Mac: dropped it in water

Current flowing through a wet board, which is what actually kills devices. Corrosion, which starts within hours and continues for weeks

Water Damage Treatment starts from €106 depending on the model. No fix, no fee, so if we cannot repair it you pay nothing.

Shut it down, unplug it, do not open the lid to check and do not turn it back on. If you are comfortable doing it, leave it closed and upside down so the liquid drains away from the board rather than into it. Then bring it in the same day. On a MacBook the battery stays connected even when the machine is off, so current keeps flowing through a wet board until we disconnect it.

Yes. Liquid on a MacBook board rarely kills it that day. It corrodes tracks over the following weeks and the machine dies later, usually when the residue reaches something that matters. Cleaning it now is a fraction of the cost of a board repair afterwards.

No. Rice pulls a little moisture from the air around the device and none from inside it, and it leaves starch dust in the ports. Meanwhile the liquid is still on the board corroding it. Rice is the reason a lot of devices that could have been saved arrive here too late.

Often, and it depends far more on what the liquid was and how long it sat than on how wet it got. We open the device, remove the board and clean it properly, then work through what is still faulty. Clean water caught early is usually recoverable. Salt water, coffee and anything sugary are much harder because they keep eating the board after they dry.

Yes. Corrosion carries on under the shields where you cannot see it, and devices that work perfectly for two weeks then die are the single most common water damage story we hear. A clean now is far cheaper than data recovery later.

We quote after we have opened it and seen the board, because there is no honest number before that. The diagnostic is free and if we cannot bring it back you pay nothing.

4 Richmond Road, Drumcondra, Dublin 3, D03 FX52, a few minutes from Drumcondra train station and on several bus routes into the city. There is parking on the road outside.

Both. A lot of MacBook faults that are quoted as a full logic board elsewhere are a single component, and we repair at that level under a microscope. It is usually a fraction of the cost of a board swap.

360 days on parts and workmanship. If the same fault comes back and it was not caused by new damage, we repair it again at no cost. Accidental damage, liquid damage after the repair and cracked glass are not covered.

Yes. It makes no difference where a device came from, whether it was bought here, abroad or second hand. Bring it in.