iPhones and MacBooks have liquid damage indicators on the logic board that change color if water or another fluid has been spilled, helping identify false warranty claims when customers bring their devices in for a free repair or service. However, the owner of a 3-month-old 13-inch M5 MacBook Air says Apple is wrongly blaming him for liquid damage to his machine, despite the user being adamant that nothing was spilled.
Liquid indicators can apparently change color without any liquid spilled on a MacBook due to a change in the surrounding moisture content
Two days after Redditor “No-Wishbone2585” took his M5 MacBook Air to an Apple authorized service center, it was concluded that the machine had suffered liquid damage, causing the display flex cable to develop corrosion, resulting in hardware failure. The user appears fairly confident that he didn’t spill any liquid on his premium notebook, and while he has stated that he has all the diagnostic evidence, he has yet to upload it to Reddit.
As for the mystery regarding Apple’s service center personnel believing that the M5 MacBook Air suffered from a liquid spill, a few replies in the Reddit thread state that liquid indicators on thes...