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krhall 28-08-08 07:40 AM

Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Yep that's right Mrs.H managed to tip a cup of squash over the new mac book and the laptop just now.

I'm typing this on the windows laptop, which has a few issues, but will be fine in a while once the dampness goes.

As for the mac (which I only purchased so I could see our Mac users frustrations) it is totally fubar'd, and at only 6 weeks old too.

Nothing - won't even start.....have removed the hdd and the ram to let them air dry and see what gives but don't hold out much hope on this. I reckon the logic board will be fried.

So what to do? Take it to Apple store in Bluewater and plead ignorance?

the_lone_wolf 28-08-08 07:48 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
your house insurance may cover you?

Grinch 28-08-08 07:50 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
No don't plead ignorance as its easy to tell if the board is fried by a liquid. Most should be OK as long as you let them dry, in a airing cupboard or something, wrapped in a towel, while removing what you can.
Sugary liquids are the worse, like cola, or beer, and I managed to pore beer on my work laptop. Lucky for me it started back up after a long drying session on a rad, having it stood on its side so anything could escape.

So its possible, worse case scenario, do you have house hold insurance?

slark01 28-08-08 08:13 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
+1 As Grinch has said!

chakraist 28-08-08 08:50 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Stick it in the airing cupboard and/or radiator, airing cupboard is best as it dries everything out. My old g4 powerbook's had much worse than that, beer, oj, coke, only issues is the esc and f1 keys. I dropped my new macbook 4 feet onto flat, music was a bit iffy, reformatted the drive and all is well. If you do get it working, then it's worth doing a reformat, disc might be a bit funny in places. Also, check your home insurance, it'll likely at the very least cover accidental damage to computers.

arenalife 28-08-08 10:55 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
My little boy just tipped a cup of tea in my brand new laptop. I disassembled and dried it out completely and cleaned with pcb cleaner but it's still shagged. The computer is functioning if I use an external display and a USB keyboard but the display on the lappy is a glowing mess and the keyboard is not working correctly. A quick look about the net says that anything other than pure water means its ruined basically :(

House insurance is sorting out, excess will be £100 though.

thedonal 28-08-08 11:16 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Sticky keys will give it away.

Years ago, you could run warm water over a Mac keyboard, let it dry and it would be fine. I did this after many a coffee/beer spillage.

However- this means that you don't buy a new replacement keyboard. So they don't make them like that any more.

As for laptops- eek! An expensive lesson learned there!

Luckypants 28-08-08 11:24 AM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Seems to be the season for this. Just FUBAR'd work machine USB keyboard with coffee, so forced to use the laptop keyboard :( The laptop is also dying of old age but work are not sending me a new one! I reckon I'll be stopped from working pretty soon!

krhall 28-08-08 12:13 PM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Yeah have already removed all removables and is air drying on it's side........MUST be patient......don't hold out much hope! I hate macs.

Viney 28-08-08 02:47 PM

Re: Mac Book & Lemon Squash - OH NO!
 
Should have got a Rain Mac, they are water proof apprently :)


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