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MacBook Water Damage
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Date: October 18th, 2017 9:56 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut recall a couple months ago pddj spilled water on her macbook (yes, women) and it acted up and we dried it out and it was fine. it died again today.
she went to apple store. red water indicator came up and they said there's water inside and they want $750 to repair it.
is it safe to find some non-apple place to get rid of the water? |
Date: October 18th, 2017 9:57 PM Author: House-broken coldplay fan so you can fix a shitbox that can only be fixed waiting in the mall while the salesman pretends the nigs are going to buy an iphone mclvii or take the $750 and buy a good hp laptop. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34475629) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:02 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut incoherent (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34475668) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:03 PM Author: House-broken coldplay fan macbook - shitbox
apple store - requires driving to mall, waiting in line behind poor nogs looking at shit they'll never buy
pcs>>>macs and cheaper |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:10 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut cr but non-responsive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34475727) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:11 PM Author: House-broken coldplay fan non-apple places void apple warranties and they'll know since they'll see you didn't take your macbook to one of the 5500 malls in this country with a store next to sbarros. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34475739) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:21 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut non-responsive bc warranty is long gone if there's water damage. and her computer is 3+ yrs old, too. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34475847) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:42 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476029) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: aquamarine deer antler have you gotten an estimate from a certified apple repair shop? are they cheaper? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476042) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut not really. best buy charges $120 just to transfer the data from the ssd to a usb drive. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476125) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:43 PM Author: big associate sell her shit and kick her out?
edit: isn't she STEM why she using apple the laptop isn't worth its repair cost prbably |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:52 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut cr
unless it can be repaired easily by some non-authorized place. |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:44 PM Author: Slippery appetizing school philosopher-king what are you asking, can you get someone else to do the repair for less? sure, you can. they might fuck it up but if its way cheaper, maybe worth a shot. i dont think youll have any luck getting them to 'remove the water' if youre trying to get the apple store to reinstate the warranty though, that ship has sailed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476052) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut warranty is long gone anyway (3+ yrs old). im asking what sort of repair a cheap place can actually do. can the parts be "cleaned" of the water damage short of replacing the whole motherboard? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476145) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:01 PM Author: Slippery appetizing school philosopher-king the answer is probably 'it depends'. get it checked. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476202) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:05 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut is it reasonable to have to pay a "diagnostic fee" from some no-name mac repair place on yelp if theyre not gonna be able to do anything, or should they just open it up and let do (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476238) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:08 PM Author: Slippery appetizing school philosopher-king diagnostic fee seems like flame. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476260) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:45 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur Diagnostic fee is definitely flame. Had one place try to pull this shit and I walked out. The 180 place I ended up going said if we can’t fix it we don’t charge u anything (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476480) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:49 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut did they have an ultrasonic cleaner, do you know? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476510) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:52 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur I think they said they did but that in itself sounded like flame and also seemed totally unnecessary. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476542) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:47 PM Author: sable indecent toaster Get one of those gigantic bags of basmati rice at the Indian grocery store and put it in there for a week. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476076) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:50 PM Author: big associate she'll know. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476100) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: sable indecent toaster (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476111) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:51 PM Author: Slippery appetizing school philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476115) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut water damage was 2 months ago. components are prob fried already. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476137) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:51 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur CR, call around and ask about logic board repair or replace. Should be under 400. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476531) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:54 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut if it cant be fixed, is it worth it to pay $300-400 to replace a logic boart? better just to sell it for parts? or pay $300-400 to repair and sell it as working? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476551) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:02 AM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur Whoever does the work should not charge if not able to fix. In other words they should be able to open up your computer, spend some time poking around and they call u with the problem and the solution.
Place should be able to repair logic board, they use like a microscope to look for components that are fried or some shit.
Or u could get lucky and they open it up and just a simple cable was fried.
Before I knew it was cheap cable I figured that 350 was worth it to avoid having to pay out for new computer. Guy also warranties his work for like 3-6 mos, maybe longer. I’m now well over the 6 mo mark |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:24 AM Author: Diverse juggernaut tyft.
yeah, i wonder if 350 for the repair is worth it.
a new MBA is $850 with "student" prices. |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:54 PM Author: Dead bespoke senate friendly grandma Lol at using a laptop at home. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476141) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:55 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut nothing more prole than a big desktop box in your mom's basement. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476149) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 10:56 PM Author: Dead bespoke senate friendly grandma https://www.apple.com/mac-mini/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476154) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:03 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut that'll work well on an airplane if you leave mom's basement. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476213) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:07 PM Author: Dead bespoke senate friendly grandma You know what’s like the *opposite* of prole? Owning *multiple* computers and not having to constantly unplug shit and maximally punish a laptop battery with constant charging. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476247) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:12 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut owning multiple computers is prole as fuck. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476278) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:15 PM Author: Slippery appetizing school philosopher-king Computers and loaves of bread from all over! The height of luxury! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476301) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:17 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476318) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:02 PM Author: Dead bespoke senate friendly grandma https://www.maingear.com/custom/sff/xcube/ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476205) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:19 PM Author: passionate grizzly locale you really need to get a job (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34479102) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:01 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur Yelp mac repair. Go to place with good reviews. Will easily be half off. Apple store wanted 780 to repair mine after screen wouldn’t turn on due to water damage. Took to third party place and they replaced a cable and cleaned some of the water damage. 70 bucks later my computer runs better than before and if it breaks in the future they’ll apply the 70 toward the repair. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476192) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:02 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut you know what they did to "clean" the water damage? did they tell you it was repairable when you took it in, or did they say they need to open it up and take a look? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476206) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:48 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur They cleaned the corrosion off. They didn’t charge me for the cleaning, just for cost of cable and a reasonable cost to replace it.
They thought it may have been the logic board based on symptoms I reported. My research online confirmed same. Logic board was substantially more expensive. When dude opened it up and looked around he found out that just the cable was fried. Called me that night to pick up the next day.
There deal was you don’t pay if we can’t fix it. |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:03 PM Author: sable indecent toaster Anytime I get an Apple product fixed at one of these places it inevitably breaks again in a month and when I go back they’re like yeah we suck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476215) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:06 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut could always dispute the charges if that happens. but she wants the computer actually fixed. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476244) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:49 PM Author: bossy fuchsia community account voyeur The mall kiosks are shit. My dude had 5 stars from over 100+ reviews. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476509) |
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Date: October 18th, 2017 11:32 PM Author: Aggressive windowlicker tanning salon FYI, Thinkpads have drain holes in the keyboard (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34476409) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:13 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34479056) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:18 PM Author: ebony center This happened to me and still pisses me off. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34479092) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:18 PM Author: passionate grizzly locale lol at buying a mac (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3768234&forum_id=2#34479094) |
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Date: October 19th, 2017 12:22 PM Author: Diverse juggernaut she didnt buy it. turd ex bought it for her
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