The Day My Keyboard Drowned
I chanced upon this fantastic site, while searching for How To Clean Your Keyboard.
http://www.coudal.com/keywasher.php
Go watch the video. It shows a keyboard being placed in a dishwasher. Then I realized that my keyboard had not been cleaned for almost 2 years. I ripped out all the keys…
Time to clean the keyboard.
Tossed everything into a bucket, started to wash them in soapy water.
Washed them thoroughly.
Sprayed the keyboard with water.
Left them to dry for over 48 hours.
Satisfied that the keyboard was dry enough, I plugged it into the computer.
Nothing worked. I pounded on the keys, mashed them up, but not even a single button worked. I guess my keyboard just drowned. I rushed down to Sim Lim Square to buy a black Logitech keyboard for $16.
I’ll still wash my keyboard again. But ONLY the keys. I think only some keyboards are meant to be washed. So do that only if you have a spare keyboard sitting around.
Haha… Chris, this is absolutely priceless!
Razlan
25 May, 2008 at 11:27 AM
it cost me $16!
chris
25 May, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Lmao …. dun u know that there is a computer board in the keyboard?
Keizo
25 May, 2008 at 10:40 PM
circuit board u mean?
I googled the stuff online and came across some stuff which said that it was actually safe to put keyboards into the dishwasher! just needed lots of drying afterwards thats all.
maybe I didn’t dry mine enough and there could have been water still trapped inside.
chris
26 May, 2008 at 8:48 PM
normally, ppl just clean and wash the buttons… thats the only thing u actually touch half the time anyway…
hahaha
Kero
27 May, 2008 at 5:08 PM
right!
yea, i’d probably just clean the buttons ONLY next time.
Is Keizo your brother?
chris
27 May, 2008 at 8:48 PM