Pavilion dv7-6101eo works but doesn't start.

[Bosis]

My notebook got a cup of black coffee on the keyboard.

I have cleaned a little, disassembled the whole notebook, even cpu, added new silver and put everything back togeather again. Started and everything worked. Shut the notebook domw - dead. Could not start again, no blinking, nothing. Repeated picking apart everythung again and started. Works perfekt to press start and go. So this time I made a recovery and reinstalled everything.

Keyboard does not work all over, a, s, d, f,e, l and swedish letter ö doesnt work very well. I dont thing the contact for headphones work properly either - you get some sound but a little in both speakers and phones. Forgot to check the sd card reader but it is located there in the corner with a speaker. 

Onece i disassembled everything but mobo and this card reader and then the notebook did not start. I had to do it all again and it started. So now I am a bit puzzled to what It can be?

It does not work removing batteri and pushing start button. Not for 15 seconds - not even for 2 minutes. I know that battery, power cord works fine, cd, network, hdd, memory modules, fan, cpu - everything works and yesterday the notebook run for 24 h without malfunctioning at all. Installed programs and restarted over and over again. And after all that I shut down the notebook the way you should. And - it will not start again ???

Is there a possibility that some current is left in cd-card reader or something that stops the notebook from starting? Or is it enough that the keyboard is malfuctioning? I can't understand what it is with the disassembeling process that makes the notebook start.

Its not fun to have to take everything apart everytime you want to start your computor 😞 ...

[erico · Accepted solution]

It sounds like the coffee did more damage than you thought.

You should have taken it apart and used contact cleaner everywhere that the coffe could have gone.

The next step is a difficult one for most people:  let it dry for at least one day in open air in a safe dry place.. It is unfortunate that you didn't do that.

You should consider looking for a replacement notebook.  A systemboard and keyboard would be options, unless the cost puts you upside down aginst the present value of the notebook. 

[Bosis]

:catsad:

Yepp, you are right. I have learned that now. Motherboard an maybe the card reader too died a bit. Selling the rest as spare now. One shouldnt drink close to computors ...

[Bosis]

I actually changed my mind, found a new keyboard and mobo and my computer still works excellent since that day 🙂

[erico]

Hi.

It has been a couple of years since you responded to the thread.

So, you replaced the keyboard and motherboard ,and life is good?