Sticky keyboarrrrrrrrd

Hi,

Fix it with a new one, it will never be the same again and if it is a membrane one the tracks will rust away and it will stop working after a couple of months. Had this problem at work several times!!!



pete MB&DtK

Pete Mad Bad & Dangerous to Know

Thanks Pete. I'll go off to Maplins right now.

Yea I did the same to an apple pro keyboard, apparently you could give it a blast under the tap and allow it to dry, only the space bar worked after that little escapade!

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Originally posted by Rasher:
A couple offfffff days ago, I spilt some orrrrrrrange juice into the keyoarrrrrrrrd. Now some keys arrrrrrrre rrrrrrrrreally gungy and I need to clean it out. Last time I trrrrrrried to dismantle a keyboarrrrrrd, the whole thing exploded into a million little latex mushrrrrrooms. Any ideas? (It is a good keyboarrrrd with extrrrrrrrrra fffffffffunctions, so it's not a £6 rrrrrrrrrreplacement)

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Orange juice huh? A likely story....

Tim

I've got a new one now and have just dropped a dollop of Cornetto in there

SILLY BOY

Waistrels!!!

There are many myths about keyboards and their qualities once there has been a spillage but... back to reality!!!

A good quality keyboard ("extra functions" - dont they all claim that?) can be opened via screws in seconds and cleaning could not be easier. Distilled water and a cloth. A quick blast of compressed air to clear the food from between the keys if needed and hey presto you are done.

Are we really saying that we can't spare around ten minutes and use a screwdriver a cloth and some water???

Mike

PS: As I write I have just horrified someone nearby by demonstrating this very process on my own keyboard worth £120 with Tesco Finest Fresh Orange Juice (loads of stickiness AND bits). It took a total of six minutes to sort and here I am on that very same keyboard. Shame on any of you who listen to Pete!!!

Thanks Mike - Too late for my old one which went away with the bin men this morning, but next time I'll remember that.
(£120 keyboard??!! )

Mike the apple pro keyboard has 48 screws in it, I klnow 'cause I took it apart as a last resort.

They have moved on a bit since the 80s

£120 for a keyboard?!?

Is it a Steinway?

Erm, I think that should have read £20. The £120 one was for music. Sorry about that.

Garyi - you have revealed one of the fundamental problems with Macs that I had thought had lessened in recent years but perhaps not!!!

Apple start from the assumption that the user wants to use a PC like a TV i.e. turn it on and use. This, in itself, is absolutely right but they then screw (!) it up by making it as difficult as possible to get inside when you want or need to thus needing Apple to do it for you. As the cheaper alternative was buy a PC that's what most of the world did.

On the other hand I have a spare bog standard Dell keyboard that appears to have at least twelve screws. The trick is in realising that generally only 4 to 6 of them will get you what you want i.e. a keyboard in two halves.

The Apple Pro only requires the removal of 6 of the 48 to actually get to the same place but you have to apply a bit of common sense and guesswork to figure out which 6.

The fact you counted your Apple Pro screws suggest you are

a) obsessive, and,

b) looking to add a separate spur for each key !!!



Mike