Our kids have computers and they don't always handle them gently, and I patch them up as best I can. I will get to Bobby's latest problem with his MacBook but first I must explain the water damage and how we dealt with that. He spilled Propel (a soft drink, not much sugar thank goodness) on his MacBook keyboard and it stopped working.
I let the laptop just sit for a few weeks, not plugged in. The liquid will mostly evaporate if one has patience. Then I put it in the oven on the lowest setting "Warm" which looks to be about 150 degrees (F) for 10 minutes. I took it out of the oven and let it cool for an hour. The heat helps get out the last of the moisture. Then I plugged it in and let it charge. After it charged it booted up just fine and has been running for a couple of months now.
I can't say that this approach will always work, but it costs nothing and has saved several of our devices from the recycler.
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