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| I was wondering if anybody could offer advice? You see, I’ve got this keyboard… It’s relatively new and cost around $60.00 (It’s one of those Microsoft –natural keyboard elite- with super comfy ergonomic usability) But…problem is that I spilled half (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, lugnet.general)
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| (...) Well, if it's relatively new, you can go and look into getting a replacement on warranty. Another possibility if it's off warranty, is to open it up and clean out the keyboard matrix contacts underneath. If it's water, it shouldn't have done (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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| (...) It's not under warranty. "spilled half a glass of water" == not covered. :) (...) Yup, you can try this, although I've found that the funky split keyboard ergonomic ones are generally less robust. But you've nothing to lose: the worst thing (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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| Remove the eleven Philips head screws from the botom and lift off the top. You should be able to dry things out with a little huffing and puffing and some Q tips. Thank goodness it was just water. -- Bob Fay (URL) noeckel" (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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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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| (...) 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 (...) (22 years ago, 25-Aug-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| Unplug it from the computer ASAP. Open it up, dry out gently with a hairdryer, put case back together, plug it back in, and see if it helped. (...) -- Tom Stangl ***(URL) Visual FAQ home ***(URL) Bay Area DSMs (22 years ago, 25-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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| Hi everyone, I jus’ wanted to say thanks to all the great individuals who so kindly offered their advice. Thanks to y’all my keyboard is now workin’ fine! It’s people like: Calum Tsang Robert Fay Dan O'Connell Tom Stangl James Brown & John Morgan (...) (22 years ago, 25-Aug-02, to lugnet.people, lugnet.general)
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| (...) There's actually nothing wrong with spilling a half a glass of water on a keyboard, as long as you limit it to the top half of the glass. :-) (...) Just be glad it wasn't something sticky like Coke, or orange juice... Here's the procedure: (...) (22 years ago, 26-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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