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Old 19 August 2004, 01:18 PM
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Angry Argh! Knackered my laptop keyboad

The other night I managed to spill a small drop of red wine in my laptop keyboard

I immediately removed the affected keys and managed to dry it up quite quickly but now, a few days later, some of the keys (bizarrely, none near where the drops were) don't work.


Any suggestions (other than not using it whilst drinking )? Maybe spray some contact cleaner or something?

Help!!
Old 19 August 2004, 01:25 PM
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What make and model laptop is it?

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Old 19 August 2004, 02:14 PM
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I'm sure the big name manufacturers do replacable keyboards - wouldnt want to guess at a price though.
Old 19 August 2004, 02:22 PM
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It's a Multivision who are now defunct I believe. In practice it's rebadged from a generic manufacturer, but off-hand I don't know who it was actually made by or the model.
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plugin a cheap external keyboard?? perhaps
Old 19 August 2004, 02:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Legacy4x4Turbo
plugin a cheap external keyboard?? perhaps
Hoping to avoid that one
Old 19 August 2004, 03:21 PM
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Take it apart, get some screen cloths and clear the keyboard. plug it back in.
Old 19 August 2004, 04:18 PM
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Cost me #70 for a new laptop keyboard after I punched it in anger one drunken evening!
Old 21 August 2004, 09:28 PM
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Thanks to those that replied, just FYI, in the end I sprayed the keyboard with contact cleaner and now good as new as you can see as I am using it now
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