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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > -- Bryan W. Berry Systems Engineer OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
