i spilt cider on my laptop and then dried it but it works fine apart from my keys keep getting stuck?????help?

Question

keys are VERY sticky but everything works fine help!!!!

Answer 1

You can pop the keys off and clean the keyboard with alcohol to make it not sticky. Be careful popping them off though, it's easy to break them if you are a clutz.. and make sure the computer is off when you do this.

If you aren't comfortable popping your keys off.. you can try swabbing it out with alcohol and rags.. q-tips or something.. but it will work like garbage compared to just popping the trouble keys off.

Worse case scenario you have to send it in to the company you bought it from and they replace they keyboard.. it will cost you a small fortune I'm sure.

Answer 2

I would either try taking a q-tip and dip it in alchohol then squeezing it and rub it on the keys, or take an alchohol pad and do the same.Another option you may want to consider is going to a computer store, and buying a cleaning product for your computer. As the sales reps in the store, for the best product. They may also have a solution to fix your problem of the sticking of the keys. My advice, for next time, don't bring liquids near the keyboard.

Answer 3

You need a new keyboard. If any of the coke got into the laptop itself (under the keyboard) you need a new laptop. Coke is highly corrosive to electronics. It could have been fixed - when it happened - by immersing the laprop (with the battery removed) in alcohol to clean the coke out, but it's too late now. Take it or send it to a company (the one that made it) repair center, and see if it can be repaired.

Answer 4

You can pop the key caps off a few at a time and clean them. Just make sure you know where each one goes.

Shut the pc down and then just pry the key caps up with something and pop the key off. After you clean the key caps with a moise cloth and dry them, simply replace them on the right key pole and press down fairly hard to reseat them.

Hope this helps.

Answer 5

If you're not mobile, then use an external usb keyboard. You can clean the keyboard as suggested by the others, but the problem might get worse (like a short) making your laptop totally unusable.