I haven't had a soaked olpc (yet), but most of the other devices that hand these kind of problems where much simply cured by : - being taken apart - carefull cleaning with a cloath, especially for the tip of flat cable going to a FPC connector which some dirt (oxidation? short circuit? isolant?) usually accumulate. Saved a wirless phone (display FPC problem), and a smartphone (keyboard FPC problem) that way.
If that doesn't work, yes you should certainly try washing the keyboard board and plastic membrane. On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:40 AM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > the best thing you could do is to put the device (keyboard) into a bathtub > with distilled water. No joke! after one or two days the electrolyte > ingredients will be washed out. After that drip of the water and be patient > one or two days. The device has to be very dry before you should activate the > device. > Maybe the display do not like it. > I am always treating sunken electronic devices that way, including still > cameras. A good alternative is ethanol (but not denatured alcohol!). > > Best regards, > yokoy > > On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:44:08 +0545 > Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The first XO casualty at Nepal's pilot schools a few days ago. A second >> grader washed his XO because it had gotten too dirty. >> >> Thankfully, the display, cpu and motherboard seem to be working fine. >> The keyboard is non-functional and the mouse is nominally functional. >> >> Anyone know a fix for a "washed out keyboard" besides complete >> replacement? >> >> >> >> -- >> Bryan W. Berry >> Systems Engineer >> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list >> Devel@lists.laptop.org >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- Dr. Guylhem Aznar, MD PhD Unité d'Analyse Médico-Économique Service de Santé Publique et d'Économie de la Santé Pôle SPSSR CHU de Fort de France BP 632 97261 Fort De France Cedex Martinique, France Tel : 05 96 55 23 47 Fax : 05 96 75 84 57 _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
