We're aware that some users are experiencing technical issues which the team are working to resolve. See the Community Noticeboard for more info. Thank you for your patience.
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!

(No longer) Urgent - just spilled coffee on keyboard

Options
jap200
jap200 Posts: 2,033 Forumite
Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
Very urgent help needed right now please!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Husband allways telling me not to have drink near computer - now I've gone and spilled half a cup of coffee all over the keyboard.

I have unplugged it (and plugged in the kids one) and put it upside down on wads of kitchen roll.

Will it dry out OK or do I need to take it apart and clean it somehow? What shall I do next to save it's life and avoid having to tell my husband?

Please help.
«13

Comments

  • jampton
    jampton Posts: 224 Forumite
    Calm down dear it's only a keyboard !

    Hopefully it will dry out - if not either blame the kids or buy a new one !
  • Andy_L
    Andy_L Posts: 13,022 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    PC world, new keyboard ~£5, problem solved.
  • morganb
    morganb Posts: 1,762 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    This has been asked before on here and the usual question is "was there sugar in the coffee" - if there was then the keyboard is probaby ruined. If there wasn't then you need to let it dry naturally in a warm place (i.e. airing cupboard) and it may work again. I would not recommend taking it apart...
    That's Numberwang!
  • Idiophreak
    Idiophreak Posts: 12,024 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Just leave it a couple of days somewhere nice and warm so it will all dry out.

    Should work fine.

    If not, don't worry, these things happen. And new ones are real cheap.
  • jap200
    jap200 Posts: 2,033 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    I'm not so much worried about the cost as giving my husband the satisfaction of saying "I told you so"!

    Fortunately I don't take sugar, but there was a little milk in it. What has sugar got to do with it by the way?
  • Morty_007
    Morty_007 Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    Normally liquid isn't what kills a keyboard...it's the sugar in the liquid which gets sticky and clogs up the keys.

    Hope you don't take sugar?

    Leave it upside down but bear in mind that keys are hollow so when you turn it back over the liquid may have pooled in the keys and dribble back down into the keyboard so leave it for a good couple of days so it can dry fully.

    I have tipped tea over my work keyboard at least twice and had no problems drying it out.

    Failing all that: it IS only a keyboard and not the end of the world. Ask on freecycle for another one if you can't afford one. DH needs a chill pill if this upsets him as much as you seem to be suggesting! :rotfl:
    Good Enough Club member number 27(2) AND I got me a stalkee!
    Closet debt free wannabe -[STRIKE] Last personal loan payment - July 2010[/STRIKE]:T, credit card balance about £3000 (and dropping FAST), [STRIKE]Last car payment September 2010 (August 2010 aparently!!)[/STRIKE]
    And a mortgage in a pear tree :D
  • Omertron
    Omertron Posts: 574 Forumite
    jap200 wrote: »
    Fortunately I don't take sugar, but there was a little milk in it. What has sugar got to do with it by the way?
    Sugar makes it sticky and the keys will not work as well as before.
    - = I also recognise the Robins and beep for them = -
  • Morty_007
    Morty_007 Posts: 1,496 Forumite
    jap200 wrote: »
    I'm not so much worried about the cost as giving my husband the satisfaction of saying "I told you so"!


    :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

    Give him the satisfaction...and then tell hm to chill! Accidents happen. If thats an "I told you so" moment on your house....good grief! You are a grown adult.
    Good Enough Club member number 27(2) AND I got me a stalkee!
    Closet debt free wannabe -[STRIKE] Last personal loan payment - July 2010[/STRIKE]:T, credit card balance about £3000 (and dropping FAST), [STRIKE]Last car payment September 2010 (August 2010 aparently!!)[/STRIKE]
    And a mortgage in a pear tree :D
  • Idiophreak
    Idiophreak Posts: 12,024 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Serves him right...letting a lady near technology...what was he thinking :p;)
  • Diminutive
    Diminutive Posts: 348 Forumite
    100 Posts
    You've said you've unplugged it, so I presume its not wireless. Every wired keyboard I've had has been very easy to take apart and put back together... I do it quite regularly to keep it nice and clean. usually there's just a few simple screws on the back. and then all the sections of the keyboard. Don't be afraid of taking it apart to help it dry out and clean it =)
    ~Diminutive
This discussion has been closed.
Meet your Ambassadors

🚀 Getting Started

Hi new member!

Our Getting Started Guide will help you get the most out of the Forum

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 351K Banking & Borrowing
  • 253.1K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 453.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 244K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 598.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 176.9K Life & Family
  • 257.3K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 16.1K Discuss & Feedback
  • 37.6K Read-Only Boards

Is this how you want to be seen?

We see you are using a default avatar. It takes only a few seconds to pick a picture.