⟐ Edited September 17, 2010 at 4:30 pm -0700

The P/N is WDBAAU0010HBK-00.

⟐ Answer edited December 11, 2011 at 2:03 pm -0700

What I want to do, is to put NuPower's internals into my old battery case. Last time I've tried to open my battery, I couldn't. I've unscrewed it, but something was still keeping metal and plastic parts together.

Any experience?

⟐ Answered March 17, 2010 at 8:59 am -0700

However, the tea did hit the screen, the left speaker area, and the trackpad. I wiped down any external liquid and left it propped open, upside down. It's been sitting for about 48 hours so far. I was unable to remove the battery because I don't have a tri-wing screwdriver.

I don't plan to try turning it on until at least 72 hours have passed.

I'm wondering if as a precaution, should I completely tear down the machine and remove any residue that may be inside before attempting a power up.

If so, is it possible to do a teardown without voiding the warranty? I have a feeling that with the very small amount of liquid that made it into the case, the liquid sensors might not have even been affected, but I don't want problems in the future or no recourse in the event of problems that weren't caused by the liquid spill.

Update

Went to Fry's today (meh) and picked up some bit driver kits. I tried Radio Shack and they had none of the bits that I needed. Fry's had two different kits that contained tri-wing bits, and many kits that contain philips 000/00 and torx 6, but no kits that had all 3. So I ended up buying 2 kits, and I was pretty sure that the tri-wing bits were too big, but they had nothing smaller.

The Teardown

Turns out I was right and I ended up using a small flathead that worked at first but stripped the @@@! out of the middle battery screw. If you don't have the right bit to remove those screws in a pinch or an emergency, I'd suggest using a small pair of grooved pliers and just turning them from the outside so you don't have to replace the screws later on when your real screwdriver arrives from ifixit :). Bye Bye Warranty! Oh well, I can't stand the genius bar anyway and I don't have apple care :P

With the stress of preserving the warranty out of the way, I ripped off that stupid battery warning sticker and went to work. I've got the logic board completely removed, and I have to say that I have only seen one trace of tea in the entire assembly. It's on the strip of plastic tape or whatever it is that covers the left speaker from the inside, looks like a small stain. It really appears that the stuff covering the inside of the speaker enclosure is actually liquid proof, though I don't really want to test my hypothesis. This thing is relatively well protected from small spills compared to other laptops I've torn apart.

Checked all around the trackpad, no sign of tea. Checked all over the logic board, no sign of tea. I think I've actually reached the point where I'm going to forgo the rest of the teardown and give it the all clear.

The Upside

Pulling this sucker apart got me thinking about what I might be able to get away with now that I've got it open... and now I am unable to resist leaving it apart for a few more days and ordering an SSD to replace the optical drive. :)

The moral of the story

If you're an idiot like me who puts beverages on chair arms teetering above your month old macbook, for the love of all that is holy, buy and install a moshi keyboard protector. If you do spill, flip that sucker upside down as quick as you possibly can while holding down the power button at the same time. Wipe down any external liquid, taking care not to push any of it into any crevices.

Next, prop it open upside down, immediately find another computer, go online, order a solid state drive and an optical bay enclosure, wait 3 days or until your package arrives (whichever is longer), and tell your wife you need to pull it apart to clean it out as a cover for adding a sweet-@*# second drive :)

Final Update

Finally got it all put back together and it works great! I ordered a screw set from ifixit and wiped everything down so well that I really don't think I would even have a problem if I took it in for warranty service. For those that might wonder, the battery sticker is really easy to put back on, even if you rip it off in a fit of rage :)

Thanks and I love this website!!!! :)

⟐ Answered August 5, 2010 at 3:17 pm -0700

⟐ Commented October 6, 2011 at 1:11 pm -0700

I have pulled the rubber feet off the bottom to see if there are screws under the rubber, but no go. I can split the sides of the bottom section (keyboard half) with spudger tools till I get to the corners, but nothing ever spererates.

If anyone can help I would appreciate it!

Thanks!

⟐ Answer edited December 12, 2012 at 1:23 pm -0700

Could you explain what the "status led" is? Is it equivalent to a notification led?

Thanks.

⟐ Answer accepted February 9, 2012 at 6:10 pm -0700

it only works on 3G with very low strength -100db, and when i hold it "Death Grip" it looses all the signal, when i turn off 3G, it finds Edge for one second then NO Service appears.

Wifi and GPS signal are strong and fine

what i did so far:

The blue capacitor beside the battery connector is there and working fine, I rebuilt it twice, changed the Sim card, did a network restore, iOS update, the speakers "3G Antenna" metal connectors to the body are all there

What i doubt :

The Chases is a little bent in the middle due to the fall, and i am missing a rubber thing on the top of the phone over the camera "lost it while replacing the screen"

I would really appreciate it if anyone can help out

⟐ Answered December 14, 2011 at 8:45 pm -0700

⟐ Answered February 28, 2013 at 12:04 am -0700

1) I spilled carbonated drinks on my MBP like 2 months ago, but nothing happened so far. Just two of the keys (Caps Lock and Tabs) sometimes become sticky. But I went to Apple service center yesterday to ask about this and they said to fix this, I have to change to a brand new top case which costs me around $400-$500 and they also said that since I spilled water on it, the water might damage my logic board (motherboard) in future. So my questions for these are ;

i) Should I change the top case since nothing happen to my mac since last 2 months as they said the liquid might damage my logic board (motherboard)?

ii) Is there any way I can 'clean' my sticky keys on the keyboard?

2) I cracked my glass (only the glass, LCD is still ok) a day before I spilled water on my keyboard, bad luck maybe. Do you recommend to fix it under Apple Service or just get any of the OEM screen on eBay or what not and send it to any tech centre and get it done there? And any trusted seller from eBay you can recommend for the glass (only) ? Because Apple might charge me around $800 for the glass+lcd which is almost the price of brand new macbook pro.

3) Is there any teardown tutorial for MBP 13 Late 2011 here in iFixIt I can refer since I only manage to find previous edition than Late 2011 or it will be the same teardown tutorial? And will it void my warranty if I do the teardown on myself? I also need to teardown my macbook since ants are getting attracted with my macbook since I spilled carbonated drinks on my mac. :)

⟐ Answered June 7, 2012 at 10:38 am -0700

Are there big differences between this model and the late 2011 one?

Will there be guides for this device?

Thanks!

⟐ Answered June 19, 2012 at 6:01 am -0700

Thanks in advance!

db

⟐ Commented March 13, 2013 at 11:28 pm -0700

⟐ Answered June 10, 2013 at 6:08 am -0700

Looks like there is an edge inside with adhesive, but i'm not able to get it apart.

Hav tried hairdryer, hot water, guitar picks on the edge, but it still won't come off.

Any suggestions?

⟐ Answered March 26, 2013 at 10:28 am -0700

Have a water damaged mid 2012 13" MBP, non-retina display. The CPU was overloading on Kernel Task (~300%!) but a 4 hour bake in a 40 deg celcius (100F) has fixed that :)

The display appears to have had water seep between the glossy glass surface and the actual LCD. I have varying shades of grey streaking across the display. No dead pixels or anything, airport / isight / backlight / everything is working ok, but massive streaks. Looks rather trippy.

Any help would be much appreciated!

Many thanks

M

⟐ Answered April 26, 2013 at 7:38 pm -0700