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In lugnet.people, John Morgan writes:
> In lugnet.people, James Brown writes:
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> > James (who replaces coffee/coke/water spilled keyboards routinely as part of
> > his job)
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> Why? I've found that if a keyboard is stuck with coke or whatever, all one
> needs to do is to pop off the keys with a screwdriver in the problem area,
> clean there, and then stick them back on. That's the best thing about
> keyboards.. keys are removable.
Two reasons:
1: if the spilled substance gets down to the circuit sheet, it's toast.
Easiest way to tell this is if some keys do not work.
2: Cleaning a keyboard with stuck keys takes too long. An hour of my
billable time is worth more than a new keyboard.
James
(FUT off-topic.geek for more keyboard foibles)
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| (...) Why? I've found that if a keyboard is stuck with coke or whatever, all one needs to do is to pop off the keys with a screwdriver in the problem area, clean there, and then stick them back on. That's the best thing about keyboards.. keys are (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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