Reply With QuoteProbably knackered.
In my rush to leave home for a Parish Council meeting last night I popped my Apple Macbook and water bottle in my bag and headed out. On arrival I opened my bag to find that there was about 2 inches of water sloshing about in my bag.....looks like I didn't tighten the lid of my water bottle enough.
I quickly fished the Macbook out but on opening to see where the water had gone....of course these things automatically turn on (the worst thing you can do with wet electronics apparently). It came on briefly and then went off again. Despite a night in the airing cupboard it's still dead this morning.
I've booked an Apple Genius Bar appointment for tomorrow but fear the worst. Any advice on alternative 'next steps'? It's 5 years old but was still working great until I added the water.
Probably knackered.
Sadly circuit boards and water don't mix that well. Was it insured against accidental damage? Look on the bright side - you'll be getting a brand new shiny Mac book soon.
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Home insurance claim?
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Originally Posted by MartynJC (UK)
Hhhmmmm yes insurance, afraid I was bitten by insurance a few years back and learned a valuable lesson. I had my Vespa stolen from the station along with jacket & helmet. Jacket and helmet not covered by bike insurance but was covered by home insurance....£350 duly paid out. Unfortunately about 10 days later we were burgled (no connection) with about £10k loss. Paid out no issue. But, and there's always a but..............the following year it was almost impossible to find insurance! So despite never having made a single claim in 30+ years it seems that if you make two claims in a single year you are considered a 'high risk'. I'll never make an insurance claim again unless it is very very major as clearly they will crucify you if not. I was foolish enough to think that paying for insurance was all about protecting yourself for the rare occasions things go wrong.
So I'm going to have to suck this one up it seems.
Last edited by skmark; 8th June 2023 at 14:12.
It’s probably easier and cheaper to replace than repair - though if you really want to I am guessing after diagnosis, the broken circuit boards / components etc could be replaced. Replacing with a new machine would mean the latest software will run and get patched for at least another five years. The M1 / Mn machines are very efficient.
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Chances are it's bricked but it's not had long enough to properly dry out yet. Leave it in the airing cupboard open and on its side so any internal water can drain out through the ports and give it a few days before trying again. You might get lucky, or find it works but only on a power connection and needs a battery pack replacement (don't ask me how I know this).
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The M powered MacBooks are a lot more powerful than the Intel ones. Chances are you can get greater performance from ok one of the M1 or M2 MacBook Airs than you are used to. I went from a 2012 MacBook Pro to an M1 Air and have never found the Air lacking.
Bricking is something completely different (filling with data until there's no caching space left, which locks operation of the OS), or a significantly corrupted OS or firmware.
The MacBook logic board is permanently powered even when shut down. More than likely fatal, as countless components will have arced and blown.
I've had 12 years of repairing these things, and having dealt with over 15,000 Macs within that time, I can count on one hand how many survived liquid contact.
Fingers crossed though. OP!
For most people bricked simply means rendered unusable, and can be for many reasons.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bric...l%20usefulness.
I've had two MacBooks in the family survive significant liquid ingress. One only operates on mains power now. Only the ones that fail to recover get sent to you for repair.
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Was it tap water?? Isn't there something about cleaning with distilled water to remove any chemicals and electrolytes?
What a pain, hope you get it sorted
Paul
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Reckon this is a fairly experienced view^^^^^^^^ unfortunately.
My wife spilled coffee on her 2013 MacBook Pro. I saved it by immediately switching it off, turning it upside down and taking the back case off. I left it powered down for a week, periodically giving it a shake. At the end I wiped as much of the inside down as I could. I didn't have any Isopropyl Alcohol at the time otherwise I'd have used that. The lMacBook is still going strong.
Excellent! Some do scrape through if one is quick enough. Immersion though is a slightly different matter.
I had one in a few weeks ago which had a full glass of water spilled on it. It was a 2017 Air, and only the little power board and the power to logic ribbon had been damaged. £12 in parts, an hour of my time, boom - working!
Luck of the draw mate.
Update - just back from Apple. It seems that the logic board has some corrosion despite the whole of the inside being dry. Cost of the logic board replacement £589, however it could be more is anything else is discovered as damaged once the logic board is removed up to a max of £1,200!!!
Typical apple. Straight for the logic board.
That, or format the hard drive - unnecessarily in almost all cases.
Ifixit is good for spare parts . I’m surprised they mentioned corrosion . Humidity over time coukd cause that but it doesn’t sound like your recent liquid accident .
Possibly not the logic board , maybe the power side . Popped a capacitor or even a fuse . Worth approaching a good repair specialist for examination.
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