Spilled water over my keyboard.

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AnonymousMike

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My ctrl, alt and windows home button isn't working anymore. Sometimes the keyboard thinks that I'm constantly pressing the ctrl or alt button.
I'm using an acer keyboard by the way.
 
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Water and electronics don't mix. If you spill something on a keyboard, you need to immediately turn off the power (unplugging the keyboard or hard powering off the laptop) and turning it upside down while it dries. And if you can manage, taking it apart and drying it manually the best you can too. Still no guarantee.
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Water and electronics don't mix. If you spill something on a keyboard, you need to immediately turn off the power (unplugging the keyboard or hard powering off the laptop) and turning it upside down while it dries. And if you can manage, taking it apart and drying it manually the best you can too. Still no guarantee.
 
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its very okay just unplug the keyboard and just use a dustblower or something and dry your keyboard and if you could just open it and dry it from the inside that would be good too.
I have a microsoft Keyboard that i used to wash with soap and water then dry them :p it works like a charm.
 
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AnonymousMike

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well thank you because i'm typing with the broken keyboard.
 
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If you kept it running, the damage is likely already done. Water conducts electricity -- or more accurately, trace minerals in water conduct electricity (distilled water doesn't).

 
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i spilled the water over my keyboard while the keyboard was unplugged so.
 
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And when did you start using it?
 
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after 20 minutes but i also dried it up
 
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