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Hi Everyone, I have a MBP Retina 13 (2014) (A1502) which was liquid damaged a couple of weeks ago. After the damage, the device would turn on, chime, then restart…and so on. (The screen did light up, but restarted before Apple logo appeared). I tried the usual - SMC, PRAM, Safe, Recovery etc… to no avail. I cleaned the Logic, SSD, I/O, and Airport boards in meths (which I have successfully done in the past with other Macs after liquid damage). Now however, the Mac will still chime on boot, but there is nothing from the screen at all. The fan continues to run until I turn it off so there is life. Again, I have tried SMC, PRAM etc… but nothing seems to get the screen lit. No life from an external display over HDMI either. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Ben
Hi Ben, sometimes cleaning isn’t enough. When liquid hits the interior, it can also short out circuitry. Given that you’ve tried everything else. I’d bet the logic board needs micro-soldering or replacing. Micro-soldering takes longer (you have to send it out), but is cheaper.
