Water spill on keyboard, won't power up.

Water spill on keyboard, won't power up. My girlfriend has a macbook pro and she enjoys drinking large glasses of water right next to it. Unfortunately, when she last spilled water on it, something went wrong and the mac will not power up anymore (after flipping it and 5 days drying).
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bert [Entry]

"You've made the test - the top case/keyboard is shot. The power button runs through the top case circuitry. The DIY fix would be to replace the complete top case.

Girlfriend should buy a sealed cup with a straw, or step away from the computer to drink liquids.

If this answer is acceptable please remember to return and mark it accepted."

bert [Entry]

Top case wouldn't need repaired. The keyboard and power button are part of the same assembly. So to replace the power button, you would replace the entire keyboard. I did this repair on a 2010 MBP that kept turning off during the boot up sequence. The person I bought it from figured it was a bad logic board, but I took the gamble, and sure enough, it was the keyboard causing a short or whatever the problem was. New keyboard made it run like new. I noticed a lot of sticky nastiness on the old keyboard after I removed it, so I'm sure that was also caused by liquid damage. The logic board was fine. I think this problem is often overlooked when people report water damage. People are always quick to say logic board, but the keyboard really traps most of the spill it looks like (of course it depends on the part of the device the spill occurred, and just how much liquid got in.

bert [Entry]

"Hey

I'd like to add my two cents. I managed to spill about a half a glass of water on my Macbook near the air vent and the laptop went off. I was freaking out and tried to turn it on which it did but it again got shut down after a few minutes and then it refused to start. I know I did the biggest mistake but then I googled everywhere what should I be doing. With no hope I just reversed my macbook and kept it as it is air for two days occasionally exposing it to sunlight and miraculously it started working after two days. I am typing from my macbook write now."

bert [Entry]

"As there has been no definitive answer on this, here it is:

The keyboard has shorted out and needs to be replace. Here's how to do that:

MacBook Pro 13"" Unibody Mid 2010 Keyboard Replacement

Keyboard replacements can be found easily by doing a search on Google or eBay for:

keyboard +MacBook+Pro+13-Inch+Unibody+Mid+2010+Keyboard+Replacement"

bert [Entry]

Ya if power button doesn't work then will have to replace top case for sure i do apple repairs and very common after liquid spills to take out just power button or will have to short every time to turn on