Xann Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Got an 09 Macbook which didn't take well to half a pint of lemon squash. Just taken the SATA drive out, Maplin are doing a USB 3 dock for 25 notes in store. Removing the drive has opened up access to the memory chips. Should I take them out too? Or is it not a good idea/worth the risk? Ta in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted May 25, 2013 Moderator Share Posted May 25, 2013 teh intenets sez do this, Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Whatever you do, just make sure you're grounded or wearing the wrist strap. It's bad enough opening it up regularly but with water involved, one little burst of static is all it takes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 do this, Dave. Sadly it's gone beyond that Pete. Internal power system and motherboard deaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwan Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 You could try the ram but I wouldn't get my hopes up if the mobo is dead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xann Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 You could try the ram but I wouldn't get my hopes up if the mobo is dead Aye, I'm leaning towards not bothering now. Cheers guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted May 31, 2013 Share Posted May 31, 2013 (edited) Why not? The worst that can happen is you try them in a new machine and it doesn't boot. So you take them out and throw them away. May as well give it a shot. If they're not visibly damaged/sticky, they're not going to knacker a new system board, it just won't work. If you can see any marks to suggest that it's been touched by liquid then yeah, don't bother. Edit: Just realised when the last reply was, this post is probably not very useful at this point. Edited May 31, 2013 by Davkaus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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