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How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven

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Re: How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven

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Post by josephjrobison »

kkl232 wrote: post #158

Hilarious!! At some point I spilled water all over my MacbookPro and I turned it off and let it dry overnight. The next morning it refused to turn on. I took it to Apple and they say they must send it to repairs for 750 dollars!! I refused to pay money, went home, asked some friends about it, and concluded that I should put my computer in an inverted position like a teepee. I let it sit for 2 days. And Voila! Good as…

Same exact thing happened to me! Brand new hot starbucks green tea spilled all over my 4 month old MacBook Air mid-2013. I was devastated. Stupidly I tried to turn it on right after the spill and it turned on for a moment then shut off and wouldn't turn on again. I put the keyboard face down on paper towels and indirectly in front of a fan for a few days and it came back to life! I now have a keyboard spill guard of course...

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Post by saraid216 »

atrilumen wrote: post #112
mikeash wrote: post #104

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Microwaves interact with metal in interesting ways. It will likely induce high voltages in the computer's wiring, causing the chips to release all of their magic smoke.

( And it's the magic smoke that makes them work. )

Well, you know. The reason your computer works is because they trapped a genie in there.

http://james.hamsterrepublic.com/technomancy/

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast »

dfc wrote: post #126
malyk wrote: post #124

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That takes care of the hardware, but not the UI/UX.

Ihe UX of OSX is not that of a high end unix workstation. High end unix workstations do not need homebrew. High end unix workstations do not provide the miserable, second class Xwindows experience that is found on OSX.

So I used "high end unix workstations" for years and years and years and OSX isn't perfect, but jesus christ I'd take its UI over just about any of the UIs from its competitors.

(and remember trying to compile anything on sunos and only having suncc? fuck that, imo, I'll deal with xcode)

Re: How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven

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Post by GFK_of_xmaspast »

cones688 wrote: post #115
School-Cotton wrote: post #80

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The benefit of Macs is that they're high-end unix workstations optimized for usability. As far as I know Apple is the only company still making anything by that description.

Thinkpads?

I have to occasionally support a thinkpad user and I wouldn't wish that computer on anybody (just from trackpad annoyances alone).

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Post by larrys »

beachstartup wrote: post #159
larrys wrote: post #149

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I've seen that as well. I'm wondering (from my own experiment) if it has something to do with angles vs. no angles [1] in terms of the metal in addition to the blocking by metal of the actual microwaves. [1] Same as with stealth airplanes avoiding radar, right?

microwaves induce a current in metal. if there's a gap for that current to jump, you'll see it jump, and it'll probably cause problems including fire, but if there's no gap to jump, all that voltage potential just stays in the metal. put a table spoon in the microwave and turn it on - nothing happens. i do this all the time when reheating soup. i've won money on small bets like this too. non-technical people have no…

Preface for anyone reading this: I don't have any technical degree only what I have picked up over time. That said:

So in terms of the instructions "wrap the chicken" assuming the chicken were wrapped in a way that there was no crunchiness that produced metal gaps then it would merely block the chicken from cooking in the area wrapped, right? So in theory a nice idea but in practice people slap on the tin foil and then you have sparking? Hence "no metal in microwave" is really simply not being able to rely that the general public using the product will know the nuances (which makes sense). (Human behavior is something that I do know quite a bit about..)

Maybe you've done this one: You take a glass of water in pyrex (or coffee cup) and heat it just until it is ready to boil. Then you put a spoon or other object in and it explodes. Because apparently (I think..) breaking the surface tension is the issue (which can be done with anything if you don't remove carefully and shake a bit it will also happen).

Another thing that I've noticed is that water obviously boils at different times depending on the humidity in the room (I'm non technical enough to think that I figured that one out but feel free to correct me..)

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Post by cgio »

aidos wrote: post #160
MichaelGG wrote: post #152

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Wait doesn't this break the microwave? If not, I'm gonna show my kids something really neat.

Eventually the gas in the bulb expands too much and the bulb itself shatters. In my experience, other than having to clean up the broken glass, the microwave still runs fine. At one point we had a bulb where the glass expanded out enough to ease the pressure created. We could use it again and again. Maybe it's a bad thing to do, maybe there's some horrific gas that's created. Someone on here could weigh in on that. I…

I think it depends on the kind of lightbulb, but I would be especially careful with eco(?) energy saving light bulbs

From http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-506347/An-ene...

Energy-saving light bulbs are so dangerous that everyone must leave the room for at least 15 minutes if one falls to the floor and breaks, a Government department warned yesterday. The startling alert came as health experts also warned that toxic mercury inside the bulbs can aggravate a range of problems including migraines and dizziness. And a leading dermatologist said tens of thousands of people with skin complaints will find it hard to tolerate being near the bulbs as they cause conditions such as eczema to flare up. The Department for Environment warned shards of glass from broken bulbs should not be vacuumed up but instead swept away by someone wearing rubber gloves to protect them from the bulb's mercury content. In addition, it said care should be taken not to inhale any dust and the broken pieces should be put in a sealed plastic bag for disposal at a council dump – not a normal household bin. None of this advice, however, is printed on the packaging the new-style bulbs are sold in. There are also worries over how the bulbs will be disposed of.

Re: How I resurrected my MacBook Pro by putting it in the oven

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Post by __david__ »

kkl232 wrote: post #158

Hilarious!! At some point I spilled water all over my MacbookPro and I turned it off and let it dry overnight. The next morning it refused to turn on. I took it to Apple and they say they must send it to repairs for 750 dollars!! I refused to pay money, went home, asked some friends about it, and concluded that I should put my computer in an inverted position like a teepee. I let it sit for 2 days. And Voila! Good as…

If you have a gas oven with a pilot lite, it's the perfect place to let things dry out (don't turn it on, just let the small flame of the pilot lite dry things out). These seem to be more rare nowadays, though.

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Post by __david__ »

TacticalCoder wrote: post #89
werid wrote: post #25

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That sounds like the old harddrive trick where a harddrive refuses to start until it's cold enough.

I confirm here that one day, about ten years ago, I managed to save a harddisk on which I had important data for which I had no backup (well, I had backups but I had lost/forgot the gpg key to decrypt them which in a way is even more stupid than not having backup at all: false sense of security). You could hear the HDD "wanting" to start but failing. I searched the net like crazy because I really needed the data kind…

It's called "stiction" [1] and it used to be a very common way for HDs to fail. I haven't seen it so much any more.

You could also hold the drive in your hand and rotate it in a jerking fashion to try to unstick it. I remember doing that successfully a few times.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stiction#Hard_disk_drives

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Post by brianbarker »

MichaelGG wrote: post #152
aidos wrote: post #48

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I'm sure it wasn't a great idea but we used to microwave things for the effect. At one point there were no lightbulbs left in our house because they'd all gone in the microwave. Your very own Aurora Microwavas from the comfort of your own kitchen.

Wait doesn't this break the microwave? If not, I'm gonna show my kids something really neat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcs_9kPfCL4

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Post by oneeyedpigeon »

unicornporn wrote: post #117
danmatan wrote: post #100

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Is it common to have your replacement/repair refused unless you bring up the "reklamationstiden" argument?

Yes, many people don't know about this law. The shops know this and takes advantage of it. Of course there is also the manufacturer's warranty, which lasts for as long as the manufacturer decides.

Why have that law, and then make it legal for the shops to not acknowledge it up front? Why does the law have to be some weird kind of game where only people in the know benefit from it?
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