PC Hygiene
Yesterday I spilled soda on my laptop's keyboard. Not surprisingly, I'm having a lot of trouble typing right now. I don't know how to clean it up, lately I've been just spraying water on the problem keys.
Anyone have any ideas on how to clean it up?
Most laptops today are dishwasher safe. Just make sure you use plenty of rinse aid.
BAAHAHAHAHHHAAAAA....
I so wish...I have a bad habit of eating lunch over my laptop.
October3
18-02-2007, 21:00
Most laptops today are dishwasher safe. Just make sure you use plenty of rinse aid.
Most laptops today are dishwasher safe. Just make sure you use plenty of rinse aid.
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Any serious suggestions? Please?
Soviestan
18-02-2007, 21:34
perhaps wet wipes?
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Any serious suggestions? Please?
Pop all the keys off and use a wet wipe to get the dried gunk out. Barring that, use some Q-tips to clean in between the keys as best you can. Just be happy you didn't fry it...had a classmate do the same thing last week and now she's shopping for a new laptop.
Pop all the keys off and use a wet wipe to get the dried gunk out. Barring that, use some Q-tips to clean in between the keys as best you can. Just be happy you didn't fry it...had a classmate do the same thing last week and now she's shopping for a new laptop.
I don't think the keys pop out on mine....
Yootopia
18-02-2007, 21:40
Pour on some white spirit, and leave it alone for a couple of days, open, to let the smell escape :)
I don't think the keys pop out on mine....
They usually do. You just might have to duct tape them on again after if I'm wrong :P
Snafturi
18-02-2007, 21:42
I did the same thing. The trick is to open it up and remove all the evidence before you send it back to the manufacturer (if it's still under warrenty). I've used 100% de-natured alchohol to get a soaked cell phone working. It never worked quite right, but at least it worked. I wouldn't reccomend that for a PC tho.
Sorry, I guess I'm not really of use unless you also spilled soda on your cellphone.
Damn, and I thought this thread was going to be making fun of PC (political correctness) hygiene… whatever that is.
Snafturi
18-02-2007, 22:13
Damn, and I thought this thread was going to be making fun of PC (political correctness) hygiene… whatever that is.
That's what I was hoping this thread was about. Maybe next week.
The Scandinvans
18-02-2007, 22:15
Yesterday I spilled soda on my laptop's keyboard. Not surprisingly, I'm having a lot of trouble typing right now. I don't know how to clean it up, lately I've been just spraying water on the problem keys.
Anyone have any ideas on how to clean it up?Set your computer on fire. Thay should make sure that the keys are no longer sticky, though the rest of it may be sticky afterwords.
Damn, and I thought this thread was going to be making fun of PC (political correctness) hygiene… whatever that is.
Yup, I think we were all thinking that. What would PC hygiene be do you think?
Snafturi
18-02-2007, 22:27
Yup, I think we were all thinking that. What would PC hygiene be do you think?
Using soap that doesn't discriminate against skin types.
Using soap that doesn't discriminate against skin types.
*giggles*
But no, that's not good enough...you know how anti-PC people take the most ridiculous, extreme examples, and hold these up as PC. So something that extreme...hmmm...how about steel wool? That's right! Abrade thyself thoroughly so that we can be once and for all equal, and without an epidermis :D
Smunkeeville
18-02-2007, 22:36
buy a new keyboard. ;)
that reminds me.......gotta look for another keyboard.
buy a new keyboard. ;)
that reminds me.......gotta look for another keyboard.
Did you throw the old one out? *giggles some more*
Smunkeeville
18-02-2007, 22:41
Did you throw the old one out? *giggles some more*
no actually I have to find one that I can break, I am making an art project, and I need one more keyboard so that I have all the letters.
Snafturi
18-02-2007, 22:42
You also shouldn't use shampoo that's white. Because it's racist.
Yesterday I spilled soda on my laptop's keyboard. Not surprisingly, I'm having a lot of trouble typing right now. I don't know how to clean it up, lately I've been just spraying water on the problem keys.
Anyone have any ideas on how to clean it up?
Just take the keyboard away from the computer and start wiping it down with a damp paper towel, making sure to clean it all out.
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AH CRAP. Laptop? Sorry, you're screwed.
Compulsive Depression
18-02-2007, 23:08
If you are afraid to dismantle your laptop you can ignore this post.
Still here? Foo^H^H^HGood. You need to dismantle your laptop enough that you can get the keyboard out. Now, with the keyboard unplugged and thoroughly removed from the rest of the laptop, wash it, gently but thoroughly, in warm, soapy water (nothing too corrosive mind). Now rinse all the soap out in cold water (distilled if you've got it), and leave it in a warm place to dry, until it is very definitely 100% non-soggy. This might be a pain in the arse; keyboards sometimes have thin layers of plastic sandwiched together, and when water gets between them it just doesn't dry. In this case you've got to dismantle the whole damn thing and seperate the plastic sheets to get the water out.
Once you're satisfied the keyboard is as unwet as it's going to ever be, reassemble the laptop and away you go! And so long as you're careful, you don't plug the keyboard back in whilst it's wet, and don't take a scouring pad to it, the keyboard (or the laptop) shouldn't be damaged.
I've actually accidentally poured water in to one of my keyboards twice, and it's been fine when it's dried out, so don't worry about that ;)
I take no responsibility if doing what I've just told you to do voids your laptops warranty/damages it/burns your house down/causes the end of life on earth as we know it, or, indeed, any other ill effects. But if it all goes well and you're rewarded with a clean, working keyboard, remember: It was ALL ME! I DID IT! I'M GREAT!