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Auralous

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    Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
    « on: May 03, 2009, 05:09:52 PM »
    I spilled milk on my keyboard mildly... I tried tipping my keyboard upside down, and surprisingly, it drained a lot of it out. Eventually, my right CTRL key became stuck, so I removed it, and some surrounding keys, and eventually got it working fine again... I am very picky. While putting my right SHIFT key back in, after noticing there's a little metal rod that's shaped like a staple, and in fact TWO rubber "buttons" because the shift key is horizontally longer than a normal key... Ever since I took it out, I don't think I really know HOW to put it back in... It just never seemed to be working right. Currently, the problem is I have to hit the RIGHT side of the shift key in order for it to register... the right button underneath it. I feel like a noob, but oh well! I don't think the shift key is pressing down as "one", basically. It will only hit one button underneath it if I press too far to the left... they shouldn't do that.

    Hopefully I explained it well enough.

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    Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
    « Reply #1 on: May 03, 2009, 05:24:39 PM »
    Don't cry over Spilled Milk!

    http://www.spilledmilk.com/   (PG-13)

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      Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
      « Reply #2 on: May 03, 2009, 05:30:27 PM »
      Save a lot of time and frustration and buy a new keyboard


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        Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
        « Reply #3 on: May 03, 2009, 05:39:47 PM »
        Lmfao. Is it really that difficult? It's not stuck by milk, I just apparently can't seem to put it back on right so I don't have to keep hitting one side of the shift key to hit only one of the buttons to make it work...

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          Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
          « Reply #4 on: May 03, 2009, 06:28:43 PM »
          Ditto Karnac.  Keyboards are cheap and it's not worth the pain, especially if you are that picky  ::)

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            Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
            « Reply #5 on: May 03, 2009, 06:41:08 PM »
            Ditto Karnac.  Keyboards are cheap and it's not worth the pain, especially if you are that picky  ::)

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            I just thought I was putting it back on wrong... the shift key isn't even affected by milk.

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              Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
              « Reply #6 on: May 03, 2009, 08:15:00 PM »


              Never argue with a stupid person, they'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

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                Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
                « Reply #7 on: May 03, 2009, 11:52:37 PM »
                This may steer you straight.

                http://www.ehow.com/how_2060940_fix-keyboard-key.html

                Thank you! I will go ahead and try it sometime... and post a reply again if it doesn't seem to get the job done. Or I'll just get a new keyboard... don't really wanna dish out money I don't have to, though, over something small and minor.

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                Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
                « Reply #8 on: May 04, 2009, 12:28:51 AM »
                Take the keyboard into the shower and rinse it out with hot water. Give it a couple of days to dry out.
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                Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
                « Reply #9 on: May 04, 2009, 05:17:36 AM »
                You should look into using this kind of keyboard if you have issues with liquid substances  ;D

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                Re: Minor, physical, annoying problem in my keyboard! Help?
                « Reply #10 on: May 05, 2009, 10:02:57 PM »
                For any keys that are bad, just use the on screen keyboard and your mouse.
                Kind of like text messaging.
                http://www.microsoft.com/enable/training/windowsxp/oskturnonuse.aspx