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water damage help!
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Oct 11, 2009, 09:28 PM
 
Unfortunately, my cat was feeling a bit rambunctious and spilled a glass of water near my MacBookPro (which is 6 months old). i immediately unplugged it and took the battery out and set a fan on it upside down for 3 days. I tried to turn it on twice and at first, the screen wouldnt turn on. Day 2, the screen turned on and went to the opening apple screen, but no further. Today, it got to a "safeboot" screen where it asked me for my password. When i typed it in it says its the wrong password even with my master password (i know theyre both right, its just not accepting them). I called apple customer support and asked what could be the problem- they said to insert the mac os x install cd and restart the computer pushing down "C" while it starts up. Ive done this 3 times and it doesnt do anything, just sends me back to that password screen.
I don't know where to go from here. The guy at the computer promised me the computer would never turn on and id need a new motherboard($1300) obviously he was wrong so i dont want to bring it back to him. Does anyone know if maybe its my keyboard thats not typing in the wrong letters or something?
Thanks!!
     
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Oct 11, 2009, 09:38 PM
 
Welcome to the forums! But you'll get better help by paying a little better attention: you posted in the MAC PRO forum, not the Mac Notebooks forum. In this forum, you'd have seen a sticky thread about exactly your problem ('cause you're not the first person to have this issue by a LONG ways!).

So again, welcome, but I've moved your thread to the right forum. And closed it. Check out the OMG!! I spilled water/beer/liquid on my Mac Notebook thread for probably more than you wanted to know.

Good luck with the MBP!
Glenn -----
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