Oh the irony of it all! We had our computer on the kitchen counter for almost three years. The potential for it to get food or liquid in the keyboard was very high. A few days ago it was moved into another room. Yesterday Katrina was not feeling well, so I let her play a game on the computer while Amanda's OM team met in the kitchen. I brought her a little bit of Gatorade in a cup. Rebecca, who was supposed to be doing her homework and not playing with Katrina either, knocked the cup of Gatorade onto the desk and it ran off into the keyboard. Arg!
I took the whole keyboard apart (not an easy task!), dried it all off, cleaned under the keys, put it back together. . .and. . .nothing. Sigh! It was working before I took it apart, so should I have left it that way with all the Gatorade sloshing around in the bottom? Hmm. I guess we will never know.
So, now I have a new keyboard. It's not a Mac keyboard, so I don't have all the buttons I used to have and I am trying to figure out ways to do things I have had buttons for all this time, but I will adapt. We always do, don't we?
No drinks by the computer!!!!!
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Did I ever tell you about the time Johnny (about 2 at the time) decided to help me clean my brand new laptop with an overload of windex? Let's just say it wasn't a pretty sight. I think I cried for a week.
I'm sorry about your keyboard! I read online that if that happens, you're supposed to immediately turn the keyboard upside down on a towel and let it dry. Some of the new ones you can even put in the dishwasher. Just unplug it first.
This laptop I have now has had two spills into the keyboard. Both times I have turned it off, flipped it upside down, and let it dry. It still works! One of these times I won't be so lucky.
Love ya!
Now why didn't I think of that?! Good idea. The new one says "Spill-Safe Keyboard" on the box. Let's hope that this time we don't have a reason to test that out!
A few days ago, Noah spilled some milk on his laptop and didn't tell me. When I saw it, it was already partly dried, but I tried to clean as much as I could. Fortunately, it wasn't much, but I still just about had a coronary. I can't even tell how many times he's lost computer privileges because of drinks by the computer. Maybe it won't sink in until the laptop is completely ruined, and he never gets to play on it again. Little stinker! :)
That is ironic that you have had the computer in the kitchen without mishap, only to move it to sad results. Sorry about your keyboard.
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