[ale] [OT] Gimme a D, gimme an O, gimme an H, gimme a !

[Geoffrey]

The first thing you should have done was removed the battery.  In this 
way you reduce the possibility of a short causing permanent damage.  The 
likelyhood that this will make any difference now is slim, as the soda's 
probably dry now.

I would suggest that at this point you have the weigh the options.  I've 
taken a couple of different laptops apart for various reasons.  It's 
likely you'll need to consider doing the same in order to insure you've 
gotten in completely cleaned out.  Laptops use different assembly 
techniques and different technologies for their keyboards.  Point is, 
there's no easy way to tell you how to take it apart, or if you'll be 
able to get it back together.  Some laptop elements are designed to not 
come apart, that is, remove and replace.

What you want to be able to do is to isolate the keyboard from the rest 
of the machine, so you can properly clean it without harming the balance 
of the device.  Soda's nasty, sticky and all

That's not a lot of help, I know, but I will say I've successfully 
disassembled an old compaq 486 and a couple of newer ibm (p166) laptops.

Good luck.

Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I have done something bad. To wit, I dumped about half a pint of
> Pepsi (note: no longer an Atlanta resident, therefore free to drink
> whatever I want) on my laptop.
> 
> I immediately popped the keycaps off the affected keys, grabbed
> some cotton swaps, looked for a bottle of rubbing alchohol, didn't
> find it, went to the local drugstore, bought a bottle of rubbing
> alchohol, returned home (elapsed time roughly 20 minutes), and
> carefully cleaned both the keycaps and the keyboard mechanism
> beneath.
> 
> Still, things are Not Right. I'm getting periodic random keystrokes
> when my fingers are nowhere near the keyboard; obviously
> I didn't clean up everything that needed cleaning. So am I just
> screwed here, or what? Any advice?
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> -- Joe
> 
> 
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