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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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once dried the liquid will have turned to a sugar type solution, your lucky it even works, you can try and clean it but i'm 99% it's junk, seen it before many times, with laptops and desktops keyboards, most never clean and work again once a sugary liquid has been split on them.

if it was just water, you may have had more look, but even then over time that rusts your board and would stop it in the end from being anything other than a door stop.

sorry
 
Could you use some sort of fast evaporating cleaner to pore over it, to hopefully get rid of the nasty stuff that is still there, but dry quick?
 
You can buy electrical cleaner solvent, or try isopropanol. Sounds like it has not been cleaned completely. Also try cleaning the membranes and electrical connections.
 
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 :(
 
thats due to the way the keys are set up, look up ghosting etc for detailed explaination as to why, but it means thatit might not just be residue on the v and x, but over a few others and thats how it is detected. Just get some Isopropyl (tim cleaner if you already have that) and use that with a lint free cloth and wipe the plastic down.
 
Drown it in some warm water, let it dry thoroughly (at least 72 hours in a warm, well ventilated room) and try again. The only way I know to get rid of the sugary crap from electronics.
 
Its perfectly fine to wash electronics, as long as they are COMPLETELY dry inside and out before they are plugged back in. Though its knackered how it is, so do it anyway. Its hardly gonna make it worse (unless you are happy with it how it is)
 
you could drown it in warm water as they said then bake it in the oven i've heard that as a fix for spilling water on components like from a watercooling loop in a pc breaking and dousing g-cards and things
 
Leprechaun312 said:
you could drown it in warm water as they said then bake it in the oven i've heard that as a fix for spilling water on components like from a watercooling loop in a pc breaking and dousing g-cards and things
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The difference here is when you bake a GPU it's the PCB that's "baked", makes the solder run and re-complete any gaps.

You can't do that with a keyboard primarily made of plastic, it will melt.
 
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?
 
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