spill advice

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hi,
i have an A21m and yesterday i accidentally spilled some iced tea on just the top right hand corner of the keyboard area. i don't know if it was as i was wiping i pressed the button to turn it off, or it shorted, but less than ten seconds after the spill it turned off. i unplugged everything quickly and dried it as best i could, but it won't start up again. any advice? clean with ethanol, just let it dry, is it completely ruined?

i also read somewhere that all A, R, and X series thinkpads purchased after april 1999 (which mine was) are supposed to have water-resistant keyboards, any truth to that?
thanks so much in advance.