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Article #2828Re: How to clean a Keyboard?
From: Mikael Borg
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 1996 00:00
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In article <4iajh0$du7@news2.nkn.net>, jengel@fastlane.net (Jeffrey Engel) wrote: > In article <3143e008.6732871@nntp.ix.netcom.com>, mancini1@ix.netcom.com (Sandro Mancini) says: > > > >On Sun, 03 Mar 1996 08:02:15 GMT, istvanc@great-mail.great.fi (Chief > >Wiggum) wrote: > > > >:> There was quite a long discussion in demon.tech.pc a few montsh ago > >:> about just this problem. Several people who had worked for firms > >:> refurbishing & managing computer equipment gave away some of their > >:> trad secrets. The suggestion that I liked best although I've not > >:> actually tried it myself yet is to put the keyboard into a dishwasher. > > > >: Do you remember any details concerning that? Do you have to use a hairdryer > >: to make sure it is thoroughly dry? > > > >I wouldn't recommend it. First. if indeed it is 'safe' to put a > >keyboard in a dishwashing machine, I'd bet using a machine capable of > >operating on cold water is required. Hot water will very likely damage > >the keyboard. Second, I see a potential risk in getting 'dirty' water > >(mixed with dishwashing liquid) inside the keyboard. > > > >Sandro Campos Mancini | mancini1@ix.netcom.com > > "Striker" | http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/1233/ > > You would think so. However, when a company I worked for had some PC boards > stuffed the way the assembly house cleaned the solder flux off was in a > dishwasher. > > I wasn't able to get a close look, but I'll bet they had a water softener and > used a special detergent. > > je Who ever came up with the stupid idea of using a dishwashing machine to clean a keyboard. Just use a skrewdriver and pop the keys of the keyboard out and then your should me able to manually remove eny dirt. /Mikael Borg
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10c6a1,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10c6a1,public X-Google-Thread: 10d683,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 1036bc,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid1036bc,public X-Google-Thread: 109e38,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid109e38,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-Thread: 10a2ed,cbff7722051524a8 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a2ed,public From: atombo1@intercall.ato.abb.se (Mikael Borg) Subject: Re: How to clean a Keyboard? Date: 1996/03/15 Message-ID: <atombo1-1503961229110001@s-3046.ato.abb.se> X-Deja-AN: 142554190 references: <825236527snz@x-ferret.demon.co.uk> <3135625b.39869759@news.demon.co.uk> <313889f0.4277833@news.great.fi> <3143e008.6732871@nntp.ix.netcom.com> <4iajh0$du7@news2.nkn.net> content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 organization: ABB Atom AB mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.periphs,aus.computers,aus.computers.ibm-pc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,demon.tech.pc