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From: anderson@Apple.COM (Clark Anderson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: help! my keyboard is drunk
Message-ID: <44276@apple.Apple.COM>
Date: 25 Aug 90 18:33:35 GMT
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From: cspencer@spdcc.COM (Cliff Spencer)
Subject: help! my keyboard is drunk

>A glass of wine was spilled on my Mac extended keyboard. I opened it and 
>cleaned all the circuit traces with alcohol, but the keyboard still 
>malfunctions. The power on key seems to be in a continuous "on" state. 
>The keycaps DA indicates that a number of other keys think that 
>they are pressed.

Before you go and buy a new keyboard, I'd try using distilled
water to clean the keyboard. I've used this technique, and it worked
for me. Go to a drugstore, or someplace that sells deionized, distilled
water. Open up the keyboard and wash the water all throughout the
keyboard. It will help if you take the caps off all the switches.
If you have a spray gun, use that to get into the nooks and
crannies. Then shake all the water out of the board, and set it out
in the sun for an afternoon to dry. The distilled water won't hurt any
of the electronics. They suffer a lot worse going down the
maunfacturing line.     Good luck...

                                           --clark
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