keyboard is broke

Swan · Post by **Swan** » 01 Nov 2008, 16:17

my keyboard is broke, i spilled some soda onto it (

f4Gg0t_43 · Post by **f4Gg0t_43** » 01 Nov 2008, 16:33

and your typing how?

Swan · Post by **Swan** » 01 Nov 2008, 16:34

No I am not, I am dictating messages by a friend

Post by **bad_brain** » 01 Nov 2008, 17:23

ewww....that sucks....but if it's just soda there is a good chance that it will work again after it dried, if it's lemonade you usually have to disassemble the whole keyboard....

Post by **Gogeta70** » 01 Nov 2008, 19:26

I've spilt soda on my keyboard like 4 times, and it never stopped working... how odd that a dell keyboard is so tough

Anyway, you CAN clean your keyboard, just take a picture of it before disassembly...

Post by **computathug** » 01 Nov 2008, 22:57

The way i normally clean a key board is to turn it upside and make a nice big fat one out of the remnants

Post by **ayu** » 02 Nov 2008, 03:07

computathug wrote:The way i normally clean a key board is to turn it upside and make a nice big fat one out of the remnants

haha, amen to that xD

Lyecdevf · Post by **Lyecdevf** » 02 Nov 2008, 05:20

I recently bought my self a new one. I payed some thing like 18 euros. They really do not cost much unless you want to get some thing really specific. I may buy several next time just in case some accident happens.

Post by **DNR** » 02 Nov 2008, 10:07

yea keyboards are cheap. You should just go buy one.

If you want to clean it yourself:
The electronics inside should be isolated from the top part that has the keys. You want to keep this part dry. You can use water to flush the keyboard out before the pop dries! If you wait until the pop dries - forget it.

Use rubbing alcohol after you use water to flush it - alcohol is hydroscopic and will displace most of the water faster.

Keep these parts dry.

Still_Learning · Post by **Still_Learning** » 02 Nov 2008, 10:29

Agreed.. I bought one brand new PS/2 belkin keyboard at ross for 5$

also agree with thug lol or sometimes under my keyboard i'll find some nice size peices, that i stashed away and forgot about

Still_Learning · Post by **Still_Learning** » 06 Nov 2008, 19:34

here you go.. you will never need a keyboard again

http://www.march-of-faces.org/resources/vkt.html

its a onscreen keyboard.. allthough you may get tired of pointing and clicking on each keyboard character

go with the 5-10$ walmart ps/2 keyboard