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[ciphergoth]

arseipouredcoffeeintothekeyoardandnowitsfucked

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[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

*giggle*

that's happened to me soooo many times!

[adjectivegail]

why, but why do people keep thinking that keyboards get thirsty?

[meirion.livejournal.com]

normal keyboard or laptop keyboard ?

sympathies in either case, but *big* sympathies if it's a laptop keyboard.

-m-

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Normal keyboard, thankfully. I've borrowed sibelian's while I wait and see whether drying out fixes it.

The sad thing about it is that it was very much like an old-fashioned IBM keyboard, so I'll be sorry if it's dead...

[ciphergoth.livejournal.com]

Second time for me, I think, in 21 years of continuous computer use...

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[faerierhona.livejournal.com]

well done!

[conflux.livejournal.com]

If it's an ex keyboard let me know as I have a spare one from an old ICL computer that you could have. Let me know if you want it and I'll get it from my parents when I'm next there.

[ex-meta.livejournal.com]

I have a collection of old-fashioned IBM keyboards with sprung steel mechanisms, in black. Every time I see someone throwing one away, I squirrel it away for later. I originally started collecting them in case the unlikely happened and the one I'm using actually failed in some way... but now I have four spares, so I can probably let you have one for free if you'll pay the shipping costs.

Alternatively, you could get one of those new washable rubber keyboards (http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?sku=G126-1008). Though I guess you might find a rubber keyboard distractingly arousing...

[adjectivegail]

ooooh lookit that...

i don't need another keyboard. i don't need another keyboard. i don't need another keyboard. rinse, repeat.

[selectnone.livejournal.com]

Edinburgers can find those in Communic-8 on South Clerk Street. They had them the last time I popped in anyway. I'd probably hate to use it, but I'd just love to have one :)

Good for laptops too, as they roll up nicely...

[baratron.livejournal.com]

Did you rinse it under the tap after spilling the coffee on it? Richard reckons that coffee is acidic and it can eat through copper, so you need to wash it out with plenty of water, then turn it upside down and leave it on a towel to dry. Although water is not particularly good for keyboards either, washing it will do it less damage than leaving the coffee there. Apparently.

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

I spilt Irn-Bru on my keyboard once. It really didn't appreciate it.

[feanelwa.livejournal.com]

Done this loads before. Advice from an idiot is very good when you've done something stupid, because they'll have done it many times already.
Take the keyboard to bits, and disconnect the electronic bit from the physical bit.
Put the keys in a tea towel, place carefully in a very weak solution of washing up liquid or Flash and rub them around in the tea towel. [innuendo already spotted]
Dip a sponge in the same and wipe the coffee off the flat bits inside. Run under the tap immediately.
Wave the flat bits around a little bit then dry them with a hairdryer on very gentle heat.
Put the keys in a fresh tea towel and spin them around outside very fast. Not useful but fun.
Put it all back together making sure not to get one key just out of line.

Your keyboard will work perfectly. Also works for remote controls and the insides of 1980s video recorders.

[bootpunk.livejournal.com]

Now, the trusty old ZX81 would have just have laughed that one off ...