I hurt my keyboard......

[Cat Chapman]

Last year I spilled ramen soup on my laptop. Keyboard started screwing
up, but letting it dry out for ~1 week did the trick. Works fine, this
email is proof.
That's what I'd do if I were you. Let it dry for a week or so and see
how things turn out.

On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:44 -0400, Matt Graham wrote:
> Michael Havens:
> > I have a keyboard that has a touchpad built into it. I spilled some water
> onto 
> > the touch pad and it no longer works. Any suggestions?
> > It appears the water got onto the circuit board.
> 
> If the keyboard was powered on while this happened, you may be PWN3D.  I did
> this
> a few years ago (orange juice, not water) on a keyboard without a touchpad. 
> The
> cure was to soak the keyboard in distilled water overnight, then take all the
> keycaps off and let it dry for 2 days.  It's worked fine ever since.
> 
> > {the keyboard is currently being used to move the mouse}
> 
> Shift+NumLock, not the greatest thing ever, but it will serve.  This is one
> reason
> why I have a spare PS/2 mouse or 2 floating around at all times.
> 
> > I turned it over and set it outside for about a half hour. 
> 
> Might not be long enough (though with heat and low humidity, it should've
> been.)
> 
> 
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