Keyboard coffee spill - repair.

Spilt a full mug of hot sweet coffee over my Apple wireless keyboard, Thought well it's banjaxed anyway so took it to the sink and rinsed it and shook it several times under warm tap. Let it drain then put it on a warm radiator overnight and its like brand new,even got rid of all the crumbs and crud that gets inside. Thinkinf of taking my G5 to the carwash tomorrow.

Just for anyone reading who's thinking of trying this, it is absolutly critical that the keyboard be completely dry, inside and out before you attempt to reconnect it to your computer. If there is still water inside the keyboard, you risk a short which could permanently damage the USB circuitry in your computer. Drinks with sugar or, worse, dairy products are very difficult to wash out (if they've dried, it's almost impossible), so to me it would not be worth the risk to save the relatively minor expense of a new keyboard, but if you do try to wash out your keyboard, please keep this note in mind.

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Keyboard coffee spill resulting in strange mouse behaviour

Following a coffee spill on her bluetooth keyboard (which presumably resulted in panic and manic button-pressing) when my mother clicks on an item in the dock, the menu appears - as if she had ctrl-clicked.
Is this just some hard-to-budge coffee on one of the control key contacts or is this behaviour the result of some universal access setting or something that she has activated when panicking over the spilled coffee?
When clicking on an item on the desktop for example, the context menu doesn't appear then - implying that it's not coffee stuck on the contact (which would cause all mouse activity to appear as if a ctrl-click presumably.
Any tips for extracting coffee from Apple bluetooth keyboards also appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
G4 iMac USB 2.0 / G4 iBook Mac OS X (10.4.4)

A user here did this once.
I took the keyboard apart to get it cleaned out.
Letting coffee dry in there is not the Suufi way, (From the movie "Romancing the Stone").
Anyway, washed it out in the sink and let it dry overnight, Put it back together and it worked fine.
The problem with letting it dry as it is: the coffee will take a month to completely dry and if there's sugar, there's the stickyness. Save the headach and take it apart, clean it up or just throw it away.

MacBook Pro- Coffee Spill Repair Estimate

My Machine:
Macbook Pro, 13in, Retina Display, 2014
Yesterday I decided to go on a little coffee date with my computer, and when I say coffee date I really mean I dumped an entire cup of coffee onto my keyboard.
I probably made a lot of dumb decision in trying to dry it out (blow dryer, shaking, etc...) but unfortunately reflexes kicked in rather than mental judgement. I live in an area with no Apple store so I took the computer to an Apple Certified repair store. They took the computer from me and left it to dry overnight. I got a call from them earlier this afternoon and he explained that fixing it through their store would easily equal the cost of a brand new Macbook (but at least it is repairable). He suggested taking it to the Apple store and getting it fixed under one of their "flat rate" repairs. From what I can tell, this will also cost me the amount of the computer (estimate of $1200). What are other peoples experiences with taking your machine to the Apple store after a spill? I've read mixed reviews of some people getting charged an arm and a leg, and others getting off "easier" with a charge of $700-800.
I've also looked into other repair websites. ispillrepair.com seems to cut a good deal but I've read some mixed reviews about the place. Any feedback on other options for repair?
Any (sound) advice would be immensely helpful. I'm a first year masters student and living without a computer really isn't an option nor is paying A LOT of money to get a repair done. Just trying to weigh my options....
Sincerely,
A smart (but dumb) graduate student

I've had a liquid damaged Macbook repaired by this guy. 13" MB cost me $220.
But he is in Canada.
http://www.ebay.com/usr/hondodh

I have a Macbook Air that had some coffee spilled on the keyboard and as a result the plus/equals key is no longer functioning. Can I use a program like Ukelele to reprogram a different key to be my plus/equals key? Can I program a function key? key

I have a Macbook Air that had some coffee spilled on the keyboard and as a result the plus/equals key is no longer functioning. Can I use a program like Ukelele to re-program another key to do that function? Can I re-program a function key to do this function?

Water + electronics do not mix. Something was damaged insode, and the logic board may be corroding as is.
Take it to a Genius Bar for an evaluation and repair estimate.
This is accidental damage and not covered by warranty.

Keyboard creating loud fan noise after coffee spill

After a coffee spill my keyboard has been creating my fans to run very loudly. The temp. is still pretty normal at 40C. When I have the computer on and disconnect the keyboard, the fans return to normal. I've tried cleaning everything inside and removing the fans and putting them back in. Is there anything else I can do? Thank you.

Go to the Apple Store after you have made an appointment with the Genius bar. Liquids are the kiss of death to keyboards. Sorry to give the bad news.
Ciao.

Macbook pro had coffee spilled on it 2 weeks ago, all works fine except monitor display.

Macbook pro had coffee spilled on it two weeks ago; all working fine now except for the monitor, display is dim and photos not appearing properly. Any suggestions? Apple said would cost too much to repair, anyone had any luck with outside repair facilities? thanks.

