Dad spilled hot chocolate on keyboard

[netodude]

Well my dad accidentaly spilled hot chocolate on his dell inspiron e1505 keyboard. He vacuumed it out but it refuses to turn on. After pressing the power button, all you hear is the cd-rom drive spinning a little and the lights turn on momentarily then it powers down. We completely opened it up and

this is what seemed wet (Click to View)

Everything else seemed ok.

What I'm asking is if there's any way to fix it.
It has an intel centrino processor. Here are the parts, if they will be useful.

Spoiler (Click to View)

1 DF263 Assembly, Adapter, Alternating Current, 65W, Mobile 2007 Liteon, World Wide
1 X9799 Processor, 80539, YONAH, T2300 1.66, C0
1 DF771 CORD..., Power, 125, 1M, C7, 2P Dual, United States
1 NC929 Keyboard, 87, United States ENG, SINGLE POINTING..., D Plus Series
1 WD766 Kit, Software, Overpack, WXPPSP2BCDWD, English
2 Y5522 Dual In-line Memory Module 512MB, 533, 64X64, 8K, 200
1 RD857 Battery, Primary, 13.2V, 6C Lithium, Sony
1 GH766 Assembly, Dvd+/-rw, 8X, PHILIPS Sullivan/tobago
1 CF264 Liquid Crystal Display 15.4WSXGA+, Video Elec. Stds. Assoc., GLARE WIDE VIEWING ANGLE..., SAMSUNG...
1 NF882 Bezel, Assembly, Plastic, Liquid Crystal Display, 15.4, 6400
1 UF167 Assembly, Cable, Coaxial, Liquid Crystal Display, 15.4, 6400
1 KD882 ASSEMBLY..., BASE (ASSEMBLY OR GROUP)..., NOTEBOOK..., UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE..., 6400
1 TH984 Hard Drive, 80G, Serial Ata, 9 54, Fujitsu, M60+
1 T1614 Kit, Software, OFCSB-2K3 Original Equipment Manufacturer, English
1 RG240 KIT..., Software, Mcafee, 7, COMPACT DISK DRIVE..., ENGLAND/ENGLISH...
1 NC293 Card, Network, Minicard, 3945ULD Dell Americas Organization
1 RD530 Card, Wireless, Lead Free Internal, Bluetooth, 350
4 2864D Screw, M3X3, K SCREW HEAD..., MICROSOFT..., BLACK OXIDE...
1 MK442 Heatsink, CPU/MCH, Notebook, 6400
2 XH819 Cover, Screw, Mylar, Inspiron 6400
1 X9535 TECHNICAL SHEET..., REMOVE..., COMPACT DISKETTE..., MEDIA REDUCTION INITIATIVE..., ENGLAND/ENGLISH...
6 H5904 Bumper, Liquid Crystal Display Rubber, ARCTIC SILVER..., 6000
1 UF165 Assembly, Cover, Back, Liquid Crystal Display, Notebook, 6400

Its a few years old and he cant afford to get a new one so that's out of the question

[Dexdrex007]

that bad, i own a computer service repair shop in my country, and after the typhoon Ondoy, many computers have been delivered to us due to water damage.

well the trick in water damaged computers or electronics is do not turn it on if its not completely dry.

what you should have done when the hot chocolate spilled is disassemble the laptop and then get the motherboard, wash it with water and dishwashing liquid. and then blower it. until its completely dry.

once you turned on a wet computer or other electronics. surely it will short circuit. so probably your board now is dead.

[Michaelmhmhmh]

Owch my sister spilled chocolate on her computer and half her keyboard died!

[Nemmyy]

I thought you said it was spilled on the keyboard? Not the motherboard. Regardless, drexdrex007 is correct

[Fragma]

Blame it on the dad eh?

Sorry I have no knowledge what so ever when it comes to computer hardware, I just found the thread title funny so thought I'd check it out.

Best of luck getting it sorted.

[netodude]

Thanks everybody.
It did spill on the keyboard but it mustve leaked onto the motherboard since the motherboard looked kinda darkish in some parts and sticky.
And it was my dad -_- I have no problem with admitting that I would do someting like that but I didnt.