Gaz
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My boy decided to puke up milk all over my MacBook pro... So I'm going to have to take it apart and clean dried milk I guess from some of the internals. My aim was just to wet-wipe it down but I'm now beginning to think this mighten be a good idea.
Anyone got any recommendations?
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John
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Good old clean water and some nail varnish remover are probably the best that you'll have lying about.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by John
Good old clean water and some nail varnish remover are probably the best that you'll have lying about.
ahem.... not everyone has nail varnish remover laying around John.
Id imagine a wet wipe would be ok, so long as you leave the laptop to dry for a couple of hours to be safe.
A nice quality wet wipe like Johnsons Baby will should sort you right out 
[Edited on 08-05-2012 by Bart]
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Gaz
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Got plenty of those mate! This 5 week old shits for England!
I think I'll try and pick up a microfiber cloth to dry the internals tomorrow.
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noshua
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Non-static or micro fibre will be better than kitchen roll or something similar. As said make sure you leave it to dry first!
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corsajay88
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try to pick up an antistatic wristband, laptops internals are quite sensitive.
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AlunJ
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Ifixit.com will help with the dismantling side of things, helped me when I got a disc jammed in mine.
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AlunJ
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quote:
Originally posted by corsajay88
try to pick up an antistatic wristband, laptops internals are quite sensitive.
I've always been told to use one of these but to date of all the electrical stuff I've worked on I've never broken anything through static  you watch it'll happen to me now!
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Munchie
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ultrasonic fluid diluted a little with a toothbrush
its how i repair phones
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John
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quote:
Originally posted by corsajay88
try to pick up an antistatic wristband, laptops internals are quite sensitive.
They aren't.
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corsajay88
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i was trained to always use one, 9/10 times static won't do any damage but there is the chance that it will. I know what id rather do with my 600 pound laptop.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/82184/avoid_static_damage_to_your_pc.html
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John
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I know what I do every single time I fix one and I've not damaged one yet, must be hundreds.
Even stuff that's actually static sensitive, if you touch ground on a case or something before it and aren't walking about on a carpet with nylon socks it's fine.
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Steve
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its not even 9/10, more like 999/1000
never known it happen
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Gaz
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So tonight I opened it all up and to my surprise it was bone dry with no residue anywhere. Removed bits and bobs to the find they keyboard is actually sealed up to the top of the case which in this case is a bonus so I've just put it all back together and left it alone now.
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