Why is that people who works in computers are the ones who use drastic measures with their equipment, while everybody else just treats it as if it deserved being sitting on a feather cushion?
Personally, I don't dare put it on the dishwasher. Not yet. But I can use that to threaten the thing... After all, my router went back to good working after being told he would spend all the night out in the rain (worst rains in barcelona for the past 10 or 15 years
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Personally, I don't dare put it on the dishwasher. Not yet. But I can use that to threaten the thing... After all, my router went back to good working after being told he would spend all the night out in the rain (worst rains in barcelona for the past 10 or 15 years
)QUOTE(Gregori @ Oct 31 2005, 03:17 AM)
Tried and true method that myself and older computer builders have used for years. Hook up secondary keyboard, pull keys off primary keyboard, put keys in a bucket of soapy water, put keyboard in shower, spray down with hot water until clean, let dry for 24 hours.
Now I bet you will hear gasps of shock and astonishment from new age kids who think "OMG you can't put water on a keyboard." but quite frankly this method has been used for years and years.
If you have one of those multimedia keyboards though, just buy a new one.
Now I bet you will hear gasps of shock and astonishment from new age kids who think "OMG you can't put water on a keyboard." but quite frankly this method has been used for years and years.
If you have one of those multimedia keyboards though, just buy a new one.
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I have no shower. My dad broke it and never fixed it.
QUOTE(Hajamin @ Oct 31 2005, 08:32 AM)
Actually the best way to clean a keyboard is to put it in the dishwasher.
What, Hajamin is crazy you say? Anyone that is certified in repair(like I am, both civilian and military) can tell you keyboards are designed to be able to handle water. Just let it air dry COMPLETELY before using it again. I clean mine this way every couple month, as I live at it so it gets pretty dirty.
What, Hajamin is crazy you say? Anyone that is certified in repair(like I am, both civilian and military) can tell you keyboards are designed to be able to handle water. Just let it air dry COMPLETELY before using it again. I clean mine this way every couple month, as I live at it so it gets pretty dirty.
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If I put the keyboard in the dishwasher, my dad would give me a nice cussing for it. But... anyway.. do you just stick it in there or take the keys out first?
And what have you been doing at the computer that gets it dirty that fast? You don't spill coffee on it, do you?
QUOTE(Hajamin @ Oct 31 2005, 02:01 PM)
Because we know what it can and can't handle, and everyone else is paranoid.
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I know it can't handle being vomited on or being beaten against a garbage dumpster. (That was so much fun and our teacher actually let us do it!)
My brother took it apart and tried to clean every bit of the nastyness out of it, but when he put it back together it didn't work anymore.. Maybe he just didn't let it dry, but I am so not touching that keyboard after seeing what he did to it..
ohm.. what do you do if the key only works when you manually capitilize it? (like shift+c, not putting caps lock on) I keep having problems with the 'm' key and it's peeving me off.
Clean both the mouse lens and the surface you're using it against with that alcohol thing you use to clean glasses or crystals. I usually treat them as I do with my glasses (no, no dishwasher )
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