You could try selling the child to cover part of the costs.
Both Yan and Overaged are probably right. Your motherboard is almost guaranteed to be fried. Even if you replace that, there is no telling what else might have been damaged during the incident as well. The good news is that decent deals on laptops are frequent here on Buxr. If you just need a work computer for word-processing and Internet then your cost will be lower for a new laptop.
Yes, but depending on the severity of the spill, the only thing guaranteed to salvageable overall is the physical screen itself. However, the hard drive, and possibly even the RAM or other parts might still be good. they would have to be properly tested and diagnosed to determine that. Depending on whats good, and the model you have, you could be looking at a value of $30-$100 as a really-really rough guess, and it might be worth more broken up into parts. There are too many factors to consider, and not being in the physical presence of the laptop its too hard to say.
I've sold malfunctioning machines on E-bay, but you have to very-very clear as too what is working, what is not, and above all be very precise with your description. Get a tech-geek to help you before E-Bay.
Basically they will do what I just suggested, and probably break into to parts to sell individually, or take parts to repair other same model laptops. She might be better off if she knows a good tech-geek, as then she will probably get more money out of it. However, get a quote and see what they offer, you might just decide its not worth your trouble.
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