Stones in a MacBook: Danger to Display, Logic Board and Other Components
Danger Recognized – Danger Averted
Small stones, sand or other foreign objects can cause severe damage to your MacBook. Even tiny particles between the display and the housing can break the display panel and cause expensive further damage to the logic board when you close the laptop.
When the Apple MacBook is used outdoors, small objects such as sand, pebbles, twigs and more can get into various gaps. In addition to entering the housing through the ventilation slots, foreign objects often find their way between the display and the housing and settle there.
Especially when the MacBook is placed on sand or gravel, small stones can accumulate between the top of the housing and the bottom of the display. When you close the laptop, they can destroy the display, possibly cables and, through a short circuit, various other components.
Preventive Measures Outdoors
Check before closing: Thoroughly inspect your MacBook for foreign objects between the display and the housing after each outdoor use. Even a tiny stone can destroy the display when you close the lid and cause expensive further damage.
Danger to the MacBook Display: Stones, Sand and More
If the MacBook was used outdoors on a lawn, in the woods, at the beach, in the mountains or elsewhere, inspect it carefully before you close it.
In addition to stones, gravel and sand, twigs or other materials can also destroy the display when you close the lid. Because the housing does not give way, all the pressure goes into the display and its glass.
If it cracks at certain points, such as at the bottom where it connects to the housing, then cables, circuit boards and individual chips can be damaged as a result of a short circuit. For problems like these, we offer MacBook repair with a free analysis.
Even very small stones can cause this kind of damage to the MacBook Pro.
Free Damage Analysis
Have you already discovered damage to your MacBook? We look at your MacBook free of charge and give you a clear cost estimate. Sending it in with our free DHL label puts you under no obligation.
Danger to Internal Components: Foreign Objects in the MacBook Housing
If foreign objects get into the MacBook housing through the ventilation slots, you cannot see this just by looking at the device, of course. But if you hear something rattling in the laptop after using it outdoors, be careful.
Please don't shake the MacBook to find what is inside – sand and other particles can scratch the internal components. And please don't try to shake it out either.
If something got into your MacBook, switch it off and bring it to us or send it in – the analysis is free.