Fried Computer

Well, I fucked up and spilled some soda on my laptop. It was half a glass from a can. After spilling it, the keyboard started beeping like hell as I was cleaning it up, so I shut it down (the laptop, not the keyboard) and finished drying it off. Now it won't boot. When I hold down the power button, nothing happens. No flashing lights, no nothing.

My question to you, /comp/, is if theres any chance that my laptop may get better with time. Im wondering if, after the soda that i didn't get (the stuff that seeped into the actual computer) dries off, if there is any chance it'll boot up fine and let me resume my daily online rituals. I know the built-in keyboard is buggered, but I have a few spare external ones I can hook up.

Meh...
The thing probably won't work again.
Soda's got like... Sodium and sugar and all that crap in it...
That stuff 'll stay even after everything dries...
If you have a brain and know how not to fuck it up more, open er' up and clean it out yourself.
DON'T USE ACETONE OR ANY OF THAT CRAP YOU IDIOT.
DON'T USE ANYTHING BUT WATER.
A little water and a paper towel...
Make sure you leave nothing behind...

The power button may well be connected to the keyboard controller, so that might be why it's not working.
You might want to disassemble the laptop and clean it as thoroughly as possible. I recommend using IPA (Isopropanole) for this, as it is great for cleaning all kinds of stuff. Please remove the battery before doing anything; it might be a good idea to remove the battery as soon as possible, as the laptop may still be getting standby power from it and strategically placed shorts on the PCB, although unlikely, could lead to nasty situations. The keyboard, however, is broken. The fluid crept into every small cavity and, when it dried, filled it with sirupy soft drink incredients. You'll definitely have to buy a new keyboard.

>>3
Well, Ive dissasembled everything and cleaned everything thoroughly. In all honesty, the actual circuits and stuff like that only had small, SMALL traces of soda in them, as the keyboard took most of the splash.

What Im wondering is, if the power button is connected to the same system as the keyboard, thats now shorted out, how do I start the actual computer?

>>4
>What Im wondering is, if the power button is connected to the same system as the keyboard, thats now shorted out, how do I start the actual computer?

Buy a new keyboard. Maybe there are some solder pads which, when shorted, start the computer, but maybe there aren't. Maybe you can start it via Wake-on-LAN (The NIC's MAC address should be printed on a sticker somewhere on the laptop, but these things wear out ridiculously fast), but chances are you'll really have to get a new keyboard to try it out.

Maybe we could help you more if you specified the model and make of your laptop.

Open, clean with water, wait for it to dry, remove battery, put battery back in, start.

>>6 in that order?
so i like
1. open, clean
2. wait for ages
3. remove battery, reinsert battery
4. start

surely you meant wait after removing battery?

pc 4 niggaz lul