Re: Ibook keyboard replacement

2006-07-25 Thread choy
List wrote: From: Nathan Manzi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: iBook Keyboard Replacement Date: Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:57:34 +0800 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.2) Sorry, I actually meant I washed it in distilled water, not mineral, my bad (complete opposite? :) - Nathan

Re: iBook Keyboard Replacement[Scanned]

2006-07-24 Thread Nathan Manzi
Hi Tom, Yeah, that was the first thing I tried, I actually bathed it in mineral water and gave it a day to dry, it helped get the top two rows of keys working (the numbers and qwerty lines were completely unresponsive) but left the Mute (F3), '3' and 'E' keys still non-functional, second

Re: iBook Keyboard Replacement

2006-07-24 Thread Shay Telfer
Hi Tom, Yeah, that was the first thing I tried, I actually bathed it in mineral water and gave it a day to dry Mineral water is full of minerals, which are *conductive* and will dramatically decrease the chance of the keyboard working. Tap or distilled water would have been a better choice.

Re: iBook Keyboard Replacement

2006-07-24 Thread Nathan Manzi
Sorry, I actually meant I washed it in distilled water, not mineral, my bad (complete opposite? :) - Nathan On 24/07/2006, at 9:52 PM, Shay Telfer wrote: Hi Tom, Yeah, that was the first thing I tried, I actually bathed it in mineral water and gave it a day to dry Mineral water is full

iBook Keyboard Replacement

2006-07-23 Thread Nathan Manzi
Hi All. I have recently come across an unfortunate series of events which has left my 12 iBook G4 without a working keyboard. Needless to say, liquid was involved. My question is, is there an easy way to get a replacement keyboard for the laptop other than paying the $150AUD and waiting to get

Re: iBook Keyboard Replacement

2006-07-23 Thread Holipac
You can plug a USB keyboard into the G4 ... we use a wireless keyboard with our G4. Second hand should work if you find one, or new is $59 from ht.com.au (MS Digital Media Pro Keyboard USBPS/2) Glenn. On 23/07/2006, at 9:46 PM, Nathan Manzi wrote: Hi All. I have recently come across an