If you have spilled water on your laptop keyboard, here is a simple way to get it sorted out. You will need a couple tools :
Screwdrivers to be able to remove your keyboard
Isopropyl alcohol 50 % to 70% Isopropyl alcohol
Lamp
Time and patience
1. Turn off computer by holding down the power button until it shuts off.( I am sure you are have already done so if you are reading this...)
2. Place paper towel on keyboard. Close lid. Remove power cable and battery.
3. leave upside down for a little while. The liquid will thus not flow into the computer.
4. See what can flow out had flowed out.
5. If required, consult manual to remove keyboard.
6. Remove keyboard, wash it under the tap.
7. Let excess water drip out by tilting on angles. Shaking may also work.
8. Pour enough Isopropyl alcohol to make the whole keyboard wet.
9. Allow to flow into the keyboard for few minutes, then shake, tilt the keyboard to remove the excess alcohol.
10. A lamp is used to generate head and make the keyboard dry. Make key side face the table and thus the back with aluminum face up. Allow to rest like such for 10-12 hours. (I used a 50W Halogen bulb at about 15cm away.
11. If possible, remove the caps of a few keys to see if the rubber dome does not have liquid inside. If so allow to dry further.
12. Once reasonably dry, put back in laptop and test. You may want to not put all the screws back until it is working. Wait a few more days before ordering a new keyboard if the above instructions did no work.
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