MacBook keyboard spill damage?

Hello all
I recently purchased a spill damaged Macbook late 2007 Core 2 Duo 2GHz 1GB RAM. Opened it up and cleaned it all out with water dispersent and contact cleaner and re-pasted the heatsinks. Plugged the keyboard in, hit the power button and... Nothing!
So I watched this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cnXsKBX5LM tried it and pow, Macbook fires up! Happy days, now have a semi-working macbook for under £30.
My question now relates to the keyboard and its port/socket on the logic board. If I am able to start the Macbook using the method in the video above, can I assume that its the keyboard that is damage/broken and not the port on the board? And that if I were to buy a new one for around £50 would it work?
I realise nobody could give me a definitive answer but a general consensus would be prime
Thanks in advance. TRTH

Based in the information provided, no, you can't assume that the keyboard itself is faulty. What a liquid spill is involved anything could be shorted out. So in your case it could be the keyboard, it could bethe logic board or it could be both. Without the proper tools and knowledge to check the components out all you can do is start throwing money at it and hope the first cheapest thing you try works!

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Remove the computer's battery (if you can)
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