I hurt my keyboard......

[Jim]

Careful about using alcohol to clean your keyboard.  I tried that once 
and it removed the letters printed on several keys.

Another time I spilled pepsi on my keyboard.  I immediately unplugged 
it.  Then I took all the keys off and took the keyboard apart.  I washed 
away the pepsi and other accumulated crud.  Then using paper towels I 
dried the insides.  I gave it a few blasts from a can of whatever that 
stuff in the can is I use to blow the dust bunnies out of the computer. 
  Making sure the parts were dry, I put them back together.  I plugged 
in the keyboard and it worked.

Cat Chapman wrote:
> Ahem, I'm not a gentleman. There are, believe it or not, girls on the
> internet! :P
> But back to the main topic, I've heard that denatured rubbing alcohol is
> especially good to clean electronics with.
> That's all I have to say about this issue, can't think of anything else.
> 
> On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 14:58 -0700, Michael Havens wrote:
>> 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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