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Spilled orange juice laptop

Cynic JesterCynic Jester Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Archonwarp managed to spill orange juice on his laptop keyboard, and now the keyboard doesn't work. Is there any way for him to salvage it, or is he shit out of luck?

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Your keyboard is most likely fucked.

    The good news? Easily replaceable depending on your laptop model.

    Edit:

    On most laptops there's a horizontal tab that's removable by getting a flathead screwdriver underneath it and wedging it up. Once this is done, you should see three well placed screws that can be removed and then behind the keyboard there should be a ribbon cable that can be gently unlocked and pulled out of it's receptor.

    Double Edit:

    What's the model of your laptop?

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  • archonwarparchonwarp Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Your keyboard is most likely fucked.

    The good news? Easily replaceable depending on your laptop model.

    Edit:

    On most laptops there's a horizontal tab that's removable by getting a flathead screwdriver underneath it and wedging it up. Once this is done, you should see three well placed screws that can be removed and then behind the keyboard there should be a ribbon cable that can be gently unlocked and pulled out of it's receptor.

    Double Edit:

    What's the model of your laptop?
    MODEL SA2053T
    http://www.everexstore.com/products/etc.htm

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Halfway down that page there's the replacement keyboard for your model. Usually they come with installation instructions but it's really fucking easy and we can help if it's confusing.

    Item #71-31769-00. For use on models SA2050T, SA2052T, SA2053T and ST5340T for $25.

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  • archonwarparchonwarp Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Halfway down that page there's the replacement keyboard for your model. Usually they come with installation instructions but it's really fucking easy and we can help if it's confusing.

    Item #71-31769-00. For use on models SA2050T, SA2052T, SA2053T and ST5340T for $25.

    <3:^:

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Still turns on and stuff right? I'm assuming it's just the keyboard circuitry that's fried.

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  • archonwarparchonwarp Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    bowen wrote: »
    Still turns on and stuff right? I'm assuming it's just the keyboard circuitry that's fried.

    on it now

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Get a keyboard from eBay, much better prices

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Meh, $25 is nothing to quibble over on proprietary laptops and shipping you'll probably get charged and the possibility of it not working and no warranty.

    Judging from the fact that each laptop is using a separate model keyboard, it'll get ugly.

    Also, ebay doesn't have any listed.

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  • lizard eats flieslizard eats flies Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Just be very careful. Generally laptop keyboards are easy to replace, but a lot of times they have VERY thin (and short) ribbon cables that connect it to the motherboard. When I was working laptop repair, I tore more than one of these things trying to replace the keyboards. Usually I just destroyed the one I was taking out, so it wasnt a big deal, but its just something to be aware of.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Yeah they've made them really hard laminated plastic now. The thing that usually breaks is the clip that holds it in.

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  • archonwarparchonwarp Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Thanks for all of the quick responses guys! I went and bought a USB keyboard, so I can now type instead of just copy/pasting with my usb mouse (the touchpad broke as well). While I was there, I checked out the laptops to see if there was maybe something decent for not too much coin and I saw this Asus. Do you guys think this would let me do some gaming reasonably well? Is there any glaring flaw with this or any reason to not get this. I'm thinking of going for one of these, or just going for a netbook. I really just want something that will let me play dota and some other games down the road.

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  • bowenbowen Sup? Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Looks pretty solid for a laptop as far as prices go, pretty good specs. Of course, it is a laptop and you'll have to be aware it's not going to run things at high detail or anything like that.

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  • Dunadan019Dunadan019 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    archonwarp wrote: »
    Thanks for all of the quick responses guys! I went and bought a USB keyboard, so I can now type instead of just copy/pasting with my usb mouse (the touchpad broke as well). While I was there, I checked out the laptops to see if there was maybe something decent for not too much coin and I saw this Asus. Do you guys think this would let me do some gaming reasonably well? Is there any glaring flaw with this or any reason to not get this. I'm thinking of going for one of these, or just going for a netbook. I really just want something that will let me play dota and some other games down the road.

    http://www.notebookcheck.net/NVIDIA-GeForce-9300M-GS.9452.0.html

    graphics card info.

    basically it might run D3/SC2/other future games if the graphics are not intensive or you can turn them down enough

    itll run dota and wow fine.

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