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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: alex30fill on Tue, 13 August 2013, 17:00:40
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So, my mother spilled about 100ml of water on my keyboard, and didn't even realise it. I found out about 2 hours after it happened, when i saw the water all over the lower side of it. As a result, the (nm,./jkl;' caps lock and left control) buttons are not working. Its been around 8 hours since it happened, and still no change. What would you suggest i do? Is it possible to buy just 10 cherry black switches and replace the damaged ones? The rest of the keyboard is working fine, and it seems too much of a waste to never use it again just because of a few keys not working.
Thanks
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if it's just water, just let it dry for a week in a warm place.
DO NOT put it under direct sunlight. black plastic absorbs heat and will warp.
If it's sticky water, the kind with sugar, BUY a new keyboard, it honestly takes too much effort to clean that out and fix.
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Leave it to completely dry.
Sew what happens.
It is almost always possible to replace switches, but the effort required will depend on the keyboard (e.g. plate or PCB mounted).
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Its been 18 hours or so, and not even one of the damaged keys is working. Thinking about looking up a way to remove the switches and replace one of the broken ones with a working one, to see if its the switches that are damaged or if its the circuits. Any suggestions? Shouldnt at least some of the keys work after 18 hours?
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Its been 18 hours or so, and not even one of the damaged keys is working. Thinking about looking up a way to remove the switches and replace one of the broken ones with a working one, to see if its the switches that are damaged or if its the circuits. Any suggestions? Shouldnt at least some of the keys work after 18 hours?
No the switches cannot be damaged by water. They may need to dry, but water will not damage them, they are quite resilient.
Water could short the switch but they will not DIE, NOT FROM WATER.
It's the other stuff. controller board that can die from short.
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Its been 18 hours or so, and not even one of the damaged keys is working. Thinking about looking up a way to remove the switches and replace one of the broken ones with a working one, to see if its the switches that are damaged or if its the circuits. Any suggestions? Shouldnt at least some of the keys work after 18 hours?
No the switches cannot be damaged by water. They may need to dry, but water will not damage them, they are quite resilient.
Water could short the switch but they will not DIE, NOT FROM WATER.
It's the other stuff. controller board that can die from short.
Any suggestions on how to check what exactly is the problem/how to fix?
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After it happened you shoulda opened it up and put the PCB in a tub of rice of something.