F8SA replacement keyboard

So, my g/f spilled coke onto my keyboard and I attempted to clean it. I removed the keyboard and took all the keys off, removed the black part that has all the rubber thingys then used 70% isosomething alcohol to get off the dried sticky soda off the black thing with the rubber nubs and the blue foldy part that is the keyboard curcuit. I dried them with a hair dryer and reassembled the keys. Now it trips out and randomly types so I'm giving up and looking for a new keyboard unit. I called today, and I have to call tomorrow. I've been googling, and havent found one yet. As far as I know, the A8 keyboard is the same as my F8. Hope you guys know where to get one!


FalloutMan

 

ASUS eStore if you're in the US or Canada. Look for "F8" or "A8" and select the keyboard.

If you're elsewhere, contact the local ASUS repair center and see if they will let you buy the keyboard from them.

 

Thanks for that! Unfortunantly its out of stock, but the good news is that the keyboard is only $20. Since thats the case, Ill buy 2! I'll call tomorrow to get an ETA so I can get this repaired asap.

 

Have you made sure that the coke didn't spill into the CPU/Gpu/ram compartment? There are some opening that leads into there. Something like this happened to me, and my laptop (an A8, by the way) died a horrible death. If the laptop itself dies, it's not really worth it to spend cash on a keyboard.

 

Definitely something to keep an eye on, especially since it can take a while (hours/days) in some cases until the liquid seeps in and does the damage.

If you suspect liquid getting into the circuitry, I recommend a complete disassembly of the notebook followed by as much cleaning as possible, and then thorough drying.

 

In a way, I was lucky. Mine died right away.

But yeah, the sooner it's done, the better. It can go a few months before problems arise, but you really don't wanna wait until they do. As these types of problems aren't covered by the warranty, you have to do it yourself.

 

Hi,

I had same kind of an accident with my F8SA. My keayboard is working good except that couple of keys feel sticky and that annoys me a lot. I tried to get the keyboard out and opened screws from back but that didn't help me getting the keyboard out.
So can you give me an explanation how you extracted your keyboard and how to clean it savely? I would open it first and after that decide if it needs a new keyboard or a real repair at asus.

Thanks!

 

To remove it, you first remove the keyboard screw, underneathe the laptop (it's the screw markek K> on the hatch that leads to the
ram/cpu/gpu).

Then you need to press in the clasps holding the keyboard in place. They are located above the F2, F5/F6, F10 and F12 keys. Use a small scredriver (or another small tool). Start at the leftmost and press the clasps, whilst gently lifting the keyboard from the ESC key.

When you have freed the keyboard from the last clasp, gently tilt it towards yourself, and disconnect the keyboard ribbon-cable. Do tat by putting to thin objects on either side of the clasp and (once again) gently pushing. Then pull out the cable, and clean the keyboard.

Use only as much force as needed. I can not stress this enough. If you use too much force, you can damage your keyboard.

 

Thanks a lot for the tips!

I got the keyboard off but it was like clued to place because of the slimy cola that I accidentally spilled on it. After I got it off I noticed that there was no liquid got anywhere else than just keyboard. Lucky!

Keyboard was very slimy and some of the keys didn't bounce back at all. So I made a radical decision and washed the keyboard with a lot of water. After it was dried I put it back and it is still working!

Some of the keys are still a bit sticky but works good. New keyboard would have cost 70€ inc postal so this was a lot cheaper

Thanks again for the tips!

 

Coolio. Just keep an eye on they keyboard. If you start getting errors (like a c cgets caddecd cto call cyour cwords), you'll need a new one.