Fixing water/tea damage after two years?

[ArmasF32]

In your experience/ oppinion, how likely is it, for a macbook with waterdamage from roughtly two years ago, to still be fixable? It wasnt turned on since then, and id try some cleaning/reflowing, maybe i will get lucky. Price to buy is 0€ so its just about if its worth the time spend.

 

Thanks for sharing your oppinion

[Levent]

If the victim is free and is already written off, also if you have the tools or want to get experience, go right ahead. However if you plan on doing this for someone else in the hopes of recovering it having it in a working state I wouldnt. 

[Vishera]

6 minutes ago, ArmasF32 said:

Price to buy is 0€

If it was turned on even once since the incident then that MacBook will need a lot more than a reflow.

[ArmasF32]

3 minutes ago, Levent said:

If the victim is free and is already written off, also if you have the tools or want to get experience, go right ahead. However if you plan on doing this for someone else in the hopes of recovering it having it in a working state I wouldnt. 

Yes, it has already been replaced so it was like "you can have it and keep it if you fix it" situation. 

[ArmasF32]

1 minute ago, Vishera said:

If it was turned on even once since the incident then that MacBook will need a lot more than a reflow.

Probably yes, but they told me it wasnt so i have some hope.

[Levent]

1 minute ago, ArmasF32 said:

Yes, it has already been replaced so it was like "you can have it and keep it if you fix it" situation. 

Go right ahead, you might get some experience might learn something the process or salvage something.

[ArmasF32]

3 minutes ago, Levent said:

Go right ahead, you might get some experience might learn something the process or salvage something.

Yea, and even if the mobo is fucked i will probably get a working one with a broken display or something and just swap boards