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Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: .XL on Tue, 15 March 2011, 19:10:46

...keyboard and trackpad. The keyboard works fine (i cleaned it up right away) but the trackpad sticks a bit. It doesn't make the click like it used to and just feels sluggish. Is there a way I can fix this without taking it to Apple?

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: kps on Tue, 15 March 2011, 19:47:30

Take it apart (see ifixit (http://www.ifixit.com/Guide) for instructions), clean the trackpad, rinse well with distilled water, and let it air dry.

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 15 March 2011, 20:46:14

First fix: don't have friends that drink Fanta.

Seriously, who drinks Fanta?

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: mr_a500 on Tue, 15 March 2011, 20:54:43

Quote from: keyboardlover;312417

Seriously, who drinks Fanta?

That's what I was going to say.
(...but first I said, "What the **** is Fanta?")

I had to research it. It's not in Canada, but there's a Facebook petition to bring it here. (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2954115601)

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: kidchunks on Tue, 15 March 2011, 20:58:51

Don't you wanna?

MHM!

@.XL
Best thing would be to take it to Apple if you're still under warranty. No sense in risking further damage to the device by cleaning it. You did the best you could :)

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: Lpb45 on Tue, 15 March 2011, 21:07:41

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2hQGOOR5g0

Title: Friend spilled Fanta on my lMacbook Pro...
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 16 March 2011, 03:56:16

i thought you said fresca, my fiancee made me buy a case of fresca once, her coworker drinks it and of course after a while she decided to try it. I'm like wth is this!
fanta is prolly just as bad.