I spilled water on my laptop

@noratyree time to unplug it, turning it off, and turning it over so water can drip out toward the keyboard side. Then the real work begins.

The very first step I would take is to disassemble your Thinkpad. Since there are a few different models out, we would need to know which one you have, to provide you with assistance on that. Remove your motherboard (again we will need your model so we know what other boards can/should be removed). Take a careful and close look at all components and connectors. Truly assess the damage. Look for corrosion, evaluate the pins in the connectors etc,. Take a look at all connectors as well as cable ends. You will have to remove all the EMI shields from the motherboard. If you do not remove the shields, you are not cleaning the board. Once you got any gross contamination cleaned, use 90%+ isopropyl alcohol and clean your parts some more. For a proper cleaning, use this guide. It was written for an Apple iPhone 3G but it is still pertinent to your laptop as well. I can not stress the importance of a good cleaning enough, so do it over and over while replacing the alcohol after each cleaning. Do not use compressed air for the cleaning since that can drive liquid as well as corrosion particles into areas that will cause trouble later on. Also, you do not need to leave the motherboard to dry. Isopropyl alcohol in the higher concentration will evaporate quickly and dissipate the water. The importance here is the cleaning. It would of course be best to get it professionally cleaned via ultrasonic cleaner etc. but this will at least help. Do not forget to replace the battery. This is a must and not an option. It will fail if you do not take care of it now. After that, reassemble your laptop and re-evaluate. For as long as you have not cleaned your board and replaced the battery, everything is just a guess. Keep in mind that water damage is the hardest to troubleshoot and to repair. It does not matter if is was exposed for 2 seconds or 2 hours, what matters is where the water (particulates) did the damage.

Sounds like a lot right. It is not as bad as it reads. If you can give us your complete model , we can give you way more specific information. You got this!