Spilled Water and Desensitized Keys

So, like one of the many, I spilled water on my keyboard -- but the computer is working. Everything is fine. Except a few keys (namely the i, the y and the space bar). It was regular water, no sugar. Any suggestions or experiences with this? It is really making it hard to type!
But it does register the keys, it just takes MORE effort.

I spilled an entire tankard of ginger tea into mine after having barely one week. The liquid dripped out of both the case and the display when I tilted the case on end. I was pretty glum. Fully expecting to have to go back to the Apple Store and to buy a new MacBook, I took a last ditch effort. I took the back panels, the disk and battery off and dabbed out all of the tea that I could reach. Then I set it in front of a fan for the night. The next morning fearing the worst I put it back together, and it rebooted just fine! This was about a month or so ago and all I can say is "Thank you" to the design & engineering team. The touch pad button is a little stickier and the superdrive seems slightly more sluggish to load, but every thing works perfectly. Even battery life has not changed. Like I said: Thank you.
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Hopefully you havent fryed your machine and I would suggest if your mac boots up ok try pluging a usb keyboard in or a wireless one to it and see if that gets you out of the fix.
I will need cleaning by a profesional though I would imagine
What i suspect has happened is the coffee has dried with the heat of the machine and is blocking the electrical conections through the keys
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If you have records that show that you've taken your MacBook Pro in for a year to fix the machine, I would escalate the problem to Apple Customer Relations - unfortunately I don't have a number for Spain.
It would only seem logical to me that if you've been trying to have the machine repaired during the time that the 'recall' was in effect that you should be eligible for a new logic board. But only customer relations will be able to make that call.
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I spilled water on my laptop and my "i", "j" and "k" letters don't work on my laptop. However my main problem is that my password contains an "i" so i am locked out of my computer. Any ideas how I can get around the password and login. I tried the method where you go into single user mode and type in commands, however that method uses some of the letters that are not working on my laptop.

You didn't mention which version of OS X your running but there are password reset utilities provided OS X: Changing or resetting an account password (Snow Leopard and earlier) - Apple Support or OS X: Changing or resetting an account password - Apple Support
Alternately you can use an external keyboard to log in and change the password. Make a backup if you don't have one, it's likely that your problems aren't over. If that water continues to migrate downward and fries the logic board your macbook will be toast.

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**update**
I don't know if this will help someone but I am posting this for that purpose. In the past when I first had this problem, I'd read a post somewhere (sorry, long ago, don't have the link) where an individual was having the same problem and they stated that when the MBP got heated, that's when the keys would stop working, and they went into the MBP and jiggle some stuff around (a specific wire, I'm not electronically inclined so I know NOT of what they spake!). Well I didn't want to do that but it always stuck in the back of my mind. I had given up, really, and was planning to take my MBP to the apple store. But by chance one night I left my MBP on the floor where it's cool, and when I turned it on, the problem went - poof! It seems there was some validity to the post that spoke about heat, because my problems started when I would stream foreign dramas on my MBP for hours at night, and I would hear the fan going off all the time, and in the mornings, my "p", "enter", "0", ";", and all the function keys would stop working.
So, maybe try keeping the MBP in a cool place when it's off. Since I've started doing this overnight every night (keeping it on the cool floor, out of reach of any big feet), I have not had a single problem with my keyboard.
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You can diagnose the problem yourself though. Although from the sounds of it the worst probably happened, you can do a few things to check out if you have any hope.
You dont need to "bring it to the apple store" to figure out whats wrong with it as many others have told you is your only option. The service manual that an apple technician uses to diagnose and fix the macbook pros is readily available online.
If you don't want to spend money and your insurance won't cover this here is what you should do.
First check and see if the battery is acting normally, as in it charges and if you press the indicator button it shows you how full it is. If it is working, you are one step closer to being lucky, if its not, don't expect this next step to work unless you are even more lucky. Now take off the bottom case and try to dry any remaining water with a fan or low heat hairdryer. You might even want to wait another week for it to dry. If you are really ambitious you can buy some electrical contact cleaner and do the same and wait another few more days.
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I spilled water on my macbook pro (13-inch, Mid 2012) about two days ago. I immediately put towel on my keyboard, unplugged and shut it down. I waited for about 36 hours until restarting. The first restarting is okay. Every part seems working well, except for the screen looks a bit weird at the beginning (the light of screen is in the middle of baby blue, gray and white), but then it turned to be the normal color. I was like "Oh My GOD, thank you so much." Then I shut it down. Three hours later, when I turned it on again, the screen was totally black and it comes with the noisy sound from system. Also, when I push the power, it does not sound right. The sound is supposed to be a long beep but now it is just a short beep. I was really desperate. But things changed again! Just 10 minutes ago, I tried to start it again, and it worked this time though with the same weird status as my first restarting. So I guess my laptop has not been totally destroyed, but it is only functional randomly.
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I should stop using it - you may be making matters worse - and take it to the Apple Store as planned. I'm afraid it may not be good news. Water can do a lot of damage in a very short time because it causes corrosion of the very narrow copper strips on the printed circuit boards.

