04-08-2007, 04:14 AM
First, tell your friend to smack himself upside the head for having a soda within spillable distance of a laptop; this might well end up costing him the whole machine.
In my experience, the soda rarely stops at the keyboard; the sugars and acids are probably slowly working their way into the circuit boards, where they will inevitably (but probably not for quite some time) eat away enough circuitry to cause the machine to fail.
I certainly hope your friend caught it in time, and that only the kb needs replacing, but I'd advise him to get on a daily backup regimen NOW and stick with it. If ANY part of the underlying assembly has gotten "sticky," it's probably just a matter of time.
In my experience, the soda rarely stops at the keyboard; the sugars and acids are probably slowly working their way into the circuit boards, where they will inevitably (but probably not for quite some time) eat away enough circuitry to cause the machine to fail.
I certainly hope your friend caught it in time, and that only the kb needs replacing, but I'd advise him to get on a daily backup regimen NOW and stick with it. If ANY part of the underlying assembly has gotten "sticky," it's probably just a matter of time.