I spilled water on my PowerBook G4 while it was running!

I was on msn when I received a message on the iPhone, I would get it to read and accidentally spilled a large portion of water out of a glass on top of the keyboard. He continued working. The screen turned off, the apple logo turned off. I removed the plug, opend the keyboard and tried to dry as much as possible. After that, I tried to turn it back on but the light on the charger that connects to the back was weak, and flashing. I heard noises of something running inside it, but didn't heard the startup chord. I left it open and put it upside down, open to the maximum extent possible in the room. Will he work again? How long do I leave it like that? http://twitpic.com/5ld7wj thank you!

I did a quick Google search. Be fortunate it was water. Other posters cited coffee, soda and cat urine. Look at these links.
Mini Tutorial: Liquid Mishaps: Dealing with accidental beverage spills on your PowerBook/iBook; external keyboard http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10333581-263.html
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/360979?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1456253?start=0&tstart=0
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/397827?start=0&tstart=0
 Cheers, Tom

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I turned it off and put it in a ziploc bag with rice for over 12 hours.
Now before you do anything else, put it back in the bag and leave ot there for another week.
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