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I spilt juice on my laptops keyboard. :flaw: :shy: U_U The keys all work fine but they are harder to push down. They come back up just fine so they don't stick or anything. I was wondering if there is anyway for me to clean them. I have asked others but unfortunately my friends aren't very computer savvy or whatever you would call them. I hope someone on here can help :T_T:
 

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under the laptop there should be screws. if you unscrew them you can take off the keyboard and either replace it or clean it. unfortunately, i do not know exactly which screws you need to unscrew.
 

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under the laptop there should be screws. if you unscrew them you can take off the keyboard and either replace it or clean it. unfortunately, i do not know exactly which screws you need to unscrew.
ok. I know I once accidently popped off my F4 key and was able to put it back on again. The keys that I need to clean are my Caps lock, left tab , left shift, left CTRL, A, this key (`~), and finally the 1 key. Do you think I would be able to pop them off clean them and put them back on without a problem, or do you guys think that would be to big of a risk??
 

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Mugi has the most experience cleaning keyboards :rolleyes:

PS: There's an IT Section down yonder.
This is a fragment of one of my msn convos with him :


Greg Says :
  • Hey
  • Sup?
Mugi says :
  • whdaowhjaroiawr
Greg Says :
  • um...wha?
Mugi says :
  • I was just cleaning my keyboard,the color changed to white..
 

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ok. I know I once accidently popped off my F4 key and was able to put it back on again. The keys that I need to clean are my Caps lock, left tab , left shift, left CTRL, A, this key (`~), and finally the 1 key. Do you think I would be able to pop them off clean them and put them back on without a problem, or do you guys think that would be to big of a risk??
depending upon the type of computer and the construction of the keyboard [are the keys pegged on, or snap fitted] my wife's mac, and my asus you can't take off the keys, but my hp, and alienware, you can.
given you said that you'd done it before, why not try it again. ;)

oh and the (`~) is called the tilde key. :D
 
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