Spilled Water on Laptop

[cody]

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The spa[es indi[ate keys on the keyboard of the laptop that no longer work Apparently the period and one of the shift keys is busted too Any suggestions

[Kevin M]

You can probably find a replacement keyboard cheap on eBay.

[cody]

How hard are they to replace? My laptop has what look like torx screws holding it together.

[ScottyS]

Keyboards are usually pretty easy to swap, as most are held by little spring clips on the top.

[cody]

Doesn't look too bad actually: http://www.geocities.com/hpmsgs/700xx/keyboard.html

Thanks for the help guys! :)

[Dean]

You might also consider removing it and putting in front of a fan for a while and maybe a hair dryer on low.

You have nothing to loose. If you are really interested in trying to salvage it, carefully pull all the keys and hit with some contact cleaner, or at least the bad keys.

You can also try rinsing it in water and a final rinse in distilled water followed by the fan / hair dryer / couple days air drying.

And as previously said, ebay should find you a lightly used or new keyboard for cheap.

[khail19]

Just about everything electronic that I've gotten wet has been OK after completely drying out. I put a cell phone through the washing machine once. It didn't work right away and I thought it was toast, but after a few days it worked fine again.

[cody]

I ordered a "like new" one for $30 shipped. There's actually like 10 or so dead keys and no matter how hard I mash them they don't work so I think they're dead. The distilled water rinse might fix it but I'll just wait for the replacement. Thanks!