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2.6 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor (Turbo Boost up to 3.2 GHz) with 3 MB shared L3 cache. Released February 13, 2013.

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Mac water damage, won't boot

So last night I spilt the smallest amount of water onto the arrow keys of my laptop. Followed procesure and turned it straight off etc. the charger when plugged in shows no light at all, however, the laptop repeatedly boots to a white screen and makes the chime noise and then goes black again, if charger is left in it does this until unplugged. I managed to boot it up fully just once and the fan was very very loud when doing so. Now it won't turn on at all. Posting here as Apple can't see it until Friday and wondered if anyone had an answer. It's under warranty and covered by my student insurance but obviously water damage isn't covered by Apple.

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I have had a computer do this exact thing to me as well. Normally, the fix is to replace the "Upper Case", which is essentially the whole keyboard and housing. If that doesn't work, then try replacing the DC power adapter. Those fixes work most of the time; it depends how much liquid got into the computer and what type of liquid.

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