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On Jan 28, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Iain Thornton wrote: > I remember pretty much exactly the same thing happening to me a few > years ago > Was some type of cordial (so not distilled water) and the very same > thing happened to me. In the end, the only solution was a new keyboard > However, with the computer I'm currently typing on, I regularly get > water on the trackpad and the keyboard after having showered and it's > never shown any symptoms(apart from trackpad being unresponsive > until dry) > I just know that this computer has very little life left in it and > will > need replacing soon anyway unsure if you were referencing yours or mine. > and more importantly-I know that unless there > are other chemicals or so on in it then it can't harm the keyboard and > it incredibly unlikely to make its way into the computer itself > based on > the construction of the keyboard. > > Therefore, I'm assuming that your problem is related to shampoo and so > on in the bath water. Hmm. You may be correct. > If I am correct, then isopropyl and other 'water > absorbants' will be useless... > > What I would do is if no improvement occurs, then consider a new > keyboard... Too bad I did not see your message sooner. :-) I will tell you what I did - because now I need to find out if there's a reasonable way to resurrect the book (for use while main book goes in for repairs). What I did: - removed hard drive and placed in external case with UCS and dual firewire. - removed 512 chip, to place in another computer. i.e., IBook would have whatever else was in it - and, if locatable, the small chip swapped from other book. - removed airport card, to put in another machine (but should be able to use DSL, via cable, from one location) - As I recall, when machine was return to me, it was not in reassembled condition. i.e. It did not look like a working Mac (where someone would discover that hard-drive was missing). However, I don't think any parts were omitted in return to me. (It's been months since this happened, and since I've looked in the box.) Is it possible and worth trying to resurrect it? Thanks. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to Low End Mac's G-Books list, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
