In summary, after $3 of alcohol and 30 minutes of my time the keyboard works again perfectly – as if nothing happened (typing on it now right).
The re-assembly then took another 10 minutes. After 5 minutes of dripping I then used a hair dryer for another 5 minutes to completely evaporate the remaining alcohol. However, you stand corrected regarding your “no way to fix this” assessment.Īfter disassembling the keyboard (finally found all 3 screws below the rubbers and a sticker) and carefully lifting the plastic clips (without braking any, by the way), I stripped off all key caps, disconnected the main keyboard from the PCB, and bathed the board in 91% isopropyl alcohol for a few minutes whilst repeatedly pressing the 7 switches that had become stuck by the wine. You must be wondering about the causes of the black screen issue on Macs like MacBook Pro. We always stated that a keyboard with a spill is doomed, but Christian, a happy Das Keyboard user, explained how he fixed his keyboard after a spill.Ĭhristian writes: “… Thank you for the swift response. The other one is when you can perceive some response from your Mac, such as MacBook Pro shows a black screen with chime, MacBook screen goes black after a few minutes of booting, MacBook Pro screen is not working but keyboard lit, etc.
#MAC PRO KEYBOARD NOT WORKING AFTER BEING DROPPED PC#
You basically have three choices: 1) dig out and use the $5 keyboard that was delivered with your PC and endure the discomfort, 2) get a replacement from us at a preferred customer price (), or 3) try to fix this problem. Next thing you know the keys are sticky, and the keyboard is unusable. Paralyzed, you watch the glass moving right and left until it decides to land on your beloved keyboard. It’s going to happen, and there you go: the phone rings, you quickly move your arm to reach towards the phone and hit the glass of wine that starts to oscillate slowly. All of a sudden, I must of hit some kind of key combo. Then for a while some keys where disabled and some were working but eventually all stopped working including pad (but not pad keys). The problem started when suddenly keyboard started typing some wierd symbols. Dell Studio 1749 laptop running win7 pro 64 I was browsing the internet with IE10, had a bunch of other stuff open (xcel, quickbooks, other software). My Macbook Pro is stuck on spinning wheel and the same time keyboard is down and not responding. However, since we spend most of the day glued to the monitor typing emails away (some may actually do some real work), drinking and eating at our desk are sometimes a necessity. Keyboard Suddenly Stopped Working After I Pressed a Key(Laptop) I was.
Drinking and typing don’t go together well.
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