I tried a similiar fix once without success.  However, I disassembled the
entire keyboard and only washed the plastic parts, NOT ANY of the electrical
components or boards.

For what it is worth, a little time may just resolve the problem.  I dropped
our new portable telephone into the sink one night.  The phone immediately
went dead.  I disassembled it and tried to dry all the components to no
avail.  I let it sit for a week [just never did get to throwing it away].
At the end of the week, as I was about to throw it away, I turned it on in
last ditch desparation.  It worked!  Still does.  Just goes to show that
allowing the components to fully dry may naturally allow the keyboard to
restore itself.

Mike Buraczewski
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Gill <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 9:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Keyboard in dishwasher?


>This one sounds a little crazy to me...I wanted to get a few opinions.
>This is third hand information, so I may not have all the details.
>
>My sister is a teacher. There was a ceiling leak at her school right
>above a computer. (I know the computer is a MAC but I don't have further
>information regarding age, model and so on.) Currently the keyboard is
>not functioning. Two "computer teachers" have stated they learned at a
>seminar that the keyboard should be run through a dishwasher to fix it.
>This leads me to believe that some of the keys are sticking and the
>thought is that the dishwasher cleaning will rectify this. Again, I
>don't have first hand knowledge but I assume the keyboard suffered water
>damage. It seems to me that putting a keyboard in the dishwasher is akin
>to throwing a drowning victim back in the water to revive them. If
>anyone has ever heard of this practice, can you explain it in more
>detail?
>
>Thanks for any enlightenment that list members might provide.
>
>Jim Gill
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