Previously, at 4:57 pm -0700 3/27/09, oneoftheharts wrote:
>On Mar 26, 12:23 pm, Jonas Lopez wrote:
>> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>
>My sons have put PC keyboards in the dishwasher. Of course, give it
>days to dry just to make sure. That won't remove the worms but
At 3:58 AM -0500 3/27/2009, Bill Christensen wrote:
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>Or bag it well and throw it in the freezer. At least they'll be dead
>when you go to open and clean it.
The best suggestion so far. Freezing will kill them, then you can
clean. Other solutions will risk the hardware or be toxic to using
This probably isn't the best thing to do to a keyboard - but you can put
water damaged things in uncooked rice it will suck all the moisture out.
-Jonas
On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 4:57 AM, oneoftheharts wrote:
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> On Mar 26, 12:23 pm, Jonas Lopez wrote:
> > Worms in
On Mar 26, 12:23 pm, Jonas Lopez wrote:
> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
My sons have put PC keyboards in the dishwasher. Of course, give it
days to dry just to make sure. That won't remove the worms but it
will clean it when they are gone.
On 26/3/09 17:23, "Jonas Lopez" wrote:
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> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>
> It was a surprise to find upon inspection of the underside of the
> clear plastic keyboard that indeed worms have invaded it. More
> specifically, I would guess they are maggots
At 7:07 PM -0400 3/26/09, Dana Collins wrote:
> (my frugality
>flinches at the thought of just throwing it away because of a few pests - to
>Jonas: if they crawl, they breathe: seal the keyboard in a box that's been
>sprayed with insecticide - the worms will be dead in a few minutes).
Or bag it
On 3/26/09 3:46 PM, Bruce Johnson of john...@pharmacy.arizona.edu sent
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> On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
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>> I'd go further and suggest you investigate your whole computer
>> area. I
>> can't see much reason for some insect lay it's eggs in your keyboard.
>> It's a litt
Bill Connelly
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> Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:53
> To:
> Subject: Re: Worms in clear plastic keyboard
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> It might be the larvae of moths, sometimes found in bird seed.
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> Been feeding birds, lately?
>
> Maggots would probably only be found where there
Honestly, I would just dump that thing in the nearest trash can.
Peter M.
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From: Bill Connelly
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:40:53
To:
Subject: Re: Worms in clear plastic keyboard
It might be the larvae of moths, sometimes found in bird
At 1:06 PM -0600 3/26/09, Stephen Conrad posted:
> On 3/26/09, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
>> (1) Locate the nearest garbage can. Place keyboard in garbage can.
>
> At least recycle it! Most scrap yards I have dealt with will take
> electronics and you'd get a little money in the process
>
> (2) Tak
On Mar 26, 2009, at 11:50 AM, Clark Martin wrote:
> I'd go further and suggest you investigate your whole computer
> area. I
> can't see much reason for some insect lay it's eggs in your keyboard.
> It's a little warm, that's the only thing I can think of. Is there
> something around that mi
23 PM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
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>
> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>
> It was a surprise to find upon inspection of the underside of the
> clear plastic keyboard that indeed worms have invaded it. More
> specifically, I would guess they are maggots – God I hade maggots!
>
>
Yes definitely recycle it.-Jonas
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 12:06 PM, Stephen Conrad wrote:
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> On 3/26/09, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> > (1) Locate the nearest garbage can. Place keyboard in garbage can.
>
> At least recycle it! Most scrap yards I have dealt with will take
> electronics and you'd get a
On 3/26/09, Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> (1) Locate the nearest garbage can. Place keyboard in garbage can.
At least recycle it! Most scrap yards I have dealt with will take
electronics and you'd get a little money in the process
(2) Take keyboard apart (keyboard will most likely be destroyed in the p
Jonas Ulrich wrote:
> (1) Locate the nearest garbage can. Place keyboard in garbage can.
> (2) Take keyboard apart (keyboard will most likely be destroyed in
> the process.) Clean keyboard.
>
> Keyboards were never meant to be cleaned... I would simply advise
> getting a new keyboard as there i
.
-Jonas
On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Jonas Lopez wrote:
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>
> Worms in clear plastic keyboard
>
> It was a surprise to find upon inspection of the underside of the
> clear plastic keyboard that indeed worms have invaded it. More
> specifically, I would guess they are
Worms in clear plastic keyboard
It was a surprise to find upon inspection of the underside of the
clear plastic keyboard that indeed worms have invaded it. More
specifically, I would guess they are maggots – God I hade maggots!
Anyway, what should I do about these yucky things resident in my
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