Spilled water on my G19, certain keys not working, how to fix? - Hardware & Software

So basically I'm a retard and spilled water over my keyboard, so now my "w" and "5" keys don't work anymore (yes I'm using on-screen keyboard to type those) Is there any method I can use to fix it?

Take the keyboard apart and allow it to dry completely

Return to sender if it's dry and don't work, not much more fixing that can be done gg water boy if you ever spill water on anything electronic, unplug/turn off ASAP, don't try and do anything with it, just take apart any easy to take off pieces and leave it to dry for a couple days

Unplug it and turn it upside down, put it somewhere slightly warm for a day. The fact it was water is slightly better than something sticky like cola. Once it drys completely it should be fine. Keyboards are surprisingly resilient in my experience.

I had spilled water and milk lots of times on my previous keyboard, nothing ever happened.

Not that bad, I spilled a cup of milk all over my G110, I immediatly took the keyboard apart and cleaned every little bit, works perfectly now.

Unless the water got on any circuitry (which it can't from what you described), all it needs is a few days of drying out somewhere warm.

Water leaves some mineral deposits which can fuck up your circuitry, If you left it plugged in there is a good chance the sheets that make up the circutry have had a short circuit and turned brown/black. If this has happened your best bet is to send it back.

[QUOTE=DaveP;28471992]if you ever spill water on anything electronic, unplug/turn off ASAP, don't try and do anything with it, just take apart any easy to take off pieces and leave it to dry for a couple days[/QUOTE] Usually it just takes 24-48 hours for water to evaporate.

If it still does not work after letting it dry then chances are you damaged the membrane traces. If you are attached to that keyboard you can take the keyboard apart and fix the broken traces with conductive paint (like the kind they use to fix the rear window heaters on cars) but there isn't much else you can do about it.

I spilled coke on my G15 a few weeks ago, about 200ml, right onto the keys. I just plugged it out, drained all the coke out of it through the magic of gravity over 10 minutes, dried the keyboard and table and it's worked fine since.

spilled root beer on my eclipse II because of my chair armrest liked to break a lot. ducktaped the chair and cleaned every key, but i guess I didn't clean it that well and some of the keys are still i little sticky but other than that it works great. this was over 6 months ago and the chair arm still works! Duck tape FTW! But I think I should buy a new chair because this one it ripped to shreds and kinda nasty, but still works.

[QUOTE=Murkat;28474197]Usually it just takes 24-48 hours for water to evaporate.[/QUOTE] Please, do tell how many days there are in 48 hours, and how many a "couple" is? Here's a hint: They're the same answer

[QUOTE=DaveP;28477270]Please, do tell how many days there are in 48 hours, and how many a "couple" is? Here's a hint: They're the same answer[/QUOTE] Wow. You felt so personally attacked that you absolutely had to correct his perfectly fine statement. :downsbravo: Anyways, I remember a specific time when my sister dropped her phone in a big puddle on a rainy day. Same problem as yours; only a few keys worked. Pro Tip- use a hairdryer to speed dry any moisture, it works wonders. I think it'd only take half an hour or so with all the keys out to dry. [editline]7th March 2011[/editline] You might wanna use the cold setting for drying sensitive parts

It's probably too late. Whenever you get something electronic wet, don't turn it on. But in your case you really couldn't do anything about it.

take it apart and dip the guts in a big bowl of rice

Take it apart and dry after you unplug it. I spill soda all the time and my keyboard is fine. However, crumbs and shit from my food make it hard for some keys.

I usually use spirit to clean water off since water is never clean unless you spill fresh filtered water. It replaces the water and drys fast leaving almost no traces behind.

If spilling stuff on your keyboard is a competition then I guess I'll enter with dropped a cheese hamburger on mine so molten cheese and ketchup was stuck under my keys.

[QUOTE=Orange-Soda;28472076]Unplug it and turn it upside down, put it somewhere slightly warm for a day. The fact it was water is slightly better than something sticky like cola. Once it drys completely it should be fine. Keyboards are surprisingly resilient in my experience.[/QUOTE] Because they're low voltage. I wouldn't like to try it but you could probably use a keyboard under water. [QUOTE=maqzek;28523947]I usually use spirit to clean water off since water is never clean unless you spill fresh filtered water. It replaces the water and drys fast leaving almost no traces behind.[/QUOTE] The problem with using alcohol is you can damage the PCB and plastics really easily.

[QUOTE=Gustafa;28471832]my "w" and "5" keys don't work anymore (yes I'm using on-screen keyboard to type those) [/QUOTE] You could have said "Double u" and "five" without the hassle of going into the on-screen keyboard.

[QUOTE=Xera;28524361]Because they're low voltage. I wouldn't like to try it but you could probably use a keyboard under water. The problem with using alcohol is you can damage the PCB and plastics really easily.[/QUOTE] Easily? I don't think I would consider that easy. Unless you brush it with toothbrush or something.

[QUOTE=maqzek;28524812]Easily? I don't think I would consider that easy. Unless you brush it with toothbrush or something.[/QUOTE] Take some isopropyl alcohol and spray it on something plastic. Wipe it off. Enjoy your ruined plastic.