I would check with HP. Your scanner may need a firmware update and updated HP software. Start here:
http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-search/search-results.html?qt=LaserJet+m1217nfw+MFP& cc=us&lang=en&charset=utf-8&qp=&hpn=&hpa=&hps=&hpr=&cat=&current_url=CSSres
then here:
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Coffee spill and power book

could you please advise where to go to clean my powerbook after coffee spill on the keyboard, in sf bay area. do apple stores offer this kind of service, please?

Hi Yelena,
Do you have a titanium or aluminium powerbook? ( See http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88248 to how to identify your Powerbook)
Cleaning the keyboard is unlikely to help very much. It may need to be replaced. There's also a risk that the coffee will have got inside the Powerbook, in which case you may need other components replaced.
If you have a titanium powerbook, replacing the keyboard will be easy and fairly inexpensive, however there's a much greater chance the coffee has got inside the machine. If you have an aluminum one, replacement will be a lot more time consuming and expensive, but there's a much smaller chance of coffee getting inside the machine.
As far as actual locations in the bay area to get this done, I can't help with that.

Yoga coffee spill

Hi, I spilled coffee on my Yoga laptop. at first it was still functioning, but today it did not turn on anymore, the entire computer seems to be dead. Can I do anything until I get back to Microsoft for a cleaning? How long does this normally take?
Thanks, Adam

Hi Kaymaan,
Welcome to Lenovo Community!
As per your query we understood that you are facing the issue with no power on ThinkPad Yoga.
The coffee spill seems to be between the foils in the keyboard and cannot evaporate. Sometimes the liquid can short Mother Board; sometimes it can insulate the keyboard contacts. Isopropanol suppresses the liquid content and evaporates faster but cannot help to solve any "liquid-problems" of keyboards.
I strongly suggest you to visit nearby Lenovo authorized service center for further assistance on the issue, as it is a hardware issue in your case. However you can check with some troubleshooting like, remove battery and try to switch ON the system through power adapter.
Remove both battery and power adapter and hold the power button for 30 sec, and then connect only power adapter and check it.
If the issue still persists then there is no other option, except visiting service center.
Click here to open a link where you can select the country and get the exact contact support number of your region. I’m sure they will be a great help.
Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Hemanth Kumar
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After coffee spill - can't find hard disk - passes other tests

after coffee spill - can't find hard disk

hi,
this is considered as Liquid spilt on the NB.
most likely not covered under the warranty.
please check if you have accidental damage warranty on the NB.
to confirm the Hard Drive is functioning follow the below steps
Shutdown the NB
press power button and keep tapping "F10" as soon as the power light comes on
it will take you to the Blue color screen where you cna see system setup
look for "Diagnostic" option and Press right arrow key to select it
you'll find Primary Hard Disk self test - press enter to run it
you will come to know if the Hard drive is functioning
Safety Note - Do not try to take out any internal parts other than battery and adapter

IMac sees the iPod but iPod does not start up. It had coffee spilled on it

My iPod had coffee spilled on it and it was not discovered for a bit. I dried it in rice and now the iMac sees it but it will not turn on. I did try to turn it on when I found it and I know now that I should not have. What parts may be bad in it now? should I try replacing anything in it or what? any advice is appreceated

Hey mjrussell,
When liquid comes to liquid being spilled on a iPod, you never know how bad it will be. Your best bet if you want to get it fixed is to set it for serviced through Apple. Take a look at the articles below for more information. The second article will also have pricing for your iPod nano.
iPhone and iPod: Liquid damage is not covered by warranty
http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT3302
Service Answer Center – iPod
http://support.apple.com/kb/index?page=servicefaq&geo=United_States&product=ipod
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My newish MacBook Air was just lost to a coffee spill, and I need to migrate back to my MacBook Pro using a recent back-up (Time Machine to external disk). Can I do this?

My newish MacBook Air was just lost to a coffee spill, and I need to migrate back to my MacBook Pro using a recent back-up (Time Machine to external disk) for a few weeks. This same disk was used to back-up the Pro earlier, and to migrate from the Pro to the Air. Can I do this "back-migration" from the Air to the Pro? Is it maybe better just to migrate the specific folders (Outlook email, Office docs) I am sure I need?

