Thanks everyone! Yes, I've unplugged it and it's sitting upside-down on my drawer. I looted my house and found no screwdrivers, but I can get one tomorrow and I can take it apart. If only cleaning is necessary, I should be able to do it.
How should I clean it, and with what? What is a good electronics cleaning product that I could try? Also it was sugar tea if that is relevant...
If anyone knows of a good guide to cleaning these things feel free to share. Thanks again for the help! I was really panicking, lol
Just make sure you don't ever poop in the thing. VTEC kicks in, yo.
Isopropyl Alcohol would be best, as it leaves no residue. And then soak the rubber and plastic parts in warm, soapy water, then rinse and let dry.
In the old days we would just sit electronic items that got wet on top of our 21"CRT but those days are long gone.I'm getting dual 23 inch CRT's. These TN panels suck.
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To be more clear, 99% isopropyl alcohol, which leaves no residue. I have used it, and verified this for pretty much any spillage (koolaid.... OHHH YEAHHH)
(http://www.technobuffalo.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/The-more-you-know.png)To be more clear, 99% isopropyl alcohol, which leaves no residue. I have used it, and verified this for pretty much any spillage (koolaid.... OHHH YEAHHH)
Sorry, I was being lazy with my typing.
Isopropanol IS isopropyl alcohol, 'isopropyl alcohol' is the colloquial term for the chemical known as isopropanol, just as you might say 'ethyl alcohol' instead of 'ethanol'.
It's the 'ol' part that tells you it's an alcohol.
Either way, I'm pretty sure that sugars are insoluble in it.
Maybe it was simple mechanical action or displacement that helped remove the sugar when you used it.
It would definitely be best to do this before the sugary liquid has a chance to dry, because that would give the alcohol a better chance of washing it away.
Once it dries, you'd have the problem of insolubility and the alcohol would most likely not work to remove the dried sugar residue.
As I said, deionized water would be the most efficient solvent to use, but you are right that 99% isopropyl alcohol will evaporate much faster than water and leave little residue, though it will not dissolve dried sugar.
Bear in mind though that the remaining 1% is water (usually dionized), so it's still a good idea to leave it somewhere warm to dry completely before plugging it back in.
i want to know what happened to his keyboard. :rolleyes:i also curious to know the update to this inicident....
i want to know what happened to his keyboard. :rolleyes:i also curious to know the update to this inicident....