Fried Keyboard?

[Edman22]

So my girlfriend spilled water on my keyboard one night. I never knew, and when I tried to use it later that night a number of keys don't work anymore. Is this keyboard done for? Is there anything I can try to save it?

Weird thing is that she typed an essay on it after the spill, but the keys worked then. I have tried letting it dry upside down, and have even taken it apart to let it dry but it still doesn't work right.

 

[RoBo]

Well if you are sure it is dry then it is dead. Unless part of your mobo fried.

 

[jb_hafo]

could. ca'-t explai , ecuz, keys do't work temporarily (sometimes). am 't sure if 'cuz COFFEE or ROWSER,
at re oot ... I will switch key oards to test (day 2 of problem).

 

[RoBo]

^^^ WTF?

 

[Edman22]

I's probably dry. I live in socal so it's very hot over here. I can't imagine some water not evaporating by now.

 

[DrDoU]

could. ca'-t explai , ecuz, keys do't work temporarily (sometimes). am 't sure if 'cuz COFFEE or ROWSER,
at re oot ... I will switch key oards to test (day 2 of problem).

what the hell are you trying to say?

 

[jb_hafo]

what the hell are you trying to say?

sorry, just that 3 keys refuse to work due to 1 a memory chip OR a o.s. pro_lem... totally off-topic.
however, I previously dissassebled the board (3 layer) successfully. (very thin screwdrivers).
OTOH as the line above, sometimes the key (m_opqrstuvwxyz ) starts to work... the_ quits agai_...
...............................................update:::..............................
removed 3 lines in the xorg.conf file, now the typespeed, N, n, B, b, " keys work again.
the 3 lines did not agree with an X server bump 7.2 >> 7.3 afaik.
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back on-topic, this keyboard I disassembled and reassembled after the soak/dry cycle did not work.
(spilled coffee shorting out half of the keys) ... only lost the led's for the numlock caplock etc
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