Accidently spilt some orange juice near my m11x and a tiny bit got around the keys on the far right of the keyboard. Mopped up around the keys as best i could but its made them abit sticky at times esp if the computers been on for a while and is heated up, however they still work fine and the backlight hasnt been affected.
Can anyone advise me on how to remove some of the keys and try to have a proper clean around them?
Cheers
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There are vids on youtube about that.
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The keys are on a pretty tricky plastic cross lever arrangment within the keyborad 'tray'.
It may be easier to remove the keyboard, give it a bit of a clean and dry and then reassemble.
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I would follow DrGoodVibes' recommendation.
For spills that can cause stickiness, it is usually easier to remove the entire keyboard, wash with warm soapy water, and let the whole keyboard air dry for 48 to 72 hours. Soap and water will not cause further damage to a keyboard, as long as it is not powered on, and is allowed to completely air dry before use. -
Having spilled half a bottle of green tea on my keyboard already I can tell you that a rinse in the sink with water works like a charm. Shake all of the excess water out, stand it on end next to a small fan in order to accelerate evaporation and 8 -12 hours of air drying is all you'll need.
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I also spilled juice. Keys is better not to shoot - a big risk to break the legs. Promotional keyboard module under water, dried, and everything will be fine. Checked
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Like DrGoodVibes and others stated, just remove the keyboard. My fiance had an older toshiba, and she spilled an entire Dr Pepper on it, and all the keys were sticky. It was like that for a while, to the point that keys took several seconds to spring back up. Removed the keyboard, washed it in the sink under hot water, and then let it dry out. Works like a charm now. All I need to do is load Win 7 on it and it's off to grannys house so she can facebook and send me chain letters
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LOL!
But I know I about sticky keys. I had sticky left Shift on my old Dell XPS m1330. MOst of the sentences would start like this.
Removing a keyboard key
Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by flavourshaker, Nov 11, 2010.