Rain splashed on back of MBP

I know there are several water damage topics, and I've read a lot of them, but none of them seemed to get at the issue I have.
I have a 15" MBP I purchased in NY in 2011 with the 3-year warranty. About 2 months ago, I moved to India for a 1-year research position and have been using my MBP religiously. Upon arrival, the screen was adjusting its brightness on its own, even after I turned off the auotmatic brightness function. Eventually it would just flash on then off when booting up. There is one Apple certified service center in my town that eventually replaced my screen for free under the warranty.
Last night was the worst rainstorm of the monsoon season. My MBP was facing away from a window that was about 10 feet away and it was about 3 feet off the ground. It was sleeping and the display was about 1/3 the way open. The rain was coming through the window screen so hard that it was spraying water into my home. It was basically raining horizontally because this window has a 5 foot awning over it to prevent rain from entering the house. When I reached my MBP, the back looked liked someone had used a spray bottle as there were beads of water on the back. There were no obvious places where the beads had come together and formed small streams down the back. There did not appear to be water any where else. I immediately got a towel and dried the back and the exhaust opening (there did not appear to be any water in the exhaust). I touched a key on the keyboard and the screen flashed on then immediately off (this was characteristic of how the screen behaved before I needed to replace it). I did a manual shut down and set it up like an inverted V.
I woke up in the morning and turned it on (and according to the previous topics, this was much too early). The screen again flashed on and then off, but the Apple chime came on, and the computer appeared to boot normally: the keyboard lit up, the volume keys were working, the caps lock light could be turned on and off. I did another manual shut down and left it in the sun from the now closed window.
I am now at work frantically trying to figure out ways I can get my MBP back; I need this machine to do my work here. I do not have any tools to open the back to remove the battery or any other parts. I wouldn't trust myself to do it anyway as I have never tinkered with computers before. I have everything backed up on an external hard drive (except for the last 10 days), but my hard drive is formated only for Macs so I can't even access anything on the PCs at my office.
Are my only options to wait a few more days before attempting to restart? Then if that doesn't work, to take it to the service center? Is my prognosis at least opitmistic if the Apple chime came on and the keyboard seemed functional? I have no idea what the repairs would be here in India, but I really can't afford to purchase another $2000 machine!
Thank you in advance!

you said this was BEFORE the rain-----"Upon arrival, the screen was adjusting its brightness on its own"
Now......"when I open the screen, it flashes on then dims down to zero."
Bad GPU on logic board, ....likely failing.
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How Disable Network Magic Splash Screen?

Can someone please walk me through the steps to disable the Network Magic startup splash screen? I purchased the software a few years back and saw a message how to do it. I did it, and it worked a treat...until a recent glitch on my computer forced a major restore, which brought the splash screen back. Now I (of course) forget how I disabled it in the registry. I know this question is small potatoes compared to the major probs others here are having, but I'm hoping someone'll still give me a bit of help.
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cpmurphy wrote:
Oops, I apologize! You're right...you shouldn't have to repeat yourself.
I'm running Network Magic Version 4.9.8225.0-Pure0 on the Windows XP Home Version SP3.
Sorry. Hope you can help.
Chris
Hi Chris,
I am responding from Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 3 w/ Internet Explorer 7 installed on FAT32 File System.
I just uninstalled and reinstalled Network Magic Version 4.9.8225.0-Pure0
Unfortunately, while this installation is still unactivated, having just reinstalled it, I have not experienced the Network Magic Splash Screen.
My copy is set up for Network Reports as well as starting up at bootup. It has FullAccess going through my McAfee Personal Firewall.
I have seen the Splash Screen you are referring to. It was seen when the Network Magic License Servers were down or Network Magic was not set up, right after it was installed. You need to set up Network Magic right after you install it, before you reboot. You don't need to activate it right away.
Uninstall Network Magic. Reboot. Reinstall Network Magic while it is connected to the Router and configured it, then reboot.
thecreator - Running Network Magic version -5.5..9195.0-Pure0 on Windows XP Home Edition SP 3
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What happened to OpenOffice splash image ?

I've created an OpenOffice splash image and it was elected to be the distro splash... As far as I can see, Arch is using the default OpenOffice splash image.. Is there a reason for this change ?

MartinZ wrote:Yeah, i also miss the Arch-splash screen. I understand that too much customization may difficult maintenance, but we also need some personality... i mean, the kernel has an arch logo, kde menu and so on. So everyone that watches our computer knows we're running Arch and not just a random distribution. Anyway, it would be nice to have the OOo arch splash screen back.
I will be putting together artwork-related packages over the next couple of weeks. I will include an OOo splash package that contains the logo mentioned above--it will be optional (e.g. not included with the default OOo package.)

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