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Well, it was only a splash of tea, and I flipped the laptop over and held down the power button until it turned off.

But after two days its still suffering a few issues with the keyboard 🙁

My i key types an i followed by a o, my o key sometimes does a double o, and my square brackets and apostrophe dont work at all!

Some of the other keys didnt work or were stuck on but I managed to fix them by prising off the keys and massaging the rubber sensor/button underneath, but the remaining few are stubborn.

Any ideas?


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:33 pm
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Take the keys off & clean it


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:36 pm
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keys off and clean the sensor with a cotton bud dipped in alcohol?


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:38 pm
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remove the keyboard and stick it in a dishwasher, once its finished leave it to dry out and it should be fine.
i clean the computer keyboards in work that way and not had any problems with them ( i do give them about 5 days to dry out completely )


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:46 pm
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if the tea had sugar in it may prove more difficult to get it working again as it cristalises and it is conductive.

Get Coke in a keyboard and you are stuffed.


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:48 pm
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Not sure I'd go with the dishwasher option - they get bloody hot and use some unpleasant salts that arent good for electronic parts!


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:50 pm
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you can buy replacement keyboards.


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:55 pm
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Well, no dishwasher so that option is out.

Dont take sugar so thats good also 🙂

I cant get to the sensors easily as there is a fragile looking hinge mechanism and rubber bulb in the way of each one, is it easy enough to whip the cover off?

My --- key is starting to randomly type itself again, thought Id fixed that yesterday 🙁


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 4:55 pm
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sugar in it may prove more difficult to get it working again as it cristalises and it is conductive

I think this highly unlikely!


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 5:08 pm
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White wine and salt should get it off

Seriously though, make and model?


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 6:32 pm
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thanks...

HP Inspiron 1525


 
Posted : 14/04/2009 9:21 pm