Dirty keyboard?

diable

Stop watching !!!!!! then the keyboard doesn't get dirty...............

dave82_2

I jt ted th lo of key don wok

Dave_C_2

A while ago I spilled coffee on the keyboard and immediately flushed it away with copious amounts of water using the shower.

Fitted a spare keyboard and left the soggy one to dry for a week or so. 50% of the keys then refused to work. Stripped it down and left it for another week. No improvement.

As I really wanted my dell AT 102W clicky keyboard, I eventually had to individually strip each keyswitch down, clean with meths dry and re-assemble.

No way would I put a keyboard in a dishwasher. You have been warned.

Dave

rmg1

free4440273 wrote: »

another thing: esp. if sharing a keyboard, are the amount of germs and bacteria on a kb and then your fingers and then your mouth and then your intestines :eek: and then u fall ill

What made you so cheerful today???

Dave_C_2

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Originally Posted by free4440273
another thing: esp. if sharing a keyboard, are the amount of germs and bacteria on a kb and then your fingers and then your mouth and then your intestines :eek: and then u fall ill

rmg1 wrote: »

What made you so cheerful today???

Probably because the shift key and full stop keys have stopped working since the keyboard was cleaned. Still, there's always the "B" Ark to look forward to if you are a Keyboard Sanitiser.

Dave

free4440273

rmg1 wrote: »

What made you so cheerful today???

certainly not my shares in BAT! damn those smokers !;)

asbokid

Dave_C wrote: »

A while ago I spilled coffee on the keyboard and immediately flushed it away with copious amounts of water using the shower. Fitted a spare keyboard and left the soggy one to dry for a week or so. 50% of the keys then refused to work. Stripped it down and left it for another week. No improvement.

That has been my experience.

During the washing process, the dessicated food-spittle, crystalised phlegm, dried excreta and semen protein residue, is washed onto the carbon pads of the dome switches, and onto the carbon tracks of the membrane.

Remedying that generally involved a complete keyboard strip down.

The fun part always comes from reassembly. Finding the right hole for each of the 102 key tops is a useful test for Alzheimer's.

As I really wanted my dell AT 102W clicky keyboard, I eventually had to individually strip each keyswitch down, clean with meths dry and re-assemble.

The use of carbon pads in keyswitches is found not only in PC keyboards but also in AV remote controls.

If the operative is too vigorous during the cleaning process or uses an unsuitable solvent-based product, the carbon can rub off. Should that happen, the keyboard is permanently damaged and is left fit only for donation to charity.

free4440273

^^wow! very neat nails for a chap!! makes a change !

Dave_C_2

asbokid wrote: »

That has been my experience.

During the washing process, the dessicated food-spittle, crystalised phlegm, dried excreta and semen protein residue, is washed onto the carbon pads of the dome switches, and onto the carbon tracks of the membrane.

Remedying that generally involved a complete keyboard strip down.

The fun part always comes from reassembly. Finding the right hole for each of the 102 key tops is a useful test for Alzheimer's.

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The keyboard in question had these black alps switches, no rubbery bit.


Each switch had to be dismantled. the black bit has to be prised apart. Inside the switch is the grey bit that holds the button, a coil spring, two leaf springs and the bit that holds the contacts.

Why did I bother? When in use it sounds like this and feels great!
Almost as good as the legendary IBM model M keyboard.

Dave

rmg1

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