[ashaiba]

I never drink coke near my computer, but i came back from school very tired and i didnt care this time =P

well, like an idiot, i spilled coke on my wireless microsoft keyboard, not a lot of coke, about quarter of a cup. Then i got windex and cleaned my keyboard. After that, when i type with that keyboard, all my buttons are messed up. When i click F Lock, it puts Caps Lock on. when i type "s" i get s/, when i click backspace i get ////////. Is this repairable. whether it is or not, why does it do that?

[kanoakavirus]

did your keyboard come with a disk or is it like plug and play? if it came with a disk try re installing the software , if you can just plug it in and practically use it strait then
take your keyboard apart and you should see like a green translucent plastic sheet, give that a wipe down but be careful , don't use any chemicals just a dry cloth and let me know how it went.

[mrdaveyk]

if its plug and play sounds screwed, sounds screwed full stop to be honest

coke when dry becomes sticky, if its got inside the keyboard god knows what its done

was it expensive?

keyboards go for about £5 these days

[spot]

"Is this repairable. whether it is or not, why does it do that"? Because coke is sticky. Because it's gripping the parts of the keys that are meant to slide in a practically frictionless fashion between open and closed. Because the little baby springs that return them to their rest state haven't the strength to fight against the glue you introduced.

The good news is that it will easily wash out. Put the keyboard through a dishwasher cycle. [1] [2]

The bad news is that you'll then need to completely dry the insides and the average keyboard has perhaps four hundred component bits of plastic which all need relocating in the exact place you found them for it to work again.

The short answer is that you have a dead keyboard and you need to buy a replacement.



[1] without batteries.

[2] I don't speak from a position of ignorance, I've done this more than once with more than just keyboards and ended up with working kit once it's dried properly.

[ashaiba]

My keyboard isnt sticky inside, cause i cleaned it very very well with windex. i got a q-tip cleaned it more. i booted to windows, same problem but i did find out that when i hold SHIFT all the letter keys work, but there capitlized...???

[spot]

The way a keyboard works is there's a tiny angel underneath each key. Angels aren't very intelligent but when you press "k", for example, the angel under the "k" key squeaks "k" in computer language and the screen angel hears it and puts a "k" onto your screen. The shift angel is the least intelligent of the lot, all he does is pull the wings of the other angels so that they squeak higher and the screen angel knows to put a capital up instead.


Angels get very drunk when they drink coke. Or Pepsi, come to that. Either you need to sober them up with a really good wash or you need to send them back to God and rent another batch from your nearest angel workshop.

[mrdaveyk]

Originally Posted by spot The way a keyboard works is there's a tiny angel underneath each key. Angels aren't very intelligent but when you press "k", for example, the angel under the "k" key squeaks "k" in computer language and the screen angel hears it and puts a "k" onto your screen. The shift angel is the least intelligent of the lot, all he does is pull the wings of the other angels so that they squeak higher and the screen angel knows to put a capital up instead. Angels get very drunk when they drink coke. Or Pepsi, come to that. Either you need to sober them up with a really good wash or you need to send them back to God and rent another batch from your nearest angel workshop.

theres a hidden message in there

was the keyboard expensive? if it came with the computer and is standard i think replacement is the best option you got

[Carbon]

Originally Posted by ashaiba i did find out that when i hold SHIFT all the letter keys work, but there capitlized...???

My God!

[serverguy]

So I think the moral of the story is you're just going to have to buy a new keyboard....

[ashaiba]

Originally Posted by spot The way a keyboard works is there's a tiny angel underneath each key. Angels aren't very intelligent but when you press "k", for example, the angel under the "k" key squeaks "k" in computer language and the screen angel hears it and puts a "k" onto your screen. The shift angel is the least intelligent of the lot, all he does is pull the wings of the other angels so that they squeak higher and the screen angel knows to put a capital up instead. Angels get very drunk when they drink coke. Or Pepsi, come to that. Either you need to sober them up with a really good wash or you need to send them back to God and rent another batch from your nearest angel workshop.

hahaha great great story.
well they angels are sober now, thanks for the help