The fact that some of your keys still work, suggests that not all keys are assigned to a single circuit card or bit of circuitry.īut that's of little use when you need all keys to be working. Having been plugged in and powered during the tragic incident, it appears that the small amount of plain drinking water came in contact with some powered circuitry and shorted the whole thing out. Yeah, I tried to unplug it and leave it in the sun to evaporate the water, but after more than enough time for any moisture to evaporate, when I plugged it in it was "deaded." I wish I had good news to report on this, but the same thing happened to me when our NEIGHBORHOOD cat (not even our own) knocked a glass of water (which I shouldn't have had close to the computer (or to ANYTHING!) and a drop spilled right into the keyboard INSTANTLY making it and the connected mouse inoperable.
#FIX STICKY KEY ON APPLE MAGIC KEYBOARD WITH NUMERIC KEYPAD MAC#
So tricks that would dry out some other electrical components, did Not work on the keyboards.īecause mac supports thier products, sometimes to excess, you might also go with that route. It is possible to use 99% alcohol, or a tech spray, to replace (push out) the water, then the higher volitle liquids will dry faster, but with a membrane keyboard situation, it did not work at all, the seal(ing) between the 2 surfaces means it will just push back further, even the alcohol will have a hard time drying, and the parts in there are effected by solvents to easily. If in 2 weeks it still is acting up, the only thing you can do is dissasemble. Put the wet one in a clean dry locations, you could put a fan blowing air, and give it 2 days, then test it again, prefer to not power it up when it is not working. The keys working erraticly (instead of not at all or stuck) more likly indicate that it is a very small ammount of water, that should be able to dry up, without dissasembly.įor more information, we need to know the model type, to even guess, but if you have another Kb laying around use it. Taking it apart is not always easy because some of them have heat squished plastic rivets (one way assembly). You can't very well use things like hair dryers and heat guns, because the soft membrane and the plastic everywhere. One type of plastic grid layers under some of them. Because it forms a good seal between the flat PCB and the membrane there is no air passage, so the water takes a long time to dry. Because the top layer is water proof (even if it has areas that allows water entry) it will not dry quickly. If it is a membrane keyboard, even small ammounts of water can slip under the membrane spread capilary style, and cause a problem like this.
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