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Re: Keyboard trouble!
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lugnet.people
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Sat, 24 Aug 2002 22:25:24 GMT
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In lugnet.people, Calum Tsang writes:
> In lugnet.people, Richard Noeckel writes:
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> > But…problem is that I spilled
> > half a glass of water unto it!!!!!!
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> > Can any thing be done?
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> > Cause it jus’ takes sooo long to compose
> > a letter with cut & paste.
> > (the keys effected are ‘t’ ‘h’ ‘n’ and ‘5’)
> > I ‘m using ctrl + c & ctrl + v constantly!
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> Well, if it's relatively new, you can go and look into getting a replacement
> on warranty.
It's not under warranty. "spilled half a glass of water" == not covered. :)
> 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
> too much-pop on the other hand is corrosive and conductive and much worse.
> Let it dry completely before trying it out again.
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 that can happen is that it stays broken. :)
> A third possibility is to just go and buy a new keyboard. Your average
> clone keyboard is like $5 down on College.
If cleaning doesn't work, this is pretty much your remaining option.
thanks,
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 (...) (22 years ago, 24-Aug-02, to lugnet.people)
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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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