My mom bought me a keyboard from a garage sale. It was the thought that counts. The lady said it worked but it had been rained on that morning and was drenched inside and out. Desperate to make a good present for me, mom wiped it up and took it to an electronics store and asked them to fit a power plug to it. Mom said the keyboard flickered and then went off. I about flipped a gasket when she said the inside still leaked a little bit of water when she picked it up to bring it home!!!!!!!
I've tried letting it sit out and dry, but I put batteries in today and it's fried. Is there anything I can do to save this beautiful keyboard? I want to take it with me on a roadtrip.
2006-12-18 16:00:43 · 10 answers · asked by snowwhitelace 2 in Consumer Electronics ➔ Music & Music Players
The only thing you can do is buy a new one. It was nice of your mom to buy it though!!!! Good luck!
2006-12-18 16:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by The_Game 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take it apart (very carefully) and dry it out completely. Dry it out inside with a hair dryer. Be very thorough because water can get in all kinds of places. You will never get it to work by just letting it sit. Water gets trapped inside and prevents it from working so you've got to get ALL of the water out. It's low current so it's probably just wet inside and not fried. Stop trying to get it to work until you do this. There may also be a fuse blown inside so look for one. I've gotten them to work like this several times before when people thought they were dead. You'd be surprised how many people spill drinks in them.Don't listen to people who tell you there's nothing you can do. Too many people in here post answers just to get points and have no experience at all.
2006-12-18 16:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Carman 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I recently read somewhere that if you set your oven to a low temperature, like somewhere under 175 or maybe even the "keep warm" setting, it can dry out things that were wet. I can't guarantee this, but it's worth a try. It would cause the water to evaporate. Make sure the temp is low enough to not melt plastic. Check on it constantly and maybe try it for 10 minutes or less. Good luck!
This same technique is used to dry out cell phones.
2006-12-18 16:06:49 · answer #3 · answered by MisterRE 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not sure if this would work, but when I clean stuff like my mouse and keyboard, I lightly soak it in rubbing alcohol, which doesnt cause the damage water does and evaporates almost instantaneously. But fom the sounds of it, you keyboard would be put to better use as a boat anchor right now.
2006-12-18 16:10:51 · answer #4 · answered by chris 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, I think its pretty much kaputz now. I have heard of cell phones taking a swim and rising from the dead, but if the keyboard is shorted, there isnt much you can do I'm sorry to say.
2006-12-18 16:06:04 · answer #5 · answered by Cheez_Mastah 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it isnt a concern cuase it extremely is in simple terms water and as long as some ventalation is in there it is going to dry up and there shouldnt be any concern as long because it wasn't like ton of water or u could bypass purchase one for like 10 greenbacks tops
2016-12-30 15:23:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dead is dead. And keyboards are cheap. I'd buy another one. NEVER buy computer stuff at a yard sale. You have to pay someone to take that stuff away.
2006-12-18 16:13:28 · answer #7 · answered by Vinegar Taster 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm sorry there is nothing you can do to fix it. The keyboard is totally fried.
2006-12-18 16:04:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
try throwing more water on it and see if that helps.
2006-12-18 16:02:23 · answer #9 · answered by Tiffi Poodle Pie 69 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
try blowdrying it.
2006-12-18 16:25:02 · answer #10 · answered by thesunnshynne 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