I hurt my keyboard......

[bmike101 at cox.net]

My appologies madam. I meant no harm:D It is just so few  on geek lists!

On Wednesday 04 July 2007 3:04 pm, 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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