Bluetooth Unavailable (possible motherboard damage?)

Hi,
A few weeks after I first got my Macbook (in around september of last year) My bluetooth module seemed to have stopped working. the icon in the top right corner has a squiggle through the logo, and says it's not available. when I go to the Bluetooth File Exchange app in the utilities, it says that it may not be connected to the computer. seeing as how it's built into it, and I have gotten it to work on a few separate occasions, I know that's not true. I don't have to use it that often, and that's why i haven't taken it in beforehand. (also, i think backing up this machine is a bit of a pain)
In any case, I heard recently that it might be a problem with the computer's motherboard. I'm wondering if this is in fact the problem, or if it's a simple error on my computer. if it is indeed a physical problem with the motherboard, i'm also wondering if it's worth it to go to the apple store for repairs immediately. I live near a store, but as gas prices are rising, and my students savings are not, it becomes more of a burden to get anything fixed there.
any clues would be appreciated,
Sam

Hello flxbbs!: Yes indeed you likely shorted out your motherboard &now face the prospect of getting a new one.
also what you can do in the future is try & wipe the keys with distilled water to get the pieces of whatever made the wine out of the next system then let it dry for a week.
as for the heating up of the palmrest that is due to the aforementioned pieces of whatever fruit leaving a sticky residue which is similar to dust.
good luck
hope this helps & enlightens you
as a fellow chiphead & owner of computers I express my deepest sympathy & condolence to your loss!
spacechild

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