Keyboard Works/Doesn't Work?

[jdh676s]

Looking for some advice for my Toshiba Satellite Laptop running Win7. About 6 months ago an entire glass of tea was spilled onto the keyboard of my laptop. After giving it time to dry (about a week) I plugged everything back in and of course the mouse doesn't work and keyboard is flaky. That is where my question comes in. When the computer very first starts up keyboard works (led lights on and off when "caps lock" or "num lock" is pressed). After that 3 secs pass and windows starts to boot up, everything on the keyboard stops working. The halfway solution I found was to:
Wait for windows to fully startup,
close the laptop to send into Standby mode,
open Laptop to wake,
and after a few seconds keyboard is fully responsive and working.

I'm trying to figure out why this is, and what I can do to possibly fix this. I can't boot from disk during startup because you have to "press "ENTER" to boot from disc", and I'm wanting to install on a second partition.
(note: all drivers are up to date, and have completely reformatted the drive with a clean install.)

Thanks for ANY input on my situation.

 

[G0AOZ]

I'd say the first thing to try is an external keyboard and mouse plugged into the USB ports. See if that behaves in the same way, or works consistently throughout the startup/boot process. If these external devices work ok, then it suggests that the problems lie with the inbuilt keyboard and touchpad, or the interfaces. If the same problems occur, then you're looking at a motherboard issue, which may not be fixable without a complete replacement board.

Have you tried disconnecting and carefully cleaning the 'filmstrip' type connectors for the keyboard and touchpad? Might be worth trying that...

ROGER - G0AOZ.

 

[goombawaho]

^^ I would add to use compressed air to blow out the little "slot" that the filmstrip style connector goes into. Or else (or in addition) put it in the sun with the keyboard off and try to bake out any remaining moisture.

I wouldn't think that tea would be as fatal as sugary pop might be. Orange juice is another baddie.

 

[jdh676s]

Thanks guys, I'll give try cleaning up the connector strips and ports. I doubt there's any moisture left in there as it's been several months.