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Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 8:28 pm
by DangerPaul
So my wife spilled tea all over her laptop and typing on it is like walking on the movie theater floor. I will be the first to admit I know nothing about laptops, how hard is it to clean the keyboard or is this thing simply fucked?

Re: Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 9:15 pm
by 10sun
Not too bad if all the keys still actually work.

For the effort involved, you are probably better off just getting a new keyboard for your laptop; it will run you like $50 for the keyboard and maybe $25 in labor if you go to a decent shop (half an hour of work).

Re: Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 11:52 pm
by Tikker
ditto

its not worth the time to clean it (you have to separate it from the unit, remove all the keys, clean each one, etc etc)

Re: Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 11:44 pm
by Durothil Skyreaver
Yeah, taking apart a laptop is something you'll only ever do once.

Re: Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:50 am
by DangerPaul
bought a replacement keyboard on amazon for $20 and took 10 minutes to change out

Re: Laptop cleaning

PostPosted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 10:42 am
by Tikker
nice

best option imo