Thanks Yokoy! I will definitely try that out.

I figured that it was the impurities in the water that screwed up the
keyboard not necessarily water itself.

Does it have to be a large quantity of water or just enough to fully
submerge the keyboard? Perhaps I need a lot of water in order to get
enough dissolution

On Thu, 2008-07-31 at 13:33 +0200, [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
> > 
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Bryan W. Berry
Systems Engineer
OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org

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