- Feb 5, 2022
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Good evening,
I spilled water on my Macbook air back in 2016 and when i took it to an Apple store, they showed me pictures of the Logic board which seemed to have corrosion on it. They wanted me to pay to replace the entire logic board (which i think was 200$ back then) which wasn't an option.
The laptop has since sat in a desk for 6 years, it would not power up and seemed completely dead, until a few days ago i opened it up and try to clean off any visible corrosion.
With the naked eye and a magnifying glass i found some copper circles (vias?) on both sides of the logic board that looked blueish consistent with spots of corrosion which i cleaned off with some 91% Isopropyl alcohol.
It seems to have done something given the fact that while the LED light on the Mag-safe charger does not light up, the apple logo on the top of the Mac-book turns on for 2 seconds then turns off again not turning back on.
The Macbook sounds like it tries to turn on, when i push the power button, the fans seem to spin up for a second before going silent again. The screen will also sometimes briefly light up.
Is the Logic board just shorted out? Considering the batteries age and that it hasn't been cycled at all in so long, could it just be the battery?
It's likely not worth the money it costs to get the computer repaired but I'm interested in what the issue could be.
Thanks in advanced.
I spilled water on my Macbook air back in 2016 and when i took it to an Apple store, they showed me pictures of the Logic board which seemed to have corrosion on it. They wanted me to pay to replace the entire logic board (which i think was 200$ back then) which wasn't an option.
The laptop has since sat in a desk for 6 years, it would not power up and seemed completely dead, until a few days ago i opened it up and try to clean off any visible corrosion.
With the naked eye and a magnifying glass i found some copper circles (vias?) on both sides of the logic board that looked blueish consistent with spots of corrosion which i cleaned off with some 91% Isopropyl alcohol.
It seems to have done something given the fact that while the LED light on the Mag-safe charger does not light up, the apple logo on the top of the Mac-book turns on for 2 seconds then turns off again not turning back on.
The Macbook sounds like it tries to turn on, when i push the power button, the fans seem to spin up for a second before going silent again. The screen will also sometimes briefly light up.
Is the Logic board just shorted out? Considering the batteries age and that it hasn't been cycled at all in so long, could it just be the battery?
It's likely not worth the money it costs to get the computer repaired but I'm interested in what the issue could be.
Thanks in advanced.