[ale] [OT] Gimme a D, gimme an O, gimme an H, gimme a !

[Jim Popovitch]

JPK, this proves beyond a doubt that you are a hard-core geek.  :)

-Jim P.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James P. Kinney III [mailto:jkinney at localnetsolutions.com]
> 
> Rubbing alcohol was a very bad idea. It will likely destroy the membrane
> on the keypad. Every laptop I've disassembled has a detachable (in some
> manner) keyboard. You need to get the key board removed from the rest of
> the laptop and flush it out with warm water. The final rinse of water
> should be with distilled water. That way when it dries there will be no
> mineral deposit residue.
> 
> Drying time will be very, very, very long. The ideal drying condition
> would be to put it in a sealable box and pull a slight vacuum on the
> system for several hours. This will evaporate the water with out heat.
> The next recommendation is to go buy several boxes of ordinary chalk,
> put them on a pan and bake them at 250F for an hour to drive off any
> moisture. Take the cooled chalk and the keyboard and seal them up in a
> large plastic bag for several days. You might want to change the chalk
> after each day. If you have access to laboratory dessicant, that would
> be even better.
> 
> Start calling the repair shops and look for a replacement keyboard. The
> alcohol has likely made the lifespan on the membrane very short.
> 
> Bummer.
> 
> I spilled a very large mug of coffee, with sugar and milk, into a
> keyboard once. That was a bad day, too.
> 
> On Sat, 2002-09-14 at 03:15, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > 
> > I have done something bad. To wit, I dumped about half a pint of
> > Pepsi (note: no longer an Atlanta resident, therefore free to drink
> > whatever I want) on my laptop.
> > 
> > I immediately popped the keycaps off the affected keys, grabbed
> > some cotton swaps, looked for a bottle of rubbing alchohol, didn't
> > find it, went to the local drugstore, bought a bottle of rubbing
> > alchohol, returned home (elapsed time roughly 20 minutes), and
> > carefully cleaned both the keycaps and the keyboard mechanism
> > beneath.
> > 
> > Still, things are Not Right. I'm getting periodic random keystrokes
> > when my fingers are nowhere near the keyboard; obviously
> > I didn't clean up everything that needed cleaning. So am I just
> > screwed here, or what? Any advice?
> > 
> > Many thanks,
> > 
> > -- Joe
> > 
> > 
> > 
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