My water soaked macbook wont charge. isthis abattery or mobo problem?

Shakeel · 2 Jul 2010 at 13:48

I spilt a jug of water on my macbook about 6 months ago. i was going to throw it away becuase at that time it didnt turn on

i just plugged in the chrager and it works fine but it wont charge. as asoon as you remove the charge it turns off

will a chnage of battery solve this?

artaxerxes · 2 Jul 2010 at 15:12

Try resetting the SMU, and also the PRAM.

Then voodoo.

Also free replacement programs, you might luck out.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1764220

And does the battery register in the menubar...?

What does coconut battery say? (http://www.coconut-flavour.com/coconutbattery/)

Shakeel · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:00

thanks. my macbook was off for about 6 months. so this is the first time its been on since then

Shakeel · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:33

the battery is dead. in mac system profiler it shows capicty charge as 0 and everything regarding the battery as 0

Fr0dders · 2 Jul 2010 at 16:57

first step has to be to replace the battery.

Shakeel · 2 Jul 2010 at 17:20

im going to get one of ebay soon

Shakeel · 7 Jul 2010 at 13:33

Hey guys. I bought i new battery but now there is an 'x' over the battery size

in system profiler it still shows that there is no charge in the battery and the capacity is also zero

the new battery came half charged but when the adaptoer is inserted it wont charge the light just stays green

any ideas?

ive rested the pram and smu. in the menu bar it says no baterries available

cocounut battery just opens for 2 seconds and then closes

slim battery wont even open

battery health says unable to read battery data

thanks

Nick1881 · 7 Jul 2010 at 13:52

If water has been sat on the board inside for 6 months it will have corroded all sorts away, most places won't even touch it once they see water damage.

If you're any where near my I'd gladly pull it apart and try cleaning the water residue out but I wouldn't hold out much hope after that length of time.

Shakeel · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:04

hello nick

thanks for you offer very kind of you but i didnt hold much hope myself. it works with the charger plugged in so ill just use it like that

thanks again

JediFragger · 7 Jul 2010 at 14:18

Aye it could be worse, could be total deadness

Nick1881 · 7 Jul 2010 at 15:35

Sounds like your lucky its working at all, the water must have killed the charging circuit.

Shakeel · 7 Jul 2010 at 16:41

Nick1881 said:
Sounds like your lucky its working at all, the water must have killed the charging circuit.

i read on the net about a logic board or something. its wiered becuase the sound and everything else is owrking fine eg headphone socket etc..

AtticusFinch · 8 Jul 2010 at 08:52

Insurance?

Shakeel · 8 Jul 2010 at 19:13

havnt got home insurance

Faustus · 10 Jul 2010 at 15:19

Shakeel said:
havnt got home insurance

How can you afford not to have insurance? Has this episode alone not taught you that? :eek:

HypnoToad · 13 Jul 2010 at 12:50

i dont mean to hijack this thread but has anyone ever had a macbook fully recover after water damage? a new logic board is too expensive for me and i spilled water on my macbook a few weeks back

recently i have been getting 'usb over current notice' popups, and i have nothing plugged into my usb ports, so i think there is still some water residue in there somewhere.

i havent removed the logic yet but is there any chance that i could get rid of these 'usb over current notice' popups if i clean off the water residue?

artaxerxes · 13 Jul 2010 at 13:11

I got USB over current notices this week - but for an un-damaged 3 year old Macbook. I wouldn't be overly concerned.

HypnoToad · 13 Jul 2010 at 13:24

artaxerxes said:
I got USB over current notices this week - but for an un-damaged 3 year old Macbook. I wouldn't be overly concerned.

is there anything i can do to stop them coming up or a way to automatically close them? i've been playing with applescript but so far have had no luck, they can get annoying when they popup when you in the middle of typing something!