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satanicguardian

satanicguardian

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Hey guys, my friend had an accident with my steelseries merc stealth that involved an entire pint of strongbow drowning it. I instantly unplugged it and turned it upside down but I believe the damage had already been done. I let it dry out for a few hours, upside down over a low heat source. I plugged it in and it was dead, no lights, no recognition on pc, nothing.

I left it for a few days as I have been away on business and plugged it in an hour ago, it responds, lights come on, all seems to work except one problem.

The S+X and V+G keys seem to be paired. so when you press either, both characters are inputted. I've disassembled it, gave the plastic fascia a shower and am left with the rest, (pics uploaded). It's down to the bare minimum but the keys still seem to be bonded and input both characters, does anyone know a way to fix this? My mate has offered to buy a new keyboard but obviously I'd rather not have him have to pay for a new one if this is fixable. Pics below.

Thanks, Jamie <3

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There does seem to be a small amount of residue on the clear plastic sheets that have the connections running through them, i don't see how it has linked certain keys together though :(
 
We'll find out in a few days :D my only worry is the water could leave residue too? I cleaned the bath out thoroughly and make sure there was no residue anywhere else, anyone got any further tips to help? :)
 
Hahah :P I won't! I found that baking graphics cards btw works great, get a bit of no clean flux in there and let them cook! just and FYI :P

Would using a hair dryer help it dry out properly or make it worse?
 
PhillyDee said:
Never wash anything with an lcd screen like that, the water will get between the protective layer and the lcd.

I once washed my ipod because I chocolate milkshaked it, soaked it right through and had to pull it apart because it was fizzing and getting quite hot. Ripped it apart, pulled off the connectors and just rinsed it under the tap. Dried it out and it was good as new. It only lasted another 8-9 months before the hard drive failed.

I also had a sony FM radio (its probably still around somewhere in a box) which survived being dunked in coolant, the needle fell off, battery compartment cracked through getting dropped so many times, and its crowning glory was when I put it in the washing machine complete with headphones by accident in my jeans pocket. Upon opening the door after washing I could hear music, and hunted through to find a dripping wet fm radio still playing the music I must have left on.
Yet you sweat on an iphone and it goes **** up and apple say it will not be fixed. Amazing what some electronics will take.
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I must interject here, whilst this is true for most apple products, I had the first generation iPod touch, must be, what, 7 years old now?

Still working! It has survived various soakings, droppings, standing on, and it even fell out of my pocket on a spinning ride thing on the edge of a pier in blackpool and went skating high speed across the metal, just stopping before the edge, I was amazed it lived! XD I love that iPod <3
 
Gibbo3771 said:
Utterly speechless....I would bath my G15 but it has a screen, not sure if it's a good idea but the keys underneath and all over and filthy, sticky and dodgy lol.
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I have a few g15s that need a bath, I was trying to think of a way to isolate the screen, I don't know if it's soldered on or just just screwed in and plugged with cables, otherwise I could maybe use the shower head to targed just the key areas and ignore the top part :o
 
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