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Burned Firewire Port Due To Salad Dressing Disaster

I fell asleep with a container of salad dressing and my Macbook Pro beside me, and my cat saw that as a perfect opportunity to try out my new salad dressing. :(

The salad dressing got spilled all over the keyboard, but worse yet, somehow got into all the ports. I awoke to the firewire port on my Macbook sparking and the disgusting smell of burnt salad dressing.

I've tried to clean it out the best I possibly could, but I'm scared to try to turn it on again. All the ports look relatively normal, except for the firewire port which looks charred and burnt. I have no idea what I should do next....Or if it's even safe to attempt to use it when it's in this condition and I would very much appreciate any help or advice anyone can give me. (aside from not to fall asleep with salad dressing and a cat who loves it)

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Nevyn Noir, what are the last three digits of your computers serial number? That would help us to properly identify your computer. Also, you do want to post a couple of images of your damage with your question. That will let us see what you see. For now, do no longer try to turn it on or charge it. I would remove the battery as well

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Clean the Mac as carefully as you can with isopropyl alcohol then let it dry. Replace all the burnt parts that you can see. Then turn it on and make sure everything works such as the keyboard and your new firewire port. If it won't turn on at all replace both the power supply and motherboard and it should be good as new.

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