Spilled Drink In Laptop Keyboard

[ginky4]

I have a Dell Vostro 1510 laptop that was given to me that had a drink spilled into the keyboard. I do not know what kind of drink it was. There appears to be a small amount of residue on the motherboard. I have the laptop disassembled.

Is there some type of cleaner I can use to remove this residue from the keyboard? The laptop will start up for about 5 seconds and then it turns itself back off. When the laptop is plugged into AC power the lights on motherboard do come on.

[SuperSparks]

You could try good old isopropryl alcohol, that never hurts anything. Whether it will dissolve sugary deposits (which I what I suspect that residue is), is another matter. If it doesn't, then distilled water, used sparingly and carefully, and with a thorough drying afterwards, ought to be safe enough.