keyboard short circuited

georgeyhere

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Aug 21, 2014
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OK. My dad spilled coffee on his dell 5510 a couple months ago. He cleaned it up and tilted it on its side etc. When he booted it back up a couple days later, keyboard no longer worked. I recently disassembled the laptop and cleaned up dried coffee. Slight corrosion but nothing near sockets/wiring/circuitry. Disassembled and cleaned the keyboard and it still didn't work. Is it short circuited?
 
Solution
You probably need a new laptop keyboard as the keyboard on that laptop has probably short circuited. He could use a USB keyboard as a temporary replacement.