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Originally Posted by redspace
take it apart asap and clean it. Soda eats at the leads and acts as a conductor.
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Quote for truth.
Also, secondary effect is if power was applied at the time of incident (or the next time power is applied if it was not powered at time of incident) you run a very very high risk of damaging components when the current conducts to places it's not supposed to go unless you thoroughly clean it immediately after incident.
Same reason a cellphone may still turn on after it's been wet then mysteriously stop working a day or two later. Components corrode and get voltage/current in places it's not supposed to be. Sort of like applying a 9-volt battery to a Nintendo cartridge pins. Fries it.
Putting the circuit board through a quick dunk of 90% isopropyl (or methyl hydrate) is a good idea.. but very quick.. and dry it fast!