Macbook Air Power button not working

Macbook Air Power button not working

Hello. I own a Macbook Air A1237. My sister accidentally spilled a little beer on the keyboard. After it dried out, I plugged the laptop in, hit the power button, and nothing. The green light comes on the side of the laptop, then goes yellow(I assume that means the battery is charging). If I disconnect the battery, and plug the laptop in, the laptop powers on by itself and works.

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bert [Entry]

"You should clean the inside of the laptop when you have it appart - corrosion will set in, and more problems will develop over time if you don't.

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Yes a new topcase will be needed.' Liquid shorted out either/both the connector cable or the power button. ''

Good Luck,

N."

bert [Entry]

"have the same issue though the power button answers when reseting SMC - shift +ctrl+alt+cmd+power button but not otherwise only on this stroke..very strange..

UPDATE!

Allright, just after i was writing the previous answer/question i was playing with the machine and measured the voltage on the connection to the logicboard on the logicboard side and not on the Trackpad side, i kept pressing the power button and wanted to check if there is any reaction, at the beginning there was nothing and than i got 5v on pin number 4 or 5 from the left this pins normally gives 3v when turned off and 5v when turned on..now the power button works again..il let you know if it keeps that way.

but i obviously shortened something in there that activated the pin again."

bert [Entry]

Seriously? In a google search of this ‘power button’ issue this website comes up as SOLVED but then after having a read of the ‘solution’ I find out that it was sheer luck that someone touched something on a circuit board and his power button started working again. How that is a solve is beyond me as to replicate a blind man stumbling through a graveyard is near impossible. This site should remove the SOLVED until a solution that can be replicated is found

bert [Entry]

"Can any one explain the power button not working mac air 2019 .

I tried shift+ctrl+option+command button s

Power cable flicker turn to orange. Before it was green.

But power button not working"