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Kid Killed my MacBook
June 24, 2013 at 8:49 pm
My kid spilled ginger ale on my MacBook a few months ago. I thought it was spared. Alas, no... It died a couple of weeks ago. Took it to the store and the guy said there was liquid pooled (congealed I'd guess) near the cable that supplies power to the main circuit board. It simply won't turn on, but was running fine up until it wouldn't turn on.
My question is: Can I attempt to clean this up and fix it myself? If so how?
Right now the best I can do is either pay almost as much as a new MacBook to have it fixed or turn it in to Apple for recycling (which I could potentially be compensated for, though that is highly unlikely due to the whole liquid damage). Can it be saved?
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
June 24, 2013 at 8:51 pm
I would personally get a new one.
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
June 25, 2013 at 5:51 am
(June 24, 2013 at 8:49 pm)festive1 Wrote: My kid spilled ginger ale on my MacBook a few months ago. I thought it was spared. Alas, no... It died a couple of weeks ago. Took it to the store and the guy said there was liquid pooled (congealed I'd guess) near the cable that supplies power to the main circuit board. It simply won't turn on, but was running fine up until it wouldn't turn on.
My question is: Can I attempt to clean this up and fix it myself? If so how?
Right now the best I can do is either pay almost as much as a new MacBook to have it fixed or turn it in to Apple for recycling (which I could potentially be compensated for, though that is highly unlikely due to the whole liquid damage). Can it be saved?
Can you claim on house insurance?
I did when my eldest brat (then aged about 3) pulled an old CRT tv over and smashed the tube, got it replaced and only had to pay the first £25.00 I think.
(He still breaks things and he is 25 now!)
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
June 25, 2013 at 6:12 am
May this be a lesson to you: Don't drink and mac!
You have two options:
1 - The liquid is just short circuiting the power connector, in which case it should be a simple matter of opening the case, thoroughly cleaning the fluid, letting it dry. And closing the lid.
2 - The short circuit fried something in the main board... it's scrap metal... and probably the reason why the estimate cost of repair is close to a new mac. You can salvage the hard drive, RAM, screen, body... or try ebay for a replacement motherboard, is you feel confident on replacing it yourself.
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
June 25, 2013 at 6:36 am
I will inquire with our homeowner's insurance. I hadn't thought of that... Then maybe I'll try taking off the cover and cleaning it, it's worth a try if the alternative is to scrap it.
We have a rule of no food or drinks near the computer, but obviously it wasn't well enforced :-(
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
June 30, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Got to love planned obsolescence, right?
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
July 1, 2013 at 2:29 am
if you do have to scrap it and the data on your hdd is of any consequence you can always pull that and mount it in a hdd dock to access the data, clone the drive onto your new computer, etc. Newegg and other sites of a geeky nature are a good place to get such items.
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RE: Kid Killed my MacBook
July 1, 2013 at 8:20 am
My brother destroyed my pc (and he owned me an additional 1200 euros).
I simply broke into his appartment and "stole" things which were worth the money and left a letter behind detailing the conditions under which he would get his stuff back (pay your debts moron!).
