Spilt Drink, OS X Bugging Out

[bennifer3000]

So the only time I ever have a drink on the same plane as my computer I spill some of my 20 oz. diet coke on my MacBook Pro.

I cleaned off the keys the best I could, turned it off, cleaned up the rest.
Then I turned it back on after 10/20 minutes from being cleaned up and off.

I took off the keys and cleaned under them then put them back on and turned on. So in any app; Safari, iChat, TextEdit, etc., the keys will randomly input.
Like: 0cccaassscccasssss0'''''''''000asdcccc

Please note that none of the keys are stuck down at all and a thing like the '
is very prevalent. Not a key however. ASSSSSSS and SCCCCCC are very prevalent.

Right now my computer is laying in a L shape, battery removed and obviously powered down.

Any help/tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

[flopticalcube]

You didn't wait long enough. 24 hours or more is what is needed. If you let it dry out for a couple of days you might by lucky.

 

[bennifer3000]

will do. if not....what is the next best course of action? Btw: is there anyway to disable the onboard keyboard?

 

[deadpixels]

it seems the moisture / fluid didn't went just under the keys but also inside the actual electrical contacts, must let it dry, there will be residue left from the coke.
btw, don't drink Coke

 

[bennifer3000]

thanks for the input. i know I gotta quit i've been addicted for my whole life and am working my way down.

Ive heard about using alcohol to remove the coke...seems shady...apparently it'd clean w/o eating the circuitry.

 

[brasscat]

So would a damp cloth. Be extra careful not to put solvents on the electronics.

 

[drennan]

i spilt gin & tonic on my pb about 10 months ago and recently started getting kernel panics. the machine then stopped booting and turned out to be a faulty trackpad caused by the spill. dust/gunk had collected inside the machine where it was still sticky. cost me £310 ($550?) to replace the top case and keyboard (apparently they are interconnected so cant just replace the trackpad/keyboard). so i'd make sure its all propely cleaned inside as may cause probs in the future, even if it works ok now. dren

 

[bennifer3000]

thanks again. the random keystokes are gone, but so is my keyboard.

on the bright side everything else seemingly works. yay team.