Spilled drink on my new notebook HP 255 G7

[Judith1071]

Please, help me. Today I spilled my very sugary tea on my brand new laptop. I can't afford a new one, because I'm student and I worked all summer just to afford one. I took out all the things connected to it out (didn't take out the battery though) and gently tried to shake the tea out of it. After that, I didn't turn it off and continued using it. Everything seems okay, but a few keyboards are harder to use, probably because it's sticks(because of the sugar). Now I don't know what to do. I'm panicking very much, because I'm scared that I'll have future problems with it - with corrosion, etc..I live in area very heavily infested with Covid, so everything is closed right now. Should I try to disassemble the notebook and clean the keyboard myself? I put the notebook upside down, but that was after a few hours of me using it. Is it already too late? Thank you in advanced for answering my question.

[WAWood]

@Judith1071 

Turn the laptop OFF -- and do NOT turn it back ON!!

Spilling liquid on a laptop is the second-most damaging thing you can do to it (first is dropping it on a hard floor).

Here are some tips on dealing with liquid damage: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/you-just-spilled-water-or-coffee-on-your-laptop-heres-what-you-should-d...

However ... it's most likely that SOME damage was done, regardless of how quickly you turned off the laptop and what you did afterward. The key problems are only the surface and almost certainly, more damage was done than that.

The ONLY way to know for sure is to take or send it to an HP Service Center and pay a LOT of money for them to run full diagnostics on it, and after that, to disassemble it to repair or replace any damaged components.

And, if the motherboard is damaged, the cost of repair can easily exceed the cost of replacing the laptop -- because (as far as I know) liquid spill damage is NOT covered under the warranty.

Since you live outside the U.S., here is a link to HP Service Centers, by Country/Region: https://support.hp.com/in-en/service-center

If that link does not give you the information you need, here is the general support link:

https://support.hp.com/us-en/contact-hp?openCLC=true