Do not attempt to copy files/folders from a Time Machine backup. Only use the Time Machine application to restore from the backup.
Click on a Finder window and select Help from the Finder's Help menu. Search for "restore" and select "restore items backed up with time machine" from the hints list. You will find these two articles:
Recover items using Time Machine and Spotlight
If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can use Time Machine with Spotlight to recover lost or deleted items.
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View and restore past versions of documents
Open a Finder window and type a search word or phrase in the search field in the upper-right corner.
Select a location to search in the location bar.
Refine the results by specifying search criteria. Narrow down Spotlight search results
Open the Time Machine menu in the menu bar, then choose Enter Time Machine.
Use the arrows and timeline to browse the Time Machine backups. Your search is performed in every window.
When you find the item you want to restore, select it, then click Restore.
The restored item is returned to its original location. For example, if the item was found in the Documents folder, it’s returned to the Documents folder.
Restore items backed up with Time Machine
If you use Time Machine to back up your Mac, you can easily bring back lost items or recover older versions of files.
You can use Time Machine within many apps. If the iCloud Documents & Data feature is turned on, you can recover older versions of iCloud documents as well as regular documents.
Open a window for the item you want to restore.For example, if you accidentally deleted a file from your Documents folder, open the Documents folder. To recover an email message, open your inbox in Mail. To recover an iCloud document, open the document’s app, choose File > Open, then click iCloud to view the iCloud documents for that app.If you’re missing an item from the desktop, you don’t need to open a window.
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For more information about an item, double-click it.The windows in Time Machine behave just like Finder windows, so you can open folders, click items in the sidebar, and use the search field in the upper-right corner of the window.
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Coffee Spill on unibody MBP

I spilled half a cup of coffee on my laptop, needless to say I was horrified and immediately shut down the computer, turned it upside down (to drain) and wiped it down. After all the brown liquid has been cleaned off, i took out a few keys in the most heavily flooded zone, was surprised to find no coffee in the recess. I turned it back on. Thankfully it came back without a hitch.
I read a few tips on dealing with coffee spills afterwards, and they recommended that I take apart my computer for a thorough drying. Since it turned back on and there is no visible liquid anywhere, do I still have take it apart and dry it? I'm asking because I am traveling right now, just checked out of my hotel room, so access to a hair drying is not available.
Thanks
Angela

No. Your insured property is also covered off the property.
If the damage occurred inside an automobile, your auto policy will be primary, homeowners secondary.
P.S. No I do not work for any insurance company. I just know how various policies works or should work.

Keyboard repair after coffee spill??

I have an orig 15in MBpro onto which I spilled about a half a teaspoon of coffee (this time<g>). 3 of 4 arrow keys now don't work. Spills are not covered by AppleCare, and I have about 6 mos of AC to go which I don't want to void by opening up my machine.
Here is my plan.
1 Remove battery and pop off offending key tops
2 Apply 1-2 drops to key subsystem of
a) distilled water
or
b) 95% ethanol
3) Wiggle around the rubber key subsystem
4) Blow with hairdryer on low for (a) long time or (b) short time.
5) Start up and hope for best.
I assume the volatility of the alcohol is an advantage.
Will it damage parts?
Thanks,
David - Dallas

Here is a link that may be of help:
http://nonverbla.de/blog/2006/11/12/how-to-clean-your-macbook-pro-keyboard/
You probably don't want to actually drop water onto the subsystem--you don't want to risk water getting deeper into the machine and carrying coffee with it maybe down to the logic board. Coffee is corrosive. It would be safer to use something like a Q-tip dampened with distilled or deionized water and clean up any residue. I would avoid using ethanol--it will attack some finishes. Isopropanol is more benign, but since water will dissolve coffee, I don't think alcohol would even be necessary. I would also just let everything air dry and avoid using any heat on it.
The alcohol might serve as a desiccant to help dry any traces of water, but if you should not be using that much water.
You want everything to be bone dry before starting up.
The keys may well not be working due to sticky residue which has dried below them. Removing this residue completely may well get them working again.
In my opinion, it is well worth attempting this sort of a repair on a keyboard. If something is busted, you don't have much to lose by trying to fix it. If you can't, then you always have the option of replacing the keyboard.
Good luck!

Repairing keyboard from coffee spill

Just after I set up my new iMac and was basking in its glow, I managed to dump my full cup of coffee directly on the keyboard. Of course the keyboard doesn't work now, although the mouse does.
OK - it was Friday the 13th and it was 5 AM and I can "borrow" my iMac keyboard from work this weekend and I have ordered a new keyboard (and a protective keyboard cover.)
My question is this - is there anyway I can possibly dry this thing out and get it working again? I dryed it off the best I could right away and used a hair dryer on it. How about putting it out in the hot sun or maybe in the oven at 200 degrees (wrapped in a towel of course)?
Any home-spun fixes or it this keyboard kaput?
Thanks in advance for any advice.

Hello and Welcome to Apple Discussions.
As Barbara says it's best to let these things dry naturally.
Diskwasher & Mac Keyboard (I've not tried this! )
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Keyboard issue after coffee spill.

I've problem. I've spilled a bit of coffee (sugar+milk) on my W500's keyboard - (Enter key area). And now, there are such problems: After pushing keys: F5, F9, Backspace, backslash, Space the behaviour is like hitting the Enter. Could anyone help me please ?
Thanks in advance.

Hello rafek,
please take the keyboard out of your machine and let it take a full bath in isopropyl alcohol.
Then dry it gently with a cold fan.
Here you´ll find some video´s how to pull out the keyboard.
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