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From: Peter Hayes on 6 May 2008 19:00
Flavio Matani wrote:
> So it seems. I've tripped up and spilled coffee on the MacBook keyboard.
> At first the arrow keys got stuck or didn't respond. After a long
> shutdown and restart, the keyboard doesn't function at all. No light on
> the caps lock key (I know many of you hate it, but that's a bit beyond)
> or the numlock, no response from any key. Sys Profiler sees the
> keyboard, the trackpad works ok (thus far) but I can hear the trumpets
> of Doom of the four Angels calling...
>
> Ok, anything I could do before giving up and starting looking for those
> available Genius apointment slots?
>

With a MacBook I suspect it's going to be an expensive repair and a new
keyboard. I did the same on a PC keyboard and even after flushing with
distilled water the keyboard was never the same. If you even think of
cleaning the keyboard take the battery out first.

Pete H

From: Flavio Matani on 6 May 2008 19:13
Peter Hayes <sphnospam(a)blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

> Flavio Matani wrote:
> > So it seems. I've tripped up and spilled coffee on the MacBook keyboard.
> > At first the arrow keys got stuck or didn't respond. After a long
> > shutdown and restart, the keyboard doesn't function at all. No light on
> > the caps lock key (I know many of you hate it, but that's a bit beyond)
> > or the numlock, no response from any key. Sys Profiler sees the
> > keyboard, the trackpad works ok (thus far) but I can hear the trumpets
> > of Doom of the four Angels calling...
> >
> > Ok, anything I could do before giving up and starting looking for those
> > available Genius apointment slots?
> >
>
> With a MacBook I suspect it's going to be an expensive repair and a new
> keyboard. I did the same on a PC keyboard and even after flushing with
> distilled water the keyboard was never the same. If you even think of
> cleaning the keyboard take the battery out first.

I was thinking along those lines. It was not recognising the keyboard at
all when I last started it up. It hasn't got AppleCare so it is a case
of house contents insurance and seeing whether that is covered. They get
you any which way, you know that you'll pay it back in next year's
premiums and the next but I do need the 'boko for the way I do my work
so... that is one avenue I'll have to investigate.



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From: Rowland McBollocks on 6 May 2008 20:26
On Tue, 6 May 2008 22:43:05 +0100, Flavio Matani wrote:

> So it seems. I've tripped up and spilled coffee on the MacBook keyboard.
> At first the arrow keys got stuck or didn't respond. After a long
> shutdown and restart, the keyboard doesn't function at all. No light on
> the caps lock key (I know many of you hate it, but that's a bit beyond)
> or the numlock, no response from any key. Sys Profiler sees the
> keyboard, the trackpad works ok (thus far) but I can hear the trumpets
> of Doom of the four Angels calling...
>
> Ok, anything I could do before giving up and starting looking for those
> available Genius apointment slots?

Oh well, you Mac geezers are made for it. If you had a Dell or Compaq you
could get a keyboard for $80 and install it yourself. But you probably
don't know which is the working end of a screwdriver. So just get an
appointment and shell out.
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