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.) >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>> --------------------------------------------------- >>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > -- "That income tax you know it's nothing more than legal robbery" Sidney "Pa" Larkin The magic HD-DVD number is: 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0 --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss