So I spilled milk over my laptop...

Laught all you want. This happenned yesterday and now my laptop's messed up. This is an old HP PC, it has 512mb of RAM, a 9600pro and a 1,6ghz processor.

So I spilled milk on it yesterday, I cleaned it on the surface (even though I think some of the milk went through the keyboard's fissures) and I shut it down. Next thing the computer is turning itself on and off every 5 seconds. It turns on, shuts down 5 seconds later, and then turns back on and off. Rinse and repeat. I left it alone until it ran out of battery. I plugged it this morning so it could charge and then I tried turning it on... The problem is not this though. The problem is the monitor is just black all the way. It just doesn't turn on. I've tried 150 times, no luck. I tried displaying the image through a vga cable on my 22" monitor and nothing... The pc itself seems to be fine, as the "cpu is working" little green light flashes and the pc makes the usual little noise as it works... What now? Is it ruined for good? I need this computer up and running no matter what...

I'll agree with frozenland. You're probably buggered as far as getting it to work now goes. You should start socking away for a new machine cause I can tell ya repairs will be worth more than the market value of the machine.