Toshiba R100 Laptop keyboard won't work

Some computers have water cooling but I suspect your laptop does not have it. When you or your 2 years old daughter (as in my case ) pours water onto the keyboard it does not just effect the keyboard. If the laptop unit was on at the time the liquid gets into the motherboard and short circuits components and eventually can corrode the links that link the multi layered circuit board.
After my one week old laptop had water poured in it by my daughter (14 years ago ) my laptop behaved exactly the same as yours.. This kind of damage is not covered under warranty.
You might be able to copy the hard drive documents off if you are lucky.
Good luck with your situation !

If you mean it boots when the keyboard is not connected try the following. Take the keyboard off the laptop. Run it under water at the sink. Shake the water out of the keyboard. Leave it dry overnight. Plug it into the laptop the next day. If it works great, if not buy a new keyboard.

Good thing only the keyboard is not working! To answer your question, yes. Changing your laptop's keyboard should fix it. Letting it dry for a couple of days (depends on how wet it go) MIGHT also work. Well, if it doesn't work, just continue with your plan to change the keyboard.

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Remove the battery immediately,remove the water and place the laptop in a warm dry place for a day or so until it is completely dry.
When you replace the battery and boot up the laptop, hopefully no damage is done.

I'm assuming that this laptop is using Windows, and that the password is to an account on Windows.
At the login screen, press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice, and another login screen asking for a username and password should appear. In this box, put "Administrator" for the password, and either insert absolutely nothing, or "Administrator" for the password. I don't remember which works correctly, but one of the two will.

Hi,yes there is but you'll have to open the system up,if you have no prior I.T expertise I'd suggest you take to a qualified Technician,but if you do here is how:First remove the Battery,then uncouple the system taking of where each of the screws go to then locate the CMOS battery(small battery Lithium Ion mostly in the shape of a cent or smaller),it may be underneath the keyboard or just behind once the external cover is open.unplug it from the system for about an hour or two reconnect it,couple the system and boot,go to Bios,reset Date and Time and save,then exit.

The below is the weblink to get the keyboard for your notebook.

http://www.pcupgrade.co.uk/productdetails.asp?ProductID=1654&categoryid=303

I did the same some two years ago, with the R100 on. I switched everything off, dismounted the computer body (not the screen)up to the last screw, and dried that sweet coffee from everywhere where I found it. Mostly this was the keyboard and mouse. The motherboard is luckily protected by some plastic sheet.

Regarding the keyboard, after disconnecting it from the motherboard, I washed it completely under flowing water and then let it dry for several days. In the meantime, I used a USB one. Since then, I used the same keyboard for two years until now, when it died, apparently rather from some motherboard-related reason than water. So I think - you may get a new keyboard, but if youre lucky, you may as well revive this old one.

We use these and several times I have had to pull the battery, disconnect the power cord and hold the power button for 30 seconds (count slow). After that, it boots fine.

motherboard is fried..maybe around 125 to 200...not too hard to fix..I'd recommend a new uP too, and maybe memory sticks..

check your warranty here