[ltp] Coffee in X61

Hendrik-Jan Heins linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 7 Feb 2011 12:22:48 +0100


Hello Simon,

thank you for this.
As mentioned, I rinsed it under the tap, and I dried it with a blow
dryer (de-ioniser switched on, don't worry).
It has been drying like that for about 3 to 4 hours.
But it is still acting up in such a way that I think there is water
between the plastic sheets.

The thing is that due to how it's made; the frame containing the keys
is riveted to the back panel, I don't think I can get the sheets out
to dry.

So I am hoping someone here has had something similar and knows if
there is a way to do this.

best regards,

Hendrik-Jan


2011/2/7 Simon Royal <mrsimonroyal@gmail.com>:
> Hi
>
> I spilt coke in a Mac keyboard once. I put it in a sink full of water,
> washed it through with washing up liquid and then hung it on the
> washing line to dry.
>
> Simon
>
> On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 10:10 AM, Hendrik-Jan Heins <hjheins@gmail.com> wr=
ote:
>> Dear list,
>>
>> Yesterday I made the stupid mistake of sneezing while holding a cup of
>> coffee over my laptop (IBM x61s)while sneezing (actually tI held a
>> saucer, the cup was on it...).
>> The result was quite predictable: I threw coffee all over and in my lapt=
op.
>>
>> I immediately switched it off, and put it up side down.
>> Took as much coffee out as I could, and in the end opened it up
>> completely for cleaning.
>>
>> After this, indeed it was working again (phew).
>> But... the keyboard is now acting quirky. I think there is still water
>> between the plastic foil layers somewhere (I rinsed it under the tap
>> as there was so much coffee in there).
>> Does anyone know of a way to completely clean and dry the keyboard?
>>
>> thank you.
>>
>> Hendrik-Jan
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