[ltp] [OT] Cleaning Mousebuttons

[Kelvin KAN]

Depending on which model of TP, there may be downloadable "hardware 
maintenance guide" from IBM upport website.  It may help at least not to 
break further stuffs.   Maybe you can also try to spray some contact 
cleaner e.g. 3M on the spilled point (supposedly driving away the water, 
if not for milk or cream).  Exercise caution, because too much may also 
damage other components e.g. LCD.

Good luck!

Wolf Wiegand wrote:

> Hello,
>
> in a moment of temporal insanity, I managed to spill a little bit of 
> tea on my thinkpad. Not enough for any of it to leak below the 
> keyboard, yet enough to kill a mouse button :-(.
>
> Well, at first after the spillage (and drying attempts) the computer 
> worked all right for a couple of minutes. After that my mouse started 
> acting totally weird. So I removed the keyboard and try to blow out 
> any liquid still in there. Then I put everything back together and let 
> it sit for >24 hrs.
>
> Now, everything works allright, except the upper left mouse (or rather 
> touchpad) button. It seemes to be pressed permanently, so I can't even 
> use the lower left mouse button.
>
> Now my question: Is it possible to remove the mouse buttons or the 
> keyboard buttons from the keyboard just by pulling them off (so I can 
> see what's wrong)? I didn't want to try it in order not to break even 
> more things around here.
>
> Thanks for any answer,
>
> Wolf