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help spillage!!!!!!

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  • 09-01-2006 11:40pm
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    koolkat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭


    if someone accidently spilt a liquid say for example cola onto the keyboard of their laptop and now some of the keys are sticky and one key in particular doesn't work. What would that person do? Can you buy a replacement keyboard for a laptop?


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    johnnyrotten
    Registered Users Posts: 3,593 ✭✭✭johnnyrotten


    Buy a new LAptop. The chances are the Coke got into the laptop itself and will start to corrode the innerds


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    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users Posts: 26,558 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    well depends on the laptop, some manufactuers make the keyboard so that there's plastic underneath it that stops liquid from getting into the inside of the laptop.

    if that's the case i'd imagine you can **carefully** remove the keys and cleaning it with some cleaning solution.

    other laptops don't have this plastic underneath the keys and in this case i'd imagine the laptop to be fried silicone.


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    koolkat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭koolkat


    very little got on the laptop. it happened on saturday and it's working fine.


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    kaimera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,396 ✭✭✭✭kaimera


    as Cremo said, remove the keyboard and clean it.

    else buy a full usb/wifi keyboard :)


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    koolkat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 52 ✭✭koolkat


    how do i take them off?


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    RallyCross
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2 ✭RallyCross


    If the keyboard is working leave it alone, you may cause more harm than good trying to get the keys off. Generally Coke is very corrosive so dont be surprised if some keys fail down the road. If it did not get very wet you might get away with it.;)


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    Lone Wolf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 131 ✭✭Lone Wolf


    I had the same problem about a year ago, a cup of coffee got spilled onto my keyboard. Every key was working except for the enter key. Got a usb keyboard and all was fine but about 3 months later the hard drive gave up, pretty much rotted away. Had to put in a new hard drive but now its working fine. Just be wary of the internal components dying after a while.


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