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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ogamerdg on Mon, 07 October 2013, 17:17:55

Title: Blackwidow water spill now spacebar a little weird.
Post by: ogamerdg on Mon, 07 October 2013, 17:17:55

So I spilled water on my Blackwidow keyboard and some keys were being weird and spacebar wasn’t working at all. So I used a hair dryer and left it upside down. After a while I plugged it in and everything worked except the spacebar. The spacebar won’t do anything when I hold it down and only spaces if the key is all the way up. So can someone tell me why this is happening when the key is working and also the best way to fix/clean the spacebar? Thanks

Title: Re: Blackwidow water spill now spacebar a little weird.
Post by: C5Allroad on Mon, 07 October 2013, 19:05:51

I don't know if anyone else would agree or if it's a good solution( I'm going with what I learned in biology...) regular water has minerals so eventually it would erode. Take apart the board and rinse with distiller water and let it dry for a few days.

Title: Re: Blackwidow water spill now spacebar a little weird.
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 07 October 2013, 19:36:22

You might be up for a switch replacement.