Thanks for the suggestion, gentlemen. I'll let it sit a week THEN I'll take it somewhere. Where would you suggest? If I take it in I'll also have them clean the keys. The tops of them are fine but the sides look gross. Or else.... how do I put them back on; is there like a putty or something to 'glue' them on? On Wednesday 04 July 2007 2:47 pm, Cat Chapman wrote: > Last year I spilled ramen soup on my laptop. Keyboard started screwing > up, but letting it dry out for ~1 week did the trick. Works fine, this > email is proof. > That's what I'd do if I were you. Let it dry for a week or so and see > how things turn out. > > On Wed, 2007-07-04 at 17:44 -0400, Matt Graham wrote: > > Michael Havens: > > > I have a keyboard that has a touchpad built into it. I spilled some > > > water > > > > onto > > > > > the touch pad and it no longer works. Any suggestions? > > > It appears the water got onto the circuit board. > > > > If the keyboard was powered on while this happened, you may be PWN3D. I > > did this > > a few years ago (orange juice, not water) on a keyboard without a > > touchpad. The > > cure was to soak the keyboard in distilled water overnight, then take all > > the keycaps off and let it dry for 2 days. It's worked fine ever since. > > > > > {the keyboard is currently being used to move the mouse} > > > > Shift+NumLock, not the greatest thing ever, but it will serve. This is > > one reason > > why I have a spare PS/2 mouse or 2 floating around at all times. > > > > > I turned it over and set it outside for about a half hour. > > > > Might not be long enough (though with heat and low humidity, it should've > > been.) > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------- > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss