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Re: Keyboard trouble!
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lugnet.people
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Sat, 24 Aug 2002 23:55:39 GMT
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In lugnet.people, James Brown writes:
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> James (who replaces coffee/coke/water spilled keyboards routinely as part of
> his job)
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.
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Message has 1 Reply:
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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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| (...) 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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