Water damaged MacBook Pro still working perfectly

In July I spilled about an ounce of liquid on my 13" MacBook Pro, in the area around the L/K buttons. I quickly shut it off and turned it upside down for a few days. I then sent it in to Apple and they called back to tell me that it would surely fry in the next week or so and there was no hope to save it. They said I had no choice but to buy a new one. So I bought a new one. 4 months have now passed and the "damaged" one still works perfectly. Can I sell it, and if so, how much money should I sell it for? It has the complete Logic Pro 9 music recording software installed on it, if that adds any value.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

Yes, you have our permission to sell it. You can check online at various sites (craigslist, ebay) to see what a similar piece of equipment is worth - to the user, at least.

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Try resetting your modem. Power it down. Wait a moment, then power it up again. While it resets, do not change what is connected to it.
In another, though unrelated article, Apple recommends the following:
If you have configured your Wi-Fi base stations in the past, it may be helpful to do a factory default reset of each Wi-Fi base station that will be part of the wireless extended network before you begin.
This step really ought not be considered optional for the configuration you propose. If the problem persists after resetting your modem, reset everything else too.

How much is it to repair a water damaged macbook pro?

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Went to the Apple store (like you suggested) and it's only going to cost me £135 to repair which I'm so happy about. He said only the top case is damaged but the liquid didn't manage to get all the way inside my computer so it's great news...we would've been forking out hundreds if the liquid had gotten in deeper!

My repaired water damaged macbook pro has no audio with the icon greyed out. i tried all the suggestions but nothing seems to work. however, on my external clone, the output does work. any ideas about this?

I tried reseting the pram, reinstalling the software, plugging the headphone jack in and out, deleting playlist but nothing works. on the external clone, the output works with noise but still no input device.
can i use a sound card instead?

If you just had the system repaired for water damage what did they replace? If it was the Logic board then all parts should work and if they don't, like the sound, then they didn't fix it correctly and you should take it back to them for a proper fix.

What to do with water damaged MacBook Pro?

I've had my MacBook Pro 13" since late last year and since then have spilt soda on it 2 times. The first time it didn't seem to be damaged at all by it but the second time the macbook turned off and I left it for a while before trying to turn it on again. It started up but I needed to use internet recovery to be able to get into it after. I've been using the mac and it works fine but the trackpad will not work, the backlit keyboard is faded in some keys and whenever I turn the macbook off and try turning it on again it flashes a file with a question mark and will only start up properly after a few times of trying. I have recently brought it to the apple store and they said that they won't fix it even if I have warranty because it is water damaged but I can pay $800 to get it fixed although it still may not work after fixing it. I was wondering if I could sell the macbook somewhere and just buy a new mac? but how much would a water damaged mac be worth? does anyone have any solutions?

alicm wrote:
I've had my MacBook Pro 13" since late last year and since then have spilt soda on it 2 times...
Until you plan on keeping it completely away from all liquids, I'd suggest simply continuing to use it for as long as it lasts.
Once you commit to protecting a new one, consider yourself lucky that it works at all and make a complete backup of what's on your internal drive while you still can so you can transfer that to whatever the replacement is (using Setup Assistant). And for not much more than what you'd pay to get it fixed, you could get a refurbished MBP from Apple which would have a warranty.
alicm wrote:
...I can pay $800 to get it fixed although it still may not work after fixing it. I was wondering if I could sell the macbook somewhere and just buy a new mac? but how much would a water damaged mac be worth? does anyone have any solutions?
As Klaus1 says, a dead Mac isn't worth anything. But if you did get it fixed with the understanding that it might not work at all or for very long, how would you feel if someone else sold that to you.

Selling water damaged Macbook Pro (Model A1286, 15", mid-2012) for parts?

So I recently had an unfortunate incident where I spilled water on the keyboard of my MacBook Pro (A1286, 15", mid-2012, standard model). These were the results of Apple's assessment of the computer:
LSI sensors under the battery were not tripped.
Top case does not work. Upon removal of the top case, the computer is able to power up.
HDD is not bootable. Disk verification failed, unable to repair. HDD wiped.
Oxidation on logic board.
AST passed.
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You put it on eBay with exactly the info you posted here and you get whatever soomeone is willing to pay for it. There is no value you can set on it or price you can expect. If someone is willing to pay anything for it you are on the Plus Side.
Post it AS IS with NO RETURNS and take whatever you get.

