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Last night I spilled a beer[Alaska pale ale, good stuff] on my laptop. Well at first it went bat s..., wouldn't work at all. Now it seems to work OK except some of the keys are non-functional. Most are, but I can't type a j or x for example .

Is there some sort of way fix this??

A cleaner of some kind?

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I did the same thing to my laptop at work (with coffee, not beer) - I immediately dried out the laptop, and had somebody swap out the keyboard. It's been about a year now, and so far, so good.

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  bills44 said:
I did the same thing to my laptop at work (with coffee, not beer) - I immediately dried out the laptop, and had somebody swap out the keyboard. It's been about a year now, and so far, so good.

Where would you get a replacement keyboard?

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replacement keyboards are kind of standard...you should be able to find em anywhere

 

here is one example to start

 

btw...probably will need to try one of those beers before being able to accurately diagnosing the problem....

 

  Jim in Anchorage said:
Where would you get a replacement keyboard?
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Did you try prying the keys off and then taking a hair dryer to the area? The problem is that it is a laptop and there is all kinds of crap undernaeth it unlik a standard keyboard. My brother dropped his cell phone in a cup of tea one time (don't ask)... Once it dried out, it worked fine... Except for the tea stains.

 

 

 

Good luck!

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  Jim in Anchorage said:
Last night I spilled a beer[Alaska pale ale, good stuff] on my laptop. Well at first it went bat s..., wouldn't work at all. Now it seems to work OK except some of the keys are non-functional. Most are, but I can't type a j or x for example .

Is there some sort of way fix this??

A cleaner of some kind?

 

 

Um I think it's working just fine you typed both a j and an x.

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  Jim in Anchorage said:
I Keep the spare in a shielded area. God I love being in weapons research. Comes in so handy for those little chores around the house.

 

Dude, EM pulse vs a new keyboard? Well, this is what we can expect from the military. Don't tell me, you use a bazooka to hammer in a nail. (Totally kidding)

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  Jim in Anchorage said:
I am not military, but I do subscribe to the Powell doctrine.Don't use a tackdriver when a piledriver is available. Or the Tim Allen home improvement doctrine, if you prefer.

 

Well I suppose Tim did have his moments of success. For what it is worth, militarily I agree, !@#$ them up and answer questions later.

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