Laptop dropped in bath - will it work?

Bluecube · 11 Dec 2021 at 23:06

I’ve got a MacBook Pro that’s had a bath. As in completely submerged in the bath… It’s currently drying out but will it ever work? A spillage maybe but complete submersion? Nah. Convince me otherwise.

No it wasn’t me and I’ve no idea why the person involved thought it was a good idea to perch a laptop over the bath…

Bluecube · 12 Dec 2021 at 10:57

I agree that it’s a busted flush. I’ve yet to interrogate the sprog involved in the incident but I got the impression the MBP was completely submerged so water would’ve got in through the USBC ports, the keyboard, etc. She was listening to music apparently with it sitting on a bath tray… FFS

Bluecube · 12 Dec 2021 at 20:10

Thanks all. Seeing as it’s a MBP, there’s not much chance of taking it apart without making it worse - those torx screws are tiny too!

Insurance it is. I hope it’s covered. On the flip side the screen is now free of grease marks once I’d squeegeed the soap off. Every cloud…

Bluecube · 15 Dec 2021 at 23:03

For the record, it’s definitely gone to silicon heaven never to be resurrected.

Thanks all for the advice

Bluecube · 16 Dec 2021 at 10:43

Dyson said:
Thanks for the update, always good to hear the end of the story
Did your insurance cover it?

Waiting to hear back from them. I hope so!

Bluecube · 16 Dec 2021 at 14:24

Insurance wants me to send the laptop off for repair. Not quite sure what can be repaired but may as well go through the process. I suspect I'll end up with a refurbished replacement but quite how long this process will take is another matter.

Bluecube · 29 Dec 2021 at 18:29

Update time. For those sure that the laptop could be repaired, I’m afraid your confidence was sadly misplaced. Insurance have offered a 2020 i5 based MBP as replacement. I’m going to go back to them and suggest an M1 based MBP which is paradoxically cheaper despite the newer tech.

Bluecube · 12 Jan 2022 at 10:40

Yet another update as I’m sure you’re all on tenterhooks. Insurance refused to go with the M1 MBP as there were “technical differences” between the two laptops. Fair enough. They also offered cash instead of a replacement which is what I went for. Got a refurbed mid spec iMac as a replacement on the basis that this would prove far more difficult to hoik into the bathroom…

Bluecube · 12 Jan 2022 at 13:36

It’s gone. Deceased. Floated off to silicon heaven. It’s not pining for the fjords. It’s dead.

And also had to be sent away for insurance evaluation. I won’t be getting it back.