Spilled coffee over Macbook Pro, now the keys are stuck, replace the keyboard

I recently spilled some coffee over my Macbook Pro.

**Spilling liquids over your laptop is one of the worst things you can do to your computer and needs instant action!!
There is no way to get this fixed under warranty

If your unsaved data is worth more then your computer, you might wanna try to backup first and let the liquid drip deeper into your system. In any other case immediately turn over your laptop, unplug all power and remove the battery asap. This might prevent any electrical shortcuts to screw your computer, if its not too late already.

So that is what i did.
Now you can only wait (for 2 or 3 days) to let the liquids dry out. The longer you wait, the safer.

If you think the computer is completely dry, you can try to turn it on again.
In my case, a Macbook Pro, it rebooted and still worked perfectly. Except for some keys on the keyboard were stuck.
I was able to do all my backups and other work using an external keyboard.

Offcourse i wanted my keyboard to be fixed, so i did some research and came across this topic: "how to replace the keyboard of your macbook pro". This is a tutorial with pictures and very good explenation coming with it.
Thank you guys, it was a great help for me.

I followed the steps in this tutorial, and although i was afraid to open the macbook at first, it turned out to be very easy.
If you have the correct gear that is (described in the tutorial). If you wanna try this at home, don't stress out, folow the steps and you will be done in less than an hour.
The tutorial also explaines how to rinse your keyboard for any stuck liquid to come off. I didn't wanna go trough this trouble, so i just bought a new keyboard (70 euros at Applestore) and replaced it with mine.
I reassembled everything (don't forget any steps) and now my computer is working as it should.

Also i was amazed by the amount of coffee that was in my computer. Like half a cup of coffee went into my computer, but the inside was unaffected. The mainboard was clean, and most of the residu was guarded in and beneath my keyboard.
If you open your macbook pro, you will see it has a lot of layers beneath the keyboard which come in very handy in cases of spilling liquid over your computer.

I hope you never have to go trough this, especially with a new machine, but if you do, don't stress out and use your brain, it will probably turn out well.


or you can always use a hammer...
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