Keyboard problems with my macbook

Question

alright so i came home today and found that my cat threw up on my keyboard, and because it was kind of crusty i had to scrub it off, and it's led to several problems with my macbook.
when i type it won't type letters, it's just symbols and commas, the light doesn't come on when i push the caps key, and when i click on my ichat buddylist, it highlights the entire list.
and also, when i click on links in webpages, it will download the link to the page as a file onto my desktop.
is there anything i can do to fix this?

Answer 1

Macbook keys are laid out different enough that it's not nearly as easy to "pop them off" to clean if you can at all. Beyond some basic cleaning, you can try resetting the following:
Reset your PRAM: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=2238
Reset your PMU: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303319
Still looks like a hardware issue now with the keyboard, but the PRAM stores information and settings for some keyboard functions and the PMU is a tad more responsible for the hardware functionality.
Beyond those two resets you'll most likely be looking at having the computer sent in for repair...sadly enough, not under warranty...and you'll be looking at a bare minimum of $350 - $400, as there are flat rate labour and repair charges for repairs not under warranty of $280, and a new keyboard/trackpad isn't gonna be DIRT cheap.
Sorry for the bad news, but this is why I trust my cats with nothing.