Hi Rob I'm not a "Service Tech" per say,..but have worked (or had) a few of these of late that I can offer some advise. Depending on how much has "Stuck" to the Motherboard then yes it can slowly degrade to the point of other things not working. This can be weeks, months (years?). Sometimes things work fine and it keeps going for ages, other times it can blow or stop things working straight away. And the liquid spilt can affect what happens as well also. I had a machine just the other day that a client had spilt cold coffee into the laptop. (on the a,s,d etc key side). The laptop worked semi well, but the screen would flicker in and out. Eventually the screen would sometimes power up and sometimes not. So although it "would" work, it wasn't going to last. So I took into to get looked over to be sure. And yeh, sure enough the motherboard needed replaced. But I've had others for different clients with different liquids spilt on it, still working fine to do this day. (One of the reasons I have Keyboard covers on all my keyboards and laptop keyboards, just to "help" in these situations.) ;o) (I had water spill over a home keyboard and it never touched the keyboard. I just took it off, washed it and bought it back on. Saved it very well).
Their isn't a protective cover under the keyboard. Each point under the keyboard goes to different things. Just depends on where it was spilt. (And each machine has different "indicators" under it show if it's had water damage or not. I remember reading on one of the websites that one of the new machines has about 9 indicators built into to detect "damage". The cost of the motherboard can differ from model to model. But they range in the price range of $700-$900+ depending on the model. (Sorry don't have the info close to me, but a service centre should be able to advise). And yes, some insurance policies will cover "spillage", it just depends on your insurance. Hope that helps. Kind regards Daniel Sent from my iPhone 5 --- Daniel Kerr MacWizardry Phone: 0414 795 960 Email: <daniel AT macwizardry.com.au> Web: <http://www.macwizardry.com.au> **For everything Apple** On 06/05/2013, at 12:31 PM, Rob Phillips <r.phill...@iinet.net.au> wrote: > Hi people > > This is one for the hardware people... > > We're 6 weeks into a camping trip around Australia and we've run into a > little problem. I was working on my new Macbook Pro when a strong gust of > wind pushed the awning against my tea cup, which then partly spilt over the > laptop keyboard. It was black tea with sugar. I immediately tipped the > laptop over to get the liquid off. > > Since then, the keyboard keys have been a bit sticky, but work OK. However, > the lightning? port which I use to connect to data projectors has been flaky > and hardly ever works. I took the machine into a Mac shop in Launceston and > the guy confirmed the problem with the lightning port, but noted the sticky > keyboard. > > He said the motherboard would slowly fail through corrosion and I should > contact my insurers. > > My questions are: > • Is the guy right? > • Is there a protective cover under the keyboard? > • What is the cost of a replacement motherboard? > MacBook Pro > 15-inch, Mid 2012 > Processor 2.6 GHz Intel Core i7 > Memory 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3 > Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 384 MB > Cheers > Rob > -- > Rob Phillips, 30 Ashby St, Wanneroo > r.phill...@iinet.net.au Mobile: 0416 065 054 > semi-retired telecommuting from anywhere! > Current location: marooned in Tasmania waiting for a spot on the ferry! > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
