Everything Apple (the Mac heads thread)

sorethroat: Remove the battery asap and leave the unit without power for a week or so (in an airing cupboard or similar).

Don't dunk it, that won't do much anymore, any residue from the beer (sugars) will have clung on by now and the water doesn't naturally penetrate anything, etc (it's mainly used as a technique to dilute/wash away liquids immediately after a spill). You could open up the unit and use a mixture of compressed air and deionised water to give everything a once over, but you may do more harm than good (depends on your level of competence).

If you're lucky it'll boot up just fine once completely dry, if you're unlucky the main board will be damaged, if you're really unlucky your HD may be caput (you can still recover data from it though, but would have to pay hundreds of pounds for a specialist).

Thanks very much Jono. Sure this has been asked before but I panicked and didn't search first. Thanks again.