Despite lecturing people about how they should keep their drinks away from their laptops, of course I spilled some soda onto my 2016 tMBP - it's been a few weeks and it's working fine, but my alt-key has gotten... sticky. Does anyone know the best course of action and the possible cost to get it cleaned up? I'm hoping it'll be a bit less than a complete logic-board replacement, since it's working fine (except for that one sticky key).
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Spilled soda on my 2016 MBP... still works but now I have a sticky key
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Honestly, you're very lucky. Bring it to Apple and have them replace the key. It's usually free or very cheap to replace the key. Long term as the sugar and chemicals in the soda ruin the logic board it will be a problem. Keep a daily back-up so when it happens you're prepared.
Yeah I'd take it to Apple as suggested and see first before doing any DIY fixes. If they do it for free or charge very little it'd be a far better idea than messing with it yourself.
Otherwise you could try removing it and breaking it, or maybe spraying something Isopropyl based like tape cleaner in the gap and trying to clean it that way. But personally I'd rather just pay and get it done properly unless it was a last resort.
Otherwise you could try removing it and breaking it, or maybe spraying something Isopropyl based like tape cleaner in the gap and trying to clean it that way. But personally I'd rather just pay and get it done properly unless it was a last resort.