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    Keyboard keys don't work

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by rickster, Jun 29, 2009.

  1. rickster

    rickster Notebook Evangelist

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    I'm an idiot and spilled some water on my sager m570u. Half the keys were unresponsive. I cleaned the tiny bit of water that got on the keyboard and unplugged/replugged in the keyboard ribbon. After that I got most of the keys to respond except 6 in the upper left corner.

    Any tips on how to get the remaining keys to work? Otherwise i'll have to purchase one since i don't have a warranty (the company I purchased from, flawless computers, is defunct).
     
    rickster, Jun 29, 2009
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  2. cashflow2

    cashflow2 Notebook Consultant

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    Did you try unplugging and resetting the keyboard ribbon?
     
    cashflow2, Jun 29, 2009
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  3. MrDJ

    MrDJ Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    hope you didnt turn it on straight afterwards.
    what you should have done was unplugged and left upside down for a few hours.
    ok,this might not of done much if water got into the electrics but it would have been a lot safer.
     
    MrDJ, Jun 29, 2009
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  4. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    the keyboard can be replaced... easily to swap... less than 1 minute to do (no screws.)
     
    Gophn, Jun 29, 2009
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