Spilled Soda over keyboard of my Helios 500

Muminek1362

Hi! I've accidently spilled some sode over left part of my laptop. I dried it out, left it so its completely dry, cleaned the top but the keys are hard to press. I dont know whether i can pry them up and wash the keyboard and since this is my first time dealing with a laptop keyboard im scared for any potential damage. The resistance that some keys make is so great they sometimes dont press. Should I go to a PC shop and let them clean it all up?

aphanic

Best advice I could give you... yep, go to a PC shop and have them look at it, because you're only seeing the tip of the iceberg so to speak.

That soda likely seeped into the laptop internals and over time its water content can cause corrosion to appear, short circuits, the lot. Ideally, the computer would have to be disassembled and properly cleaned, maybe in a ultrasonic machine with some IPA, I don't know, but certainly thoroughly inspected.

aphanic

Best advice I could give you... yep, go to a PC shop and have them look at it, because you're only seeing the tip of the iceberg so to speak.

That soda likely seeped into the laptop internals and over time its water content can cause corrosion to appear, short circuits, the lot. Ideally, the computer would have to be disassembled and properly cleaned, maybe in a ultrasonic machine with some IPA, I don't know, but certainly thoroughly inspected.

xapim

Muminek1362 it should be completely disassembled asap as it was already stated above and properly cleaned to see if already did any damages or not just bare in mind if youre still on warranty and you have warranty seals the warranty will be voided if you open it yourself or any other shop apart form acer and even if you send it to acer under warranty it will not cover user self damages like spillages etc you will  have to pay for the work good luck