WINE ON KEYBOARD

[Michael Havens]

The keyboard appears to be working fine again. Strange!

On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> manufacturers website for the manual. Dell and HP have insanely old
> manuals still
>
> and the reason you use distilled water to rinse, it has fewer
> minerals. they are what conducts electricity to cause a short.
>
> and the wine is under the key but in the mech underneath it.
>
>
> On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 1:09 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > WHERE  would I find this manual?
> >
> > On Sat, Jul 24, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Matt Graham <danceswithcrows at usa.net>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Alan Dayley <alandd at consultpros.com>
> >> > Take apart the notebook enough to remove the keyboard.
> >>
> >> Find the Fine Manual for that machine first.  Sometimes it's totally not
> >> obvious how to remove the keyboard, and the Fine Manual generally tells
> >> you
> >> how to do that.
> >>
> >> > Wash the keyboard in warm water.
> >>
> >> DISTILLED water.  Temp really doesn't matter that much AFAICT, but
> there's
> >> less crud in distilled water, and you want as little crud as possible in
> >> the
> >> parts.
> >>
> >> > Dry the keyboard in the AZ sun for a day, maybe two.  Longer if
> >> > not in the sun.
> >>
> >> 12 hours should be fine considering the low humidity here.  24 hours in
> >> MI,
> >> because it's so much more humid there.
> >>
> >> > Or, instead of all that, buy a replacement keyboard from eBay or a
> >> > repair shop.
> >>
> >> Try washing it out first if you have more time than spare money.  FWIW,
> I
> >> had
> >> this happen with orange juice and a desktop keyboard 6 years ago, and
> the
> >> distilled water + 24 hours drying time worked perfectly.
> >>
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