Water Damage/ Weird noise when turned on

[MarieAnti63]

Hello! 
so I’ve recently (about an hour ago)) spilled water on my Laptop, and cleaned it with a towel. The sound was fine for a minute before it stopped working, and then a beeping sound happened, which I instantly turned off my laptop, removed the battery and followed protocol, but I turned it on an hour later as it did turn on but it continued to make a beeping sound. Is the sound coming from my fan or my speaker and can my speaker be fixed? Also is my laptop broken?

if not, what can I do? I’m a college student that can’t get it replaced as quickly as possible, while exams are a few weeks away.

[WAWood]

@MarieAnti63 

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.

If you live in the U.S., here is a link to the HP Service Repair Centers:
https://www.service-center-locator.com/hp-hewlett-packard/hp-hewlett-packard-service-center.htm

If 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