The more modern the (Apple) keyboard, the harder it is to strip it down to clean it. If you have a glued together one, they want you to buy a new one and be more careful in future! That solution will certainly work. But in the real world, we grudge paying £50 or so for a keyboard. There are look-alike USB keyboards out there which will do the job and the Windoze key seems to map as an "Apple" key, although from memory non-Apple keyboards are not good for those special commands that you want to use in the boot sequence for single user mode and suchlike. Other group members can probably give informed knowledge about this.
In the past it has been suggested that keyboards will generally survive careful treatment in a dishwasher, and this will often fix them. Somehow I don't think this technique would work that well on Andreas' model. I have one of those domestic small domestic steam cleaners, that puts out a jet of pressurised steam. I'm SPECULATING that this might be good for older keyboards, but the temperature might be too much for the components! Any of the group got any experience trying this? IN THEORY I reckon a jet of steam would give a very thorough flush, to remove dust and stickiness. The problem with sealed keyboards would be ensuring adequate drainage of the gunk and then ultimately, the clean condensed water, since you want to REMOVE the contaminants, rather than just MOVE-ing them around inside the keyboard. Perhaps an airline would help to remove bulk of undrained water before drying in a warm place for a couple of weeks? Possibly a discreetly and VERY CAREFULLY DRILLED drain hole underneath!? I don't own this style of keyboard, so I am not* au fait *as to this possibility! Thing is, it's probably borked anyway, so a reasonable subject for research! I wouldn't fancy the job of removing all keys, etc - (clear clean bench and floor, with retaining bunds, and a scan or photocopy of the keyboard placed on a tray before putting everything removed in its place on the paper might save anguish!) But a somewhat Sisyphean task to try one's patience to the utmost, and you'd have to test it very thoroughly before putting it back together, IN CASE you didn't get one vital key fixed. Clingfilm wrapping a keyboard is a quick-and-dirty way of protecting one if you HAVE to do something in a hostile environment! Good luck. Dan. On Wednesday, January 16, 2013 8:42:55 PM UTC, Mac User #330250 wrote: > > Hi! > > Yesterday I spilled some juice all over my Apple Keyboard. It is the > Aluminium > USB version. > > http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB110LL/B/apple-keyboard-with-numeric-keypad > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Keyboard#Apple_Keyboard_.28109_keys.29 > It is model A1243 introduced in 2007; System requirements were back than > Mac > OS X 10.4.something; in the store it’s now 10.6.something… > > After unplugging it I washed it using water, but the juice was in so deep > that > I feared I won’t get it all out without enought water, so I put it under > running water. I inverted it and allowed it to try for about 20 hours. > > I later found that 24 to 48 hours would have been better: > http://guides.macrumors.com/Spilled_Liquid_On_My_Mac_or_Keyboard > > The good news: the built-in USB hub works. > The bad news: the keyboard doesn’t. Not one keypress was recognized by the > system. > > I tried to find a solution on YouTube, like how to open it, but I cannot > find > a good video that would help. Most videos deal with how to clean the > individual keys rather than how to open it. > > Did I plug it in too early? Could it really be broken beyond repair? > All suggestions are wellcome… > > Thanks, > Andreas aka Mac User #330250 > -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