Spilled water on the already troubled macbook, but it works..?

Yesterday afternoon, while studying for final exams, I spilled some water on the upper left-hand side of my several month old Macbook. I had a 12-ounce glass on the desk, and I figure about 2-3 ounces of water spilled on the computer. Water got into the keyboard and the occupied USB, firewire, power, and Ethernet ports on the macbook's left side.
The computer continued to respond for a bit. After a couple minutes, it stopped responding. I tried to turn it on again, and it booted up. But, once the desktop came up, it powered down. I tried to turn it on again, but then I turned it off, took out the battery, and set it display and keyboard down to drain out. I left it like that for a short time -- not more than about an hour. I turned it on, and it has been working ever since. I’m typing on it now.
The battery charged up successfully, the screen works, and all auxiliary devices including the external HDD, printer, speakers, etc. do not seem to have been affected. They themselves were not wet, but the water inside the USB and firewire ports to which they were plugged doesn’t seem to have done any damage.
I have read other threads on this board about spillage, and I realize I may have rushed the process. In other words, I should have left it without power to dry for longer. My question is, at this point, should I take out the battery and let it dry out further? Or, would all damage already have been done? Will things go wrong in the future if they are not going wrong now?
To complicate things a little bit, I had this Macbook at the local genius bar last week to examine problems I've been having. Before the spill, the OS had been freezing a lot and there had been problems starting up, with the folder and flashing question mark. Sometimes when I tried to save documents, it stopped responding, and I heard a clicking sound coming from the right-hand side of the keyboard. I feared the worst -- hard drive failure, i.e. the “click of death.” After some brief tests, the technician couldn't find any HDD problem. He wanted me to leave the computer over for a few days so they could run some more tests. He suggested an erase install. Because of finals and because I don't have another machine, I decided to open a ticket and bring it back in over winter vacation.
Though the system has been working all right since the spill, it seems to be having moving a bit slower than before. When I hold keys down, the repeat rate is not as fast. Programs don’t open as quickly. Do you think this could have been caused by the water damage? I have gleaned from other posts that admitting I spilled water will void my warranty. So, if any repairs are needed for the initial problem, the genius's knowledge of the water spillage will make me have to pay for any repairs? Should I have the genius take a look at the innards to see if anything is messed up due to water? Is there anything in particular I should ask about, and if he/she cannot see anything wrong, should I insist on any particular course of action?
Understandably, I’m agitated about this. I spent a lot on the computer and haven’t had it for long. Fortunately, I cashed in on after Thanksgiving sales to get a solid external hard drive for backups. This is my first Mac product, and it’s frustrating having problems already without me spilling. I trust that this can all be fixed, however. I’m just wondering if there are any land mines I should watch out for now that water has been spilled. What do you think?
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Spilled water without flavorings and especially without sugar is something from which your computer may recover. The best thing to do is to shut off as quickly as possible and remove the battery pack. Place the computer in a sunny window with the lid open to promote evaporation of the water. On top of a refrigerator is also a warm perch that'll promote drying. It is difficult to say exactly how long it takes to dry the computer; that depends on ambient temperature and humidity, and how how water is in there.
The biggest threat from the water is corrosion of metal parts, so drying quickly is a must. Also, water can form mineral salt deposits that can grow conductive dendrites between adjacent traces on printed circuit boards. The formation of dendrites is aggravated if you apply power before the machine is dried out. The worst damage would be if water managed to get in the breather hole of the hard drive - luckily, the way the drive is mounted, that would be fairly unlikely.
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Spilled Water While MacBook Was On...

Alright, on Sunday morning I spilled water on the keyboard of my MacBook while it was on and running. I immediately turned it over to get the water off and then wiped it down with a towel. It was still on and was continuing to play music so I thought it was fine. I foolishly listened to my boyfriend and didn't turn it off or flip it upside down because he said it was fine. Later that night the R and F keys stopped working and the next morning these keys and a number of new keys had stopped working. I also noticed that it wasn't holding a charge and got freaked out even though the rest of the computer was working fine. I've now turned it over and disassembled it as much as possible (I took out the battery and all of the keys and it's sitting on my window sill drying out).
My question is if there is anything else I should do to help the situation. I'm not going to use it again until Saturday and see if that helps but any tips/advice that you all could give would be much appreciated. I know that I've most likely already done damage but if there's anything else to recover or fix what I've done that would be helpful.
The last thing is that my period key doesn't work but it seems to be stuck because when I tried to use the computer and type something it would automatically start typing "...." Please let me know if you have any advice and cross your fingers!
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Let the MacBook dry out for at least three or four days, in a bag of dry rice if you can. If you can get it going again, back up immediately, and regularly thereafter, because at some point, you will get enough internal corrosion built up inside for it to stop working. It may be a few weeks, it may be a year, but liquid on metal and electronics is death.
It could have been much worse--water, at least, doesn't have sticky sugars or other additives that would really mess you up.
Good luck!

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Let it dry out for a much longer time. 45 minutes is clearly not long enough. You are shorting out components every time you throw power to it.
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