I hurt my keyboard......

[Michael Havens]

Thanks for the suggestion, gentlemen.
I'll let it sit a week THEN I'll take it somewhere. Where would you suggest? 
If I take it in I'll also have them clean the keys. The tops of them are fine 
but the sides look gross. Or else.... how do I put them back on; is there 
like a putty or something to 'glue' them on?

On Wednesday 04 July 2007 2:47 pm, Cat Chapman wrote:
> 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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