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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:43 am
by Mercury Hat
War wrote:Tellurider wrote:ChibiJess wrote:
Ugh - being a computer support intern for a science group over the summer exposed my to that. Being the intern, I got to clean the grode out of the keyboard of the scientists who were sacked.
However, provided it's the old style of keyboard and not a new one with anything fancy like a chip in it (I think - you may need to search this to check) you can put it in the dishwasher, and let it dry out afterwards before plugging it back in. But don't take my word on it - I don't remember exactly what kinds can handle this.
I think that's a bad idea.
I have a laptop
Take the keyboard out completely, it's a 2 minute job at most. Easy to clean then.
The keys on my laptop pop off real easy. I just have to be careful, though, since the longer keys like the space bar, shift, and others have a metal bar that holds them down and they're tricky to get back on.
There was so much dust and crumbs under my keys
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Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 7:46 am
by TheSuburbanLetdown
My old computer came with a clear keyboard. It's kinda neat until you can see all the crumbs and fingernails inside. When you take the canned air to it, it all swirls around the inside like some kind of disgusting little storm.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:06 am
by McDuffies
DarkMagician wrote:brockway wrote:*changes vote to Roy Nixon*
"Roy Nixon, where'd Roy magically dissapear to!?"
Oops. Thong Wread?
Dunno, I quite like it wherever it is.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 8:55 am
by Rkolter
imho, washing your keyboard in a dishwasher is a bad idea, regardless of the age of the keyboard.
Hook up the hose attachment to your vaccum cleaner. Turn off your computer. Use the hose attachment on your keyboard. It'll suck all those crumbs out, unless you've poured pop on your keyboard or something sticky.
For keys, anything will do - I use windex or rubbing alcohol on my laptop keys to clean them.
Just remember - system powered off and unplugged.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:38 am
by Tellurider
rkolter wrote:imho, washing your keyboard in a dishwasher is a bad idea, regardless of the age of the keyboard.
Hook up the hose attachment to your vaccum cleaner. Turn off your computer. Use the hose attachment on your keyboard. It'll suck all those crumbs out, unless you've poured pop on your keyboard or something sticky.
For keys, anything will do - I use windex or rubbing alcohol on my laptop keys to clean them.
Just remember - system powered off and unplugged.
I'm afraid to put any solvents on my keyboard because my N key is gone and the M and the K are rapidly following. It's a good thing I can touch type.
I shall try this "vacuum hose attachment" thing. But carefully. Very carefully.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:38 am
by Rkolter
In yet another brilliant business decision, Apple has closed the source for the OS-X Intel variants of its operating system.
Dejavu...
http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cf ... &pagePos=8
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:39 am
by Dr Legostar
Tellurider wrote:rkolter wrote:imho, washing your keyboard in a dishwasher is a bad idea, regardless of the age of the keyboard.
Hook up the hose attachment to your vaccum cleaner. Turn off your computer. Use the hose attachment on your keyboard. It'll suck all those crumbs out, unless you've poured pop on your keyboard or something sticky.
For keys, anything will do - I use windex or rubbing alcohol on my laptop keys to clean them.
Just remember - system powered off and unplugged.
I'm afraid to put any solvents on my keyboard because my N key is gone and the M and the K are rapidly following. It's a good thing I can touch type.
I shall try this "vacuum hose attachment" thing. But carefully. Very carefully.
by the time you're done you'll be missing a few more keys.
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 9:42 am
by SergeXIII
Posted: Wed May 17, 2006 12:07 pm
by KittyKatBlack
I knew it was coming. The mere idea that Apple would let people think for themselves seemed a little odd to me to begin with.