Liquid Damage Survival Guide: What To Do wWhen You Spill Water on Your MacBook

## Emergency Guide: Spilled Liquid on MacBook?

**Time is critical.** Corrosion begins within minutes. What you do in the next hour determines if your RM 5,000 MacBook survives or becomes a paperweight.

### IMMEDIATE STEPS (Do This NOW)

1. **FORCE SHUT DOWN**: Hold the power button for 10 seconds immediately. Do not try to save your word doc. Just kill the power.
2. **UNPLUG EVERYTHING**: Remove charger, USB drives, dongles.
3. **TENT MODE**: Open the laptop 90 degrees and flip it upside down (like a tent) on a towel. This directs liquid away from the logic board.
4. **DO NOT TURN IT ON**: Even if it looks dry, liquid is trapped under the keyboard and chips. Turning it on causes a short circuit.

### The "Rice" Myth
**DO NOT USE RICE.** Rice dust enters the ports and creates a clay-like sludge when mixed with liquid. It does nothing to remove sticky residue (sugar from coffee/soda) which causes conductive corrosion.

### Why "It Works Fine" is a Trap
Often, a MacBook will work for 2 days after a spill, then die forever. Why?
1. **Electrolysis**: As long as electricity flows through wet components, metals dissolve.
2. **Gunk**: Sugar dries into a conductive paste that shorts pins.

### Professional Chemical Cleaning
At Techfix, we perform an Ultrasonic Bath treatment:
1. **Disassembly**: Logic board removed.
2. **Ultrasonic Cleaning**: Using specialized electronics cleaner to vibrate corrosion out from under chips.
3. **Alcohol Bath**: 99.9% Isopropyl Alcohol to displace water.
4. **Micro-soldering**: Replacing burnt capacitors or fuses.

### Success Rates
- **Brought in within 24 hours**: 90% Success Rate.
- **Brought in after 1 week**: 50% Success Rate.
- **Turned on while wet**: 30% Success Rate.

**Don't wait. Bring it in for emergency service.**

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