Chosen Solution
Had a water bottle next to my bed and accidentally knocked it over in the middle of the night onto my mac. The following day I opened it up, my track-pad was over-responsive, wifi didn’t work at the time either. Wifi and trackpad are working again since I let it air out. However, the slow processing speed has not changed. There was some corrosion noted near the track pad connecter/cable on one side, otherwise there was no other obvious signs. The fan is over-working also present on start up. Can anyone point me towards some resources? I am a novice with Mac repairs, however am comfortable replacing my own display for my iphone if this helps with my skill level.
Hey Matthew, Sounds like a Sensor is damaged. This causes the Computer to think its running a lot hotter than it actually is and throttles down the CPU and runs the fans high. You can use a Sensor Checking software to see what sensor it is. Sensor check software: http://www.tunabellysoftware.com/tgpro/ If it’s the trackpad sensor you will have to deal with prying out the battery carefully for replacement, otherwise its going to be a Motherboard repair, it shouldn’t be too big of a deal for any repair shop offering micro soldering. As long as they know what they are doing :P
