How to prepare a water-exposed SSD before connecting it to enclosure?
Some drops of liquid came into contact with this SSD after coffee spilled on laptop. Laptop no longer functions, enclosure on the way. A drop was observed around where the arrow is. I merely applied a paper towel to it, several days ago, but didn’t do anything else. I am unsure of what I’m looking at on the boundary between the board and the package. Is it a gap, or sealed with adhesive, or epoxy? Should I try to clean it with isopropyl alcohol, or is it safe to connect to power as is? Would the alcohol damage the package on the side facing up?
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This does not look like an Apple Samsung SSD!
Here’s a great resource to identify the custom Apple SSD’s made for them by Samsung, Toshiba and SanDisk The Ultimate Guide to Apple’s Proprietary SSDs
Let’s first properly ID your SSD as until we do that we just don’t know what you are facing here.
by Dan
It is! Came from a Macbook Air purchased new at an Apple store. Label says Samsung. Just looking at the other side.
by David
@klutz - Post images of the top and bottom
by Dan
@danj Added one more pic. The other side resembles the picture in the previous question. Is the pictured package sealed to the board, or can water get through, and will isopropyl alcohol damage anything?
by David