Oops..

sorn21 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:32

shine said:
Or just swap it with another keyboard and then if someone asks - yeah I spilt coffee but I got lucky the keyboard survived!

It's a special keyboard, I think their worth about £100 :/

I'm using a crappy Dell one just now, but the expensive one is knackered.

Worst of it was it was still working(ish) some keys wouldn't work, then I took it apart and cleaned it. It doesn't work at all now. I reckon I made it worse!

sorn21 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:34

... I just checked it's priced at £250. :eek:

Craig1981 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:39

n1blo said:
... I just checked it's priced at £250.

Ouch!

I nuked my last keyboard by knocking a full mug of tea over it, but thankfully that was a ultra basic microsoft model. Only cost like £10 - £15.

sorn21 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:42

Craig1981 said:
Ouch!

I nuked my last keyboard by knocking a full mug of tea over it, but thankfully that was a ultra basic microsoft model. Only cost like £10 - £15.

They lost quite a few keyboards at another centre, same death as mine, and there was talk of replacements coming out the culprits wages. I certainly hope that was just speculation, because I just worked my **** off all week to try and have a bit spare cash this week! :mad:

Could always replace it with my G11.. Maybe the LEDs would distract them enough.

Van Hellseek · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:45

I once spilled a whole pint of beer into a desktop PC when it was turned on (with the case open).

Cleeecooo · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:49

I was always under the impression that when electronics get wet, you just wait for them to dry?

I think ur boss would understand because it was an accident.
Why are you even working on a Sunday?
What were you doing to skive?

Cleeecooo · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:50

Van Hellseek said:
I once spilled a whole pint of beer into a desktop PC when it was turned on (with the case open).

WTF? HOW?

Naff8000 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:51

get down argos and buy a hairdryer

GodMac · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:53

I think you spilt the coffee on purpose because you were in the office "Left Handed Mouse Surfing" and it was to cover your other spillage :eek:

No1newts · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:54

Pour coffee all over yourself, burning and scarring yourself horribly when they find you the next morning either dead or still writhing on the floor with first degree burns the last thing on their mind willbe the keyboard!

Problem solved, thank me after you get out of hospital

doofer · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:56

You were working so hard at the keyboard that it instantaneously combusted due to the immense friction of your fervent typing, you threw the coffee on it to save the building from possible disaster, and now you urgently need a new keyboard to carry on with your hard work, and it may be a good idea for them to supply you with a fresh coffee in case it occurs again.

sorn21 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:58

Cleeecooo said:
I was always under the impression that when electronics get wet, you just wait for them to dry?

I think ur boss would understand because it was an accident.
Why are you even working on a Sunday?
What were you doing to skive?

I work crazy shifts, this week I worked about 80hrs, and it includes shift work on weekends.

Skiving just means sitting drinking coffee on the internet... Shouldn't really be doing it but place was dead.

I thought that too, but I reckon I didn't pull the USB quick enough. And also been impatient trying to plug it back in to see if it worked. :rolleyes:

sorn21 · 27 Mar 2011 at 13:59

doofer said:
You were working so hard at the keyboard that it instantaneously combusted due to the immense friction of your fervent typing, you threw the coffee on it to save the building from possible disaster, and now you urgently need a new keyboard to carry on with your hard work, and it may be a good idea for them to supply you with a fresh coffee in case it occurs again.

Craig1981 · 27 Mar 2011 at 14:16

Its definetely a bad situation to be in, but seems like your options are limited. Either cough up the cash to replace the equipment and chock it up as a hard lesson learned or confess to the boss and hope for mercy.

Dont think realistically theres anything else you can do, unless by some miracle you can get the keyboard working again.

bitslice · 27 Mar 2011 at 17:59

GodMac said:
Take the keyboard to the toilet, wash it down and dry it under the hand dryer. Put it back on your desk and phone IT Support to get a god damn new keyboard there asap as you can't get on with your work! Its all IT's fault then.

Somebody did that to me when I was in IT and denied all knowledge, but when I picked their keyboard coffee poured out the side

Tbh I've lost about three keyboards doing the same thing

GodMac · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:10

bitslice said:
Somebody did that to me when I was in IT and denied all knowledge, but when I picked their keyboard coffee poured out the side

Tbh I've lost about three keyboards doing the same thing

Well my friend you deserve to get sacked or get a mobility keyboard

Theophany · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:14

Cleeecooo said:
I was always under the impression that when electronics get wet, you just wait for them to dry?

It's the liquid and electrical circuits that don't play nice. If the electrical thing is switched off, you can be fine if you wait for it to dry out before switching it back on. If the liquid causes a short circuit though, it's good night Vienna.

Reminds me of the time a friend spilled a drink all over her laptop. It died instantly, so to try and dry it out she put it in the oven. Needless to say, she ended up buying a new laptop after being laughed at by the rest of us for a good long while!

Cleeecooo · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:42

Wouldnt ur boss accept it was an accident tho?
Is it a large or small company?

Craig1981 · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:45

Theophany said:
Reminds me of the time a friend spilled a drink all over her laptop. It died instantly, so to try and dry it out she put it in the oven. Needless to say, she ended up buying a new laptop after being laughed at by the rest of us for a good long while!

Ok I gotta ask. How much damage did the oven do? Did the laptop melt?

RomanNose · 27 Mar 2011 at 18:54

Craig1981 said:
Ok I gotta ask. How much damage did the oven do? Did the laptop melt?

I can imagine that the plastic would definetly melt, there are so many good things you can do with an oven and pc hardware such as getting Chips out of graphics cards and making them into jewellery. You would get so much nerdspect for that, am thinking of doing it as I have a spare card laying around.