Water on MacBook Pro-What's the likely problem?

A bottle of water was spilled on the keyboard and the MB Pro will not boot. What's the likely problem? How can I get it diagnosed? It's 2 years old? Any warranty coverage? I have it sitting in box of rice to absorb the moisture. It's been 2 days now and it is still dead so that does not seem to be a good indication that it can be revived without help.

Some homeowners/rental insurance may cover repairs. Ask if yours has it and if there is any risk of raised rates or being cancelled if claiming the repairs before taking to repairs that you can't afford. Liquids and foods don't mix with electronics. Try to keep it away from any electronics in the future.

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I know that there has been a big problem with logic boards on the MacBook Pro - shouldn't there be a recall? When I searched online about this problem was surprised to see so many MacBook Pro users with the same problem.

My computer was on one minute and off the next and will not restart. I took it to the apple store and
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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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