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    Coffee spilt on Laptop and now keyboard broken

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by mcremins, Feb 8, 2010.

  1. mcremins

    mcremins Newbie

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    Hello all,

    my tool of a brother-in-law split coffee on the mother-in-laws laptop (HP 530).

    None of the keyboard keys will work

    The computer will boot up fine and I can open applications but I have to use the software keyboard.

    Does anybody know if there is chip/component that specifically looks after the keyboard? or know of any reason why the keyboard won't work but the rest of the laptop seems to be?

    Thanks

    Mick
     
    mcremins, Feb 8, 2010
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    Its more than likely the coffee shorting out the keyboard, which means either you replacing it yourself, or paying someone else to do it (or if there's accidental coverage on it, there you go).

    Hopefully that coffee didn't get to anything else in the computer.
     
    Kuu, Feb 8, 2010
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  3. sean473

    sean473 Notebook Prophet

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    looks like the keyboards out... u need to replace it... but u might not find the keyboard if this is an old model... u might be stuck with an external one...
     
    sean473, Feb 8, 2010
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