Water Damaged Dell Inspiron 3520

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justing0099

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I have a Dell Inspiron 3520 that recently took a little bit of water to the left side near the power button. I took the battery out and let everything dry out for 24 hours. The machine came back to life but not the keyboard. I was wondering if there was a fix to this problem or should I just give up. Thanks in advance.
 
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Hi

I dont think 24 hours was long enough

Take battery out put in warm dry place for an other 2 or 3 days
Before trying again.

Was there any message from bios or windows about lack of keyboard

Problem could be keyboard controller on motherboard , wet connector for ribbon cable from keyboard to motherboard or the keyboard it self

Dry Rice is said to be able to extract moisture but makes a mess!

Keyboards can be replaced if necessary

After a drink was spilled I have washed a desktop keyboard under a tap with warm water and left it to drain
Then opened case and left to dry for a week before reassembling it
It worked ok

Regard
mike Barnes
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It just might be the keyboard bit the dust from getting wet, they usually do. Hopegully it's not the motherboard connection for the keyboard. You can order replacement keyboards, price varies a lot depending on model. Check out ebay and see if the cost is worth giving it a shot and the cost is worth spending on that laptop.
 
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mbarnes86

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Hi

I dont think 24 hours was long enough

Take battery out put in warm dry place for an other 2 or 3 days
Before trying again.

Was there any message from bios or windows about lack of keyboard

Problem could be keyboard controller on motherboard , wet connector for ribbon cable from keyboard to motherboard or the keyboard it self

Dry Rice is said to be able to extract moisture but makes a mess!

Keyboards can be replaced if necessary

After a drink was spilled I have washed a desktop keyboard under a tap with warm water and left it to drain
Then opened case and left to dry for a week before reassembling it
It worked ok

Regard
mike Barnes
 
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