger for a very long time, and cause corrosion or worse.
Immediately unplug your notebook and contact Apple for in shop diagnostics and parts replacement.
In the case of very minor spills people will “dry out” their notebook and feel success that their notebook is working ok, however invariably in nearly all instances after 4-14 days an error / fault pops up and is usually followed by more.
In case of a spill, damage estimates are impossible,.....anything can be fixed, without question.......the question is cost.
contact Apple for in shop diagnostics and cost estimation ....possible parts replacement.

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Do you mean when the water was spilled on it, it shut down? That would indicate a major internal short occured.
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Liquid spills, why your MacBook chassis is a one-way valve for spills
After a substantial spill many people will turn their notebook upside down and shake it, not only does this not work, but it spreads liquid havoc throughout your machine and makes things often as bad as possible.
The keyboard itself acts like a one way valve in the case of a substantial liquid spill. While liquid pours into the bottom chassis easy, it does not come out easily at all, and in the case of any spill, most of it will not come out by turning it upside down. Disconnect all power and contact Apple for diagnostics and repair.
Do not attempt to, after a spill, ‘dry out your MacBook’ and test it
After a spill most people invariably try to “dry out” their notebook by various methods, including hair dryers and otherwise. This both does not work, and after a substantial spill of any magnitude, even if the liquid was water, residue is left behind.
There are additionally many very tight places inside your notebook where liquids will linger for a very long time, and cause corrosion or worse.
Immediately unplug your notebook and contact Apple for in shop diagnostics and parts replacement.
In the case of very minor spills people will “dry out” their notebook and feel success that their notebook is working ok, however invariably in nearly all instances after 4-14 days an error / fault pops up and is usually followed by more.
In case of a spill, damage estimates are impossible,.....anything can be fixed, without question.......the question is cost.
contact Apple for in shop diagnostics and cost estimation ....possible parts replacement.

How to handle water damage to MacBook Pro?

I have not seen the computer as my son is away,but he spilt "a small amount of water" on his MacBook Pro.
The next day some of the keys were not working.
The day after that it will not power up.
I guess water has got into the circuit board and it is now too late to do anything but take to an Apple Store and either replace the circuit board or junk the computer.
Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Spill Cleaning
And, don't think that just because it was two teaspoons and not a glassful that there is a difference.
Some liquid has just spilled into your Mac. What should you do?
Do
Immediately shut down the computer and unplug the power cord.
Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
Disconnect any peripherals (printers, iPods, scanners, cameras, etc.)
Lay the computer upside down on paper towels to get as much liquid as possible to drip out.
Note what was spilled on your Mac.
Bring the computer into an Apple store or AASP as soon as possible.
Don't
Don't try to turn it back on. Liquids can help electrical current move about the components of your Mac in destructive ways.
Don't shake the computer (this will only spread the liquid around).
Don't use a hair dryer on it (even at a low setting a hair dryer will damage sensitive components).
Do not put in a bag of rice in as much as rice will get into the ports and optical drive and do further damage.

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aline.thiel - Check http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3053 - MacBook Pro: How to remove or install the battery If you cannot remove the battery then I humbly apologize for providing you information which could have caused you emotional distress when you looked up how to remove the battery and could not find out how to do it without posting back here and asking how. I was just taking the prudent course in trying to provide you with a way to minimize risk as fast as possible by providing a complete list of options that might be open to you given the information you initially provided us, To avoid this in the future it helps to include full information about your MBP model when asking a question since as you can see the features of different models vary. If you can remove the battery then you should do so to remove any possibility of circuits getting powered on which could result in a short circuit and components on your computer being permanently damaged.
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Liquids and electricity don't mix. Any hope of surviving a spill is based on immediately turning the device off, getting it as dry as possible, and then letting it have a lengthy drying period. Some people recommend putting it in rice to absorb moisture though I think that has its own danger. At this point your only solution is to take it to an Apple repair center and see what it will cost to replace the logic board - and to hope that was the only damage.
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