Hi,
> While having dinner tonight, I dropped a glob of sour cream on the
> keyboard. I got as much of it off as possible, and the keyboard still
> works (obviously), but I was wondering if anyone has any suggestions how
to
> get rid of the smell . . . or should I just live with it rather than risk
> doing more damage?
Depends. Most keyboards nowadays will survive even washing
under a stream of clear water. In fact, I once a rep�ired a broken
keyboard this way (it was just too dirty inside). The key caps of
most keyboards are also easily detachable and, even more important,
also re-attachable. While this is used mainly for "fun in the office"
(just change a few key caps. You can mix caps from two keyboards,
so one keyboard has two "z" keys, for example. This is easily
detectable, of course. For real punishment, you can shift left or right
one row of the keyboard. Not so obvious, and can drive people really
mad.), it also helps when it comes to removing dirt under or between
the keys. For a complete cleaning of the keyboard, you can also
complertely disassemble it (and re-assemble it again, of course). Very
few of todffay's keyboards have still screws, so most have of snap-in
connections between top and bottom shell. Easy to open, easy to
close.
Also, a cheap PC keyboard is available for less than $10, if you are
concerned about breaking it. But this should be no problem, really.
The exception: so far, I found one exception about the water resistance
of keyboards, and this was a DEC keyboard (hooked up to VT220
text terminal). These keyboards were easily destroyed with a single drop
of coffee! This is no problem with a PC keyboard, as many people
already have proven (I wonder how many hectoliters coffee have already
flown though keyboards...)
Best regards, Klaus
