Got caught in a torrential downpour. Funnily enough, inside my crumpler bag was dry, my macbook pro looked dry but obviously water got in

does it look like it'll dry up and be ok?

Not the smartest thing having it turned on.

Yeah...i would leave it turned off for a little while. The fact that it booted is a great sign, just let the water dry.

Well that's a new one! I worked with Apple laptops and never saw a screen quite like that. I'd seen them shattered, burnt out, immolated and spilled on but never saw one that was newly converted into an aquarium.

Yea but honestly that's not funny. Makes my stomach turn just seeing it. Best of luck getting it fixed up, and back up your HD before the liquid shorts the computer out! It's amazing it's even on in the picture you posted! If I were in your position I'd get my hard drive out of that machine and into an external HD caddy to back up the info on it before the liquid damage causes a short that might damage the hard drive.

It's amazing i'm still using it but i really have to, seriously. These next few weeks are very important, i have so many things to sort out.

It'll be good as new, give it some time =]

Outch, that sucks...

Dude, I'd seriously consider backing up your HD and turning that thing off to let it dry out man.

put it in the fridge. sounds stupid but it should suck the moisture out quick smart

How old is it? Not good

Can't see any pics...

Ouch, that doesn't look good. Make sure to back up your hard drive in case of.

Remove the keyboard/palm rest assembly and let the internals (logic board, hdd, ram, etc..) dry for a day at least, then run it in lid closed mode if you must run it. I can't imagine any compute task being important enough that I would risk a $2000+ machine versus waiting a day or 2.

Agreed, if you continue to leave that thin powered on it will no doubt fry.

Chances are the water is actually in the display however which will cause an issue as there are few places for it to drain without causing damage. Let it sit 48 / 72 hours, open the lid and look for signs of water with a flashlight on the display prior to turning it on.

I'd take the opportunity however to remove your hard drive and back it up (using another machine) as a precaution as stated in this thread already!

When I first saw the thread title I thought you had somehow watercooled your MBP and I was like wtf?

Ouch, that sucks.

Still looks the same. Going to claim on my travel insurance.

That sucks! I think you should start working on another laptop.

Not possible. I'm traveling around Asia, i need this laptop.

You're in Asia? Perfect!.. Get some rice.. and place the laptop in with it.. The rice will absorb moisture.. help you out a lil' better than anything else.. unless you have those little absorption balls that come with shoes and backpacks and stuff.

leave it in front of a heater for about 5 hours.
i seen when an ipod got sunked down in a pool and then took it out to dry and charged it up. bingo it worked.
so its a good sign.. just try and put it in front of a heater.. lot the heat take care of the water.

Take out the hard drive and the battery, and let them dry. Leave your computer alone, as running it will irritate the problem even more. Close the lid so that the screen dries evenly.

That's exactly what I was going to suggest! Those absorption balls or rice that can work great on electronics. Try it, it just might get the water out.

i spilled wine over my macbooks keyboard once.
it all dried out.

i just left it off for about 24 hours...
i was to deliver an essey the same day i had to have it shut off but man whoever you are working for and whatever you are about to sort out... they will understand...
you better let it dry out completely instead of sucking the rest out of it...

take the time to sort things out in your head and paper and then do what you have to do on your macbook...

but like that, chances are high your machine will break..

good luck!

Hang it up like a towel

then wipe yourself dry with it after a shower in the morning. Repeat!

Know you didnt mean it like this but you make it sound like you can only buy rice in Asia! Like popping outside and theres just rice lying around in the street or something.

Pull it apart and get that water out, seriously dude, it won't last asia if you don't do something about it.

Isn't that how it is?

I mean in Australia you walk outside and there is usually a kangaroo which you can hop on and take you to school, or work.

Ahaha I actually lold at that one.

RE using rice: that sounds like a horrible idea! Won't rice get in all of the tiny groves and crevices that laptops have? I'm visualizing a Windows laptop though, I don't know if Macbooks are constructed differently in that regard.


Anyway to the OP... I understand that you must keep using your laptop because of your situation, but you have to look at it in another way. If you don't do something to help the laptop, then it will die, and you will be worse off than if you had lost a couple of days travel/work.

Are you sure your travel insurance will cover you???
Can't you just use an internet cafe???

update? with pics?

Hmm no update, I imagine he is waterlogged

All is well.

What ended up happening dude? Get a new one through insurance or managed to un-waterlog the old one?

I'm curious as to whether this would be covered by Apple Care or not?

That's awful man. Did you get a new one from your insurance company?

i tripped once and fell into the pool with my dell once. That sucked.

rofl how does that happen! that mega fail right there.

Blow dryer, it works for me every time, of course on other soaked electronics things.

You don't watch enough Discovery Channel.

You watch too much!

Sort of dried up on its own over the past week. There's some damage to the screen (uneven light, streaks, water spots), so i'll be claiming on my travel insurance and then buy the next revision. Hopefully it'll survive my trip to vietnam, cambodia and japan!

Additional photographs or this particular event did not occur, dear sir.

::gasp:: You doubt the mystical Waterbook Pro?!?!?

What would he gain by making this up?

Well i was walking close to it and paritially intoxicated, and did not see the pipe laying across the walk way and yeah thats how it happend. It sucked. I am getting my macbook pro next week thou and i am going to stay far away from water entities.

I had same problem with my HP laptop.. moisture got in.. and then slowly screen died.. but HP was kind enough to replace my screen in warranty

um, hello?

This is Neowin, the only reason the Neobahn exists is because people post pictures of cars, because otherwise, it's very very clear that they are the figment of our imagination.

I've been here for 5 years, and my considered opinion?

More pics or it didn't happen!