spilled tea on laptop keyboard.

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dadant

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not a great deal but enough to screw up a few important keys. did the obvious, turned upside down to drain then used a hairdryer but still a few fecked up keys. any other recommendation before i pull it apart which id rather not do but using this virtual keyboard is getting on my tits.
 
Northam Saint

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dadant said:
not a great deal but enough to screw up a few important keys. did the obvious, turned upside down to drain then used a hairdryer but still a few fecked up keys. any other recommendation before i pull it apart which id rather not do but using this virtual keyboard is getting on my tits.
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Ouch ! Big bags of silica gel or rice ?
 
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dadant

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mmmm....using another keyboard partly defeats the point of having a laptop really. how would you use silica bags, theyre usually used for contained and enclosed goods arent they?
 
Northam Saint

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dadant said:
mmmm....using another keyboard partly defeats the point of having a laptop really. how would you use silica bags, theyre usually used for contained and enclosed goods arent they?
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They absorb damp and keep damp away. One of the latest tricks are to use them in your car near the windscreen tohelp with keeping your windscreen clear. Certainly a phone fix, never tried it though.
 
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Batch300

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Mask up, go buy a new keyboard and can of compressed air. Drink 2 pints of beer. Use the compressed air. Try the old keyboard again as more drying time may help. If still does not work, you now have a new keyboard, can of compressed air and smiling.
 
Northam Saint

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Batch300 said:
Mask up, go buy a new keyboard and can of compressed air. Drink 2 pints of beer. Use the compressed air. Try the old keyboard again as more drying time may help. If still does not work, you now have a new keyboard, can of compressed air and smiling.
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Theyusually have tins of compressed air at Poundland, don’t ask how much !
 
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dadant

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that i can do. Yeah...only been about 24hrs and i have other keyboards, machines and a compressor i could actually use it just never occured to me to seperate them. doh

@ saint. you know the shaving cream trick for your bathroom mirror and car windscreen dont you?
 
chrisbd

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Drink spilt on keyboards was always our IT Dept's nightmare, they took a very dim view. If the tea contained sugar the sticky residue gums up the keyboard contacts and unfortunately using a hairdryer may have blown dust into the gummy mechanism. Leaving it longer to dry may help or you could try cleaning with distilled water and a lint free cloth, which would of course entail more drying time. If all else fails you could replace the keypad, which I (successfully) did a few years ago for my son-in-law.

You may find this helpful:

www.theguardian.com

What to do when you spill a drink in your laptop | Ask Jack

Ask Jack: James has spilt tea on his laptop keyboard, and it no longer works. What can he do – and what should you do if it happens to you?
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com

Good luck.

Regards,
Chris
 
Grarea

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I have taken apart a couple of laptops.
If there is a decent video on youtube it will show you how feasible it is.

Give you a chance to give it a clean with alcohol and earbuds.
 
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dadant

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I commandeered my lads mini wireless keyboard and that's fine for the moment. Was thinking of trying some electrical contact cleaner for keys still malfunctioning?

Edit, not going to bother ordered a replacement keyboard for twenty quid. Don't want to be arsing about trying to lift and clean keys or having it apart more than once.
 
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