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    Macbook won't start!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by jway0920, Aug 13, 2007.

  1. jway0920

    jway0920 Newbie

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    A few weeks ago, I spilled gatorade on a new macbook. We sent to irescue, and they turned it on and told us it was junked. I asked for it to be shipped back so I could salvage the RAM. Instead, I cleaned everything with distilled water, put it back together and it started up. I've only been using it for a couple hours since then, and it was working perfectly. The only minor default was the screen had little white blotches on it.

    This morning, I closed the lid to let it sleep, and when I came back, it was shut off. I tried to start it up again, but all that happened was:

    1) A flash of light appeared on the screen
    2) the sleep light turned on, so it's automatically sleeping when it turns on

    Nothing else happened. No sound, nothing. After I put the power supply in though, it stays green for a couple of seconds, then goes red. I'm sure the power supply isn't the problem, because I had charged it overnight, and had an about 88% charge when it turned off.

    I have heard of the PMU restart thingy, but I'm just scared because it had been damaged by gatorade before (but not fried).

    What should I do?????
     
  2. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    uhh. it sounds like its junked...
     
  3. Sam

    Sam Notebook Virtuoso

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    I think it was a fluke that it worked again...did you try restarting the computer (that should be obvious)? If not there may still be some liquid in the internal components, so I'd say wait a few days and try again.