[color=#FFFFFF]I just spilled beer over my laptop and though the motherboard is isolated and the keys are working they are sticky and take a certain amount of persuasion to work. I am thinking of tacking appart my laptop to clean it, but I've never done so before. Can you give me some base level tips on taking it appart. Thanks in advance
What kind of Laptop is it? If it's a Mac or whatever the hell Apple calls them, it should have 2 nobs near the top of the keyboard. Push those in and lift up, and voila, keyboard seperation.
If it's not one of those Apple things, then I'm not sure, you'll probably have to take the entire thing apart.
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My laptop came to me secondhand. It's about 7 years old, and it's on its second hard drive. From the moment I got it, the built-in keyboard never worked. So I have a regular external keyboard that I plug into it. With all the external equipment I need to make this thing work (and the sheer bulk of the computer itself), I use it more as a stationary desktop. I don't know how you usually use your laptop, but it's a pain for me to drag the keyboard along with the computer. Might not be the best choice if you move around a lot.
Alternatively, one time when I smashed my external keyboard into pieces, I went about a day keyboardless. So if I wanted to type something, I painstakingly searched the web (hyperlinks only, no Google searches for obvious reasons) for words to copy-paste. Tedious, but fun in a way.
Or you could do the obvious (but less fun) thing and just clean your keyboard out. If you wanna do things the boring way.
[color=#FFFFFF]It is working but the keys are kind of hard to press like there is something sticky underneath. What I meant was, I have no idea about the insides of the laptop unlike the desktop computer, if I take it apart should I get myself some thermal paste for the radiator or not? things like that. It's and Acer laptop though I gotta check what model it is exactly
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' Wrote:Alternatively, one time when I smashed my external keyboard into pieces, I went about a day keyboardless. So if I wanted to type something, I painstakingly searched the web (hyperlinks only, no Google searches for obvious reasons) for words to copy-paste. Tedious, but fun in a way.
Most operating systems have on-screen keyboard programs. Windows has this built in. Didn't you try that?
how old is it? the old beige klunkers can be literally hosed off in the shower & loosen the gunk under the keys & you have to let it dry for around 24 hours. Though obviously, that option's off the table if you have anything newish
' Wrote:Most operating systems have on-screen keyboard programs. Windows has this built in. Didn't you try that?
And miss the opportunity for a fun little internet-land word-scavenger-hunt? Hell no! And also, maybe, just maybe, I had no idea that such a program existed until you mentioned it just now. Maybe.
Anyway r3v, I'm not too familiar with whatever model computer you have, but I know that I've taken the keyboard apart on my laptop once before. The actual computer-y bits weren't actually exposed when I removed the keys, so if your laptop is like mine, there shouldn't be too much to worry about. Once you find the exact model, I'm sure you can make a quick Google search or something to find out at least a little bit about the way your computer is put together.
[color=#FFFFFF]I fixed it, basically there was like a rubbery thing between underneath the keys which was soaking, I've cleaned it an now it works perfectly. The keyboard itself wasn't attached in any way to the motherboard
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