Comments on: Crying Over Spilt Milk in Your Laptop’s Keyboard http://drcale.com/work-at-home/spilled-milk-in-keyboard/ Terrific Solutions to Parenting Problems Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:02:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: M BLANC http://drcale.com/work-at-home/spilled-milk-in-keyboard/comment-page-1/#comment-426 M BLANC Thu, 10 May 2007 16:36:34 +0000 http://drcale.com/work-at-home/spilled-milk-in-keyboard/#comment-426 I ever spilled some cola on my ACER TRAVELMATE TABLET C111 when relaxing near the pool (sure a dangerous mix of risky environment...). I let it to dry, but many keys stayed seized and kept scrolling, give buzzing alerts on setup, confuse the stylus input,...etc. Typing like crazy on the faulty keys while screaming various insults did not arrange things in any way. So I decided to remove the kbd (3 screws underneath the case) and rinse it carefully under tepid water, drying with a hairdryer just after. It cured partly the problem, some keys randomly seizing at setup or after. Even some prealable strong "massages" of the keyboard before use did not help completely. 2-3 times of this process did not improve really the results. So after securing my fate through purchasing a remplacement kbd (in an other language anyway), I plunged the whole kbd in warm water, for some 12 hrs. Then I shook it briefly to remove the excess of liquid and let it standing upright to sun dry for several hours. Now it works 100% fine. I ever spilled some cola on my ACER TRAVELMATE TABLET C111 when relaxing near the pool (sure a dangerous mix of risky environment…).

I let it to dry, but many keys stayed seized and kept scrolling, give buzzing alerts on setup, confuse the stylus input,…etc. Typing like crazy on the faulty keys while screaming various insults did not arrange things in any way.

So I decided to remove the kbd (3 screws underneath the case) and rinse it carefully under tepid water, drying with a hairdryer just after. It cured partly the problem, some keys randomly seizing at setup or after. Even some prealable strong “massages” of the keyboard before use did not help completely. 2-3 times of this process did not improve really the results.

So after securing my fate through purchasing a remplacement kbd (in an other language anyway), I plunged the whole kbd in warm water, for some 12 hrs. Then I shook it briefly to remove the excess of liquid and let it standing upright to sun dry for several hours. Now it works 100% fine.

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