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disassemble it. soak it in pure alcohol. (fry's sells big bottles of 99.9% rubbing alcohol for cheaper than what you'd pay at the drug store.) You aren't go
by lsc 16y ago
disassemble it. soak it in pure alcohol. (fry's sells big bottles of 99.9% rubbing alcohol for cheaper than what you'd pay at the drug store.)
You aren't going to submerge it while it's plugged in, and you aren't going to submerge the LCD (take it apart, I said, get the keyboard and circuit board submerged) make sure it is completely dry before re-assembly.
I do this periodically with my keyboard... and it's standard procedure when something is spilt on my thinkpad. It won't work 100% of the time, but it does quite often work
Alcohol is, I think, a better solvent than distilled water, but the real reason I prefer it is that it dries faster.
- billswift 16y agoYou can get denatured alcohol at nearly any hardware store. Besides drying faster, the advantage with alcohol is that fats, like those in coffee creamer are also soluble in it, but not in water. Sugars, though, are less soluble in alcohol.