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I have 3 Macbook Pro's and one AirPort Extreme (bought dec 2008), *all has been working flawlessly* for a year until about two-three weeks ago.
*This is what happens:*
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Water damaged macbook pro

Hello, I spilled water last night which got on my Macbook Pro. I wiped off the water and moved the computer out of it to dry overnight. The computer was still on when I moved it as the lid was closed, but it wasn't turned off. I woke up this morning and it was neither accepting charge from my charger (which is functional) or turning on. I'm wondering what the best steps at this point would be?

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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My macbook pro is damage coz of water what should i do

This is the Mac Pro desktop forum. I requested your post be moved to the MacBook Pro laptop forum.

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I FINALLY SOLVED THIS ISSUE!!!!
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Thankfully, my router can create 2 networks: a 2.4 GHz. network and a 5 GHz. network.
When I randomly changed this value to "use only wireless-B and wireless-G" trying to fix an issue with a wi-fi expander, the iMac wi-fi issue dissapeared! I tried it with wireless-N only, but it didn't work.
So, finally, I have a 2.4 GHz network with only wireless-B and wireless-G modes which works PERFECT with the iMac, and a 5 GHz. network with a mixed* wireless mode for everything else mode.
*PD: by "mixed" mode it means that the router will automatically choose between B, G and N network modes as it fits better.

Recovering data from a water damaged MacBook Pro

A week ago I managed to rather carelessly spill a glass of water over my Late 2013 rMBP (no pun intended). I took the laptop to the Genius bar where they told me the motherboard was fried and the laptop was dead. Considering the extent of the damage and the uncertainty of the feasibility of repair I decided to replace my old rMBP with the 2015 one.
My old rMBP contained some fairly important data that I would certainly want to recover but more importantly I would like to import the system itself into the replacement laptop as it contains my Windows 8 bootcamp partition which I think is far too much of a hassle to re-install. I am quite confident the SSD itself is not water damaged, although I have heard that the storage devices between these two iterations of the rMBP are incompatible - which may or may not be true - I don't know. Anyhow, I would like to know how I can either browse the content of the SSD or import it into my replacement laptop.
Is this even possible? Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Razorlance wrote:
Is it possible to just put the old SSD in the new laptop then?
Maybe, I just cannot say with authority. Even if they were physically the same, the question is what OSX is on the older SSD. If it is older than the one the new MBP came with, it will not work.
Ciao.

Does the new Macbook Pro still work with HDMI input?

Im wondering that ever since that new thunderbolt port has come out on the newest macbook, would connecting an HDMI adapter in the port still work for the newest model?

For HDMI output from the MBP to a monitor or TV, yes. For HDMI input from another device into the MBP, I'm not sure. That certainly wasn't possible before Thunderbolt, and I don't know whether or not Thunderbolt makes it possible now.

Why in the world does it cost sooo much to replace a logic board for your water damage macbook pro? As if apple hasn't made enough money to allow some people to save some money for their laptop..

Why in the world does it cost sooo much to replace the logic board for your macbook pro.
As if apple hasn't made enough money to allow some people to save some money..

Do you think Apple should reward your clumsiness or lack of caution by giving you a logic board for free, or at cost? Come to think of it, shouldn't they just give you a free new computer, and be grateful to you for taking it off their hands?
Apple isn't a charity operated for the benefit of the careless.

Coffee spilled on Macbook Pro, still works but shuts off randomly

Hello,
A Macbook in the family had coffee recently spilled on the keyboard. It was immediately un-plugged and flipped upside down and left powered off for a week or so. I took it apart and cleaned what residue I could find off with rubbing alcohol on the logic board and any other parts including the charging circuit board. I re-assembled it and tested it; sure enough it powered up perfectly fine and all works well.
However, it is not totally working flawlessly. It will be working fine for maybe 20-30min then randomly shuts off cold (as if the power button was held down). The next time it is powered up, sometimes it requires several presses of the power button. When the screen finally comes up, the screen shows the gray, out of focus picture of my desktop with the block progress bar. Once the progress bar finishes, all is well until the next power down.
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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.

Water damaged MacBook Pro still working perfectly

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