Split drink over keyboard :(

rome87 · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:29

Hi i have a p2 keyboard but have split some water over it i have left it for 1 day to dry but still doesnt work.Is it possible that it could have damaged the p2 port on the mobo ?

thanks

Plethora · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:36

rome87 said:
Hi i have a p2 keyboard but have split some water over it i have left it for 1 day to dry but still doesnt work.Is it possible that it could have damaged the p2 port on the mobo ?

thanks

If you spilt water on the keyboard, the keyboard is what is damaged, the port will be fine unless you got water in that (which I doubt). Try leaving it to dry a little longer or just replace it.

rick827 · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:36

Depends if the control board got wet, most of the keyboard is just an array of switches, if you short them with water it think your just pressing lots of keys

no keyboard to test with? worst comes to worse, go usb!

K.C. Leblanc · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:37

PS2?

It's not very lickely, and keyboard can take ages to dry out (I had one in an airing cupboard for 3 days), sometimes the shorting kills them and they never work again.

Since keyboards are so cheap (and spares are always handy) I'd just buy a replacement.

rome87 · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:38

rick827 said:
Depends if the control board got wet, most of the keyboard is just an array of switches, if you short them with water it think your just pressing lots of keys no keyboard to test with? worst comes to worse, go usb!

problem is i cant go usb because i hav dual booting with xp and vista and im forced to go with Vista everytime now

for some usb keyboards dont work at bios or at the boot menu ? unless anyone knows a way ?

rick827 · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:42

rome87 said:
problem is i cant go usb because i hav dual booting with xp and vista and im forced to go with Vista everytime now for some usb keyboards dont work at bios or at the boot menu ? unless anyone knows a way ?

turn on legacy usb in your bios

hikaru452 · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:45

go to the bios and set the bios to control the USB keyboard not the OS (someone may provide a better or more detailed explanation later if you can not understand this post)

misterPK · 23 Aug 2007 at 15:57

Have you tried taking your keyboard apart? Might be worth it and then you can find any remaining damp spots inside and dry them off with some kitchen towel. And if taking it apart doesnt go quite as planned, its broke anyway so you cant do any more damage to it!

PK!