Diagnostics after liquid spilled on my keyboard

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Diagnostics after liquid spilled on my keyboard

Last night, I accidentally spilled coke on the keyboard of my Mac air M1. I shut it down immediately and disconnected from the power adapter.

While I was wiping the liquid, I pressed the key or trackpad

and it automatically restarted 3-4 times. I tried to insert the edge of the tissue into the gaps between the keyboard buttons to absorb the excess moisture, and left it open overnight. The liquid remained inside should be less than 5ml.

This morning, I ran Apple Diagnostics, and the result was as follows:

I checked the reference code and these two codes appeared since the laptop was not connected to a power adapter.

According to the result, can I assume the liquid did not damage the hardware? There is no Apple Store nearby and the AASP gave me a quote of $190 ONLY for diagnostic.

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Dec 7, 2023 4:20 PM

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Dec 7, 2023 4:43 PM in response to cynthiaL11

Do you get the same codes when the Power Adapter is connected?

When it is connected, does it show that your battery is charging?

At this point I don't think you can rule out hardware damage and may also experience sticking keys that will not show up on a diagnostic report. Most likely any repair would require a complete motherboard replacement and would not be cheap. It will come down to cost of motherboard compared to new computer. In my opinion, if the computer still operates with no problem, I would continue to use it and if it becomes inoperable, would most likely choose the new computer option.

You may get lucky with no issues and usually if the keys are a little sticky, it will go away after repeated use. I have to admit, it did happen to me too and the computer made it through without any damage and the sticky keys went away after about a month.

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