Water Damage - GSM-Forum

xiamurgodx · 12-09-2013, 22:04

Customer brought in a mabook pro that a cup of water was dropped on it. After I dried it out, the laptop fans turn on for 2 seconds then turn off. Any idea's on what to change? maybe the battery?

mynapk · 12-12-2013, 13:31

clean the ram and dry the mac board with hot air.

kripalu · 12-28-2013, 09:41

i also have same issue with macbook airA1369
fan gets starts for 2 seconds and than gets off
some time it does start and work fine but this happens once in hundreds

i tried to reflow and cleaned with ipa

same condition

and body have schematrics from which i can know which is power ic and related power section

theodoregsamuel · 03-07-2014, 08:27

a hot air ****er would be best for internal cleaning or drying. Try it out. the shutdown might be happen because water in ram or btttery.

PrimeTech · 09-11-2014, 04:57

Drying it out will not solve anything, at least not permanently. Take it apart and clean it with denatured alcohol. Take the board and put it inside a bowl full of denatured alcohol and seal it. Leave it there for 30 minutes, take it out, let it dry and install it again.

azim14kh · 05-24-2018, 15:44

Hi Every one

I have one macbook air If I connect the sound cable, the screen gets black. Someone can guide please

krisha.gpg · 05-24-2018, 16:09

1st clean the audio port and check water damage that place...

Amanda0820 · 11-06-2018, 08:06

Take out the battery and hard drive. Most likely the data will still be good. The battery, you'll have to examine.
If it won't power on, most likely you'll need to replace the logic board.

Fabien430 · 01-15-2019, 01:07

Hi, i've had the same issue on a Hp laptop there is few years of that. It was the power mosfets of the motherboard that were bad.

StanBick · 02-28-2019, 12:17

On the outside look you will not understand. It is necessary to check the circuit, check whether the battery is working correctly, dry all the boards and wipe with alcohol. The main thing is to protect the motherboard from moisture and dry it well.

12-09-2013, 22:04	#1 (permalink)
xiamurgodx Freak Poster Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 122 Member: 205933 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	Water Damage Customer brought in a mabook pro that a cup of water was dropped on it. After I dried it out, the laptop fans turn on for 2 seconds then turn off. Any idea's on what to change? maybe the battery?

12-12-2013, 13:31	#2 (permalink)
mynapk Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 14 Member: 474523 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	clean the ram and dry the mac board with hot air.

12-28-2013, 09:41	#3 (permalink)
kripalu Freak Poster Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: kanpur Posts: 272 Member: 330372 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 26	i also have same issue with macbook airA1369 fan gets starts for 2 seconds and than gets off some time it does start and work fine but this happens once in hundreds i tried to reflow and cleaned with ipa same condition and body have schematrics from which i can know which is power ic and related power section

03-07-2014, 08:27	#4 (permalink)
theodoregsamuel Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Posts: 3 Member: 2136810 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	a hot air ****er would be best for internal cleaning or drying. Try it out. the shutdown might be happen because water in ram or btttery.

09-11-2014, 04:57	#5 (permalink)
PrimeTech Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 26 Member: 1882599 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	Drying it out will not solve anything, at least not permanently. Take it apart and clean it with denatured alcohol. Take the board and put it inside a bowl full of denatured alcohol and seal it. Leave it there for 30 minutes, take it out, let it dry and install it again.

05-24-2018, 15:44	#6 (permalink)
azim14kh Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Posts: 1 Member: 2754828 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 0	Hi Every one I have one macbook air If I connect the sound cable, the screen gets black. Someone can guide please

05-24-2018, 16:09	#7 (permalink)
krisha.gpg Freak Poster Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 241 Member: 1817738 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 27	1st clean the audio port and check water damage that place...

11-06-2018, 08:06	#8 (permalink)
Amanda0820 Freak Poster Join Date: Aug 2018 Location: China Posts: 158 Member: 2861866 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 71	Take out the battery and hard drive. Most likely the data will still be good. The battery, you'll have to examine. If it won't power on, most likely you'll need to replace the logic board.

01-15-2019, 01:07	#9 (permalink)
Fabien430 Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2019 Posts: 9 Member: 2888774 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 1	Hi, i've had the same issue on a Hp laptop there is few years of that. It was the power mosfets of the motherboard that were bad.

02-28-2019, 12:17	#10 (permalink)
StanBick Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2019 Location: Neverland Posts: 11 Member: 2896164 Status: Offline Thanks Meter: 2	On the outside look you will not understand. It is necessary to check the circuit, check whether the battery is working correctly, dry all the boards and wipe with alcohol. The main thing is to protect the motherboard from moisture and dry it well.