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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:15:52 EDT
Anyway I have
completely dried it, and it still doesnt work. im just not sure if
its the plastic
pieces or the circuit board that has gone bad. Unfortunately the
Apple Store i
bought it from kept me on hold longer than I could stand today. I really hope
this doesnt cost me more than the long drive back to the store. And I am
assuming it is the circuit board that has gone bad because the rest of the
keyboard is just so simple and appears as though it should be functional.
I haven't been following this thread up to this point, so my
apologies if I missed points that make this info irrelevant.
Many, perhaps most, newer keyboards are made of a folded sheet of
mylar with circuit traces etched onto it. The mylar is folded so
that there are three layers with some holes cut to allow keycaps to
make coated mylar touch coated mylar through the holes.
In my experience, if you get one of this style of keyboard wet, it is
extremely difficult to get it working again. The water either takes
forever or simply won't dry out from between the layers and when it
does dry, it often leaves residue behind that affects the function.
I've tried unfolding the mylar so it can dry properly, but they just
never seem to go back together right after they're unfolded.
Anyway, if your keyboard is one of the folded mylar types, I think
the prognosis is poor.
If your keyboard is a keyswitch on circuit board type of keyboard,
then the above is irrelevant.
Jeff Walther
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