Re: sticky keyboard
Some of this link might be useful, especially the part about how the acid in the soda eats the thin strip of metal; http://www.technology.niagarac.on.ca/people/bgracey/ prokeyboardrepair.html On Jan 24, 2005, at 11:52 PM, Andrew, a Mac Freak wrote: Yes, that question of mine was stupid. One could guess it's completely circumstantial. Andrew I said to remove the keys based on my own experience. The sticky stuff was on the keyboard and the underside of the keys. I originally tried cleaning the kb with q-tips but couldn't get to the bottom of the keys. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: sticky keyboard
-Original Message- From: G-Books [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dylan Moore Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 00:34 To: G-Books Subject: sticky keyboard Hey, just to add to what laurent has said-- I would strongly advise AGAINST the use of soap- and just use water. why? If i remember correctly, most of the parts in the ibook were actually water-washed after the soldiering phase (and before the addition of microchips) because of flux residue. Soap may be too abrasive, but water will probably not hurt the keyboard. If you do any light scrubbing (and I suggest not, just repeatedly dipping, soaking, or a light rub) it may lift the vitals off the board. I'd give it a try though. Oh, and DEFINITELY wait for it to be entirely dry, laurent was quite right in suggesting 2 to 3 days. If you've GOT to have it faster, try a fan. (NO HAIR DRYERS!) --- I apologize for not replying to this sooner but I am have just been catching up on my email from last week. I would definitely recommend isopropyl alcohol over water. It will do a better job removing the soda and will dry faster and cleaner than water. If you do use water I strongly suggest that you get distilled water as tap water will leave more of a residue behind. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: sticky keyboard
Thanks everyone for the advice, I would be washing my keyboard now, but I'm going to wait as I'm moving in a couple of days. I'll post again when I've finished :D Andrew -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: sticky keyboard
Ok, but why should I need to remove all the keys, like so many ppl have suggested? Its not all over the keyboard, just in one corner, and to tell u the truth...I don't know exactly what fell beneath the keyboard that made it stickey. The main part of the stickyness is on the corner of the keyboard, in range of a small paintbrush, and the rest is in _very_ small portions throughout the left side of the keyboard, so it sounds like just dipping it over and over in water, getting that one part w/ a paint brush, and leaving it to dry for days should work. BTW, I wasn't thinking of using soap, but why no hairdryers? cm-high water entered my dad's Dell Latitude (we are all mac ppl now, that was his last Windows machine), and I revived it with a hairdryer (again, this was the dog's doing; he causes much computer destruction :) Andrew On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:33:39 -0500, Dylan Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hey, just to add to what laurent has said-- I would strongly advise AGAINST the use of soap- and just use water. why? If i remember correctly, most of the parts in the ibook were actually water-washed after the soldiering phase (and before the addition of microchips) because of flux residue. Soap may be too abrasive, but water will probably not hurt the keyboard. If you do any light scrubbing (and I suggest not, just repeatedly dipping, soaking, or a light rub) it may lift the vitals off the board. I'd give it a try though. Oh, and DEFINITELY wait for it to be entirely dry, laurent was quite right in suggesting 2 to 3 days. If you've GOT to have it faster, try a fan. (NO HAIR DRYERS!) Oh, and laurent- I, for one, appreciate getting paychecks ( = -Laurent. -- === = Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin http://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] card walloper n.: An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind. -dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com --- -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: sticky keyboard
On Jan 24, 2005, at 6:07 PM, G-Books wrote: Subject: Re: sticky keyboard Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 08:51:18 -0600 From: Andrew, a Mac Freak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ok, but why should I need to remove all the keys, like so many ppl have suggested? Its not all over the keyboard, just in one corner, and to tell u the truth...I don't know exactly what fell beneath the keyboard that made it stickey. The main part of the stickyness is on the corner of the keyboard, in range of a small paintbrush, and the rest is in _very_ small portions throughout the left side of the keyboard, so it sounds like just dipping it over and over in water, getting that one part w/ a paint brush, and leaving it to dry for days should work. I said to remove the keys based on my own experience. The sticky stuff was on the keyboard and the underside of the keys. I originally tried cleaning the kb with q-tips but couldn't get to the bottom of the keys. --- JSH TiBook -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
Re: sticky keyboard
Yes, that question of mine was stupid. One could guess it's completely circumstantial. Andrew I said to remove the keys based on my own experience. The sticky stuff was on the keyboard and the underside of the keys. I originally tried cleaning the kb with q-tips but couldn't get to the bottom of the keys. -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
sticky keyboard
Hey, just to add to what laurent has said-- I would strongly advise AGAINST the use of soap- and just use water. why? If i remember correctly, most of the parts in the ibook were actually water-washed after the soldiering phase (and before the addition of microchips) because of flux residue. Soap may be too abrasive, but water will probably not hurt the keyboard. If you do any light scrubbing (and I suggest not, just repeatedly dipping, soaking, or a light rub) it may lift the vitals off the board. I'd give it a try though. Oh, and DEFINITELY wait for it to be entirely dry, laurent was quite right in suggesting 2 to 3 days. If you've GOT to have it faster, try a fan. (NO HAIR DRYERS!) Oh, and laurent- I, for one, appreciate getting paychecks ( = -Laurent. -- === = Laurent Daudelin AIM/iChat: LaurentDaudelin http://nemesys.dyndns.org Logiciels Nemesys Software mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] card walloper n.: An EDP programmer who grinds out batch programs that do stupid things like print people's paychecks. Compare code grinder. See also punched card, eighty-column mind. -dylan -- G-Books is sponsored by http://lowendmac.com/ and... Small Dog Electronicshttp://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html G-Books list info: http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html -- AOL users, remove mailto:; Send list messages to: mailto:G-Books@mail.maclaunch.com To unsubscribe, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] For digest mode, email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscription questions: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/ --- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---
