Yesterday i spilt boiling hot coffee on my n900. I immediately turned it off, removed the battery and washed the phone in water Had to because it was a special kind of coffee with some local herbs and they start sticking pretty fast.

After the wash, i put the pone in rice to dry things of. When i put in the battery, the phone booted automatically - so the power on button was shorted. Then as the OS loaded i realized the keyboard 'i' key was also short as well as the camera key. when the camera opened up i realized that vapor had got into the camera lens as well. it fogged up the insides of the lens. So i took a hair dryer and dried the whole thing and i used a incandescent bulb at close quarters to remove the fogging from the lens after which i followed up with more hair dryer antics.

All this cured most of the problems except the power key. It did get fixed at first, but later it has stopped functioning. So now if i switch of i wont be able to switch it back on. Also the slider has got tougher, i believe there is coffee residue still stuck in there.

I can't open up the device as i still have to get my hands on that philips screw driver, but what do you guys think might have happened to that power switch?