Sadly, there is nothing you can do here to fix this. By chance did you sign up for AppleCare+ ?? If you had Apple does offer people a reduced price for repairs under it.
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While not overly hard you will need to replace the entire display assembly as the display in this series is fully sealed! The area where the moisture was is in fact behind the LCD panel within the dispersion sheets. What you are seeing is what was in the water after it evaporated. Your drink was not pure H2O it was made up of tea, sugar, lemon or milk all of which are solids and even the water used to make the tea have minerals dissolved too!
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While not overly hard you will need to replace the entire display assembly as the display in this series is fully sealed! The area where the moisture was is in fact behind the LCD panel within the light dispersion sheets. What you are seeing is what was in the water after it evaporated. Your drink was not pure H2O it was made up of tea, sugar, lemon or milk all of which are solids and even the water used to make the tea have minerals dissolved too!
Here’s a view of what makes up a MacBook Pro retina display sheets:
[image|2083519]
“Diffuser and prism films evenly spread the light to create an even backlight for the display panel. A stationary polarizing sheet then works in conjunction with the liquid crystals to block or allow light for each pixel”
Basically, the liquid wicked up between the sheets.
Here’s what you’ll need:
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* [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22532|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Space Grey, Apple P/N 661-14200 (new)]
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* [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22534|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Silver, Apple P/N 661-14201 (new)]
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* [link|https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22532|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Space Grey, Apple P/N 661-14200 (new)]
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* [link|https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22534|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Silver, Apple P/N 661-14201 (new)]
Clearly this is not cheap! Maybe you’ll need to live with it for awhile, hoping a cheaper used part becomes available.
While this is for the 15” model, Apple really didn’t alter things in the 16” models, here’s the steps to install it: [guide|122939]
Sadly, there is nothing you can do here to fix this. By chance did you sign up for AppleCare+ ?? If you had Apple does offer people a reduced price for repairs under it.
While not overly hard you will need to replace the entire display assembly as the display in this series is fully sealed! The area where the moisture was is in fact behind the LCD panel within the dispersion sheets. What you are seeing is what was in the water after it evaporated. Your drink was not pure H2O it was made up of tea, sugar, lemon or milk all of which are solids and even the water used to make the tea have minerals dissolved too!
Here’s a view of what makes up a MacBook Pro retina display sheets:
[image|2083519]
“Diffuser and prism films evenly spread the light to create an even backlight for the display panel. A stationary polarizing sheet then works in conjunction with the liquid crystals to block or allow light for each pixel”
Basically, the liquid wicked up between the sheets.
Here’s what you’ll need:
* [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22532|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Space Grey, Apple P/N 661-14200 (new)]
* [https://www.thebookyard.com/product.php?cPath=39_719&products_id=22534|16” MacBook Pro Display Assembly - Silver, Apple P/N 661-14201 (new)]
Clearly this is not cheap! Maybe you’ll need to live with it for awhile, hoping a cheaper used part becomes available.
While this is for the 15” model, Apple really didn’t alter things in the 16” models, here’s the steps to install it: [guide|122939]