Corsair Vengeance K70 - Accidentally Spilled Water?..

icebox50 · December 17, 2014

Hi, I'm unsure if this is the proper subforum to ask this, but I know you guys on here are really smart and give some good info, so I felt irregardless this is a good place to ask!

So, I accidentally spilled a small amount of water onto the space bar area of my K70 (had an open bottle of water that wasn't very full and I hit with my hand whilst trying to grab something else and... yeah) and as you could imagine it slid into that little opening and onto the circuit board.

I didn't think much of it, but still went to grab some Q-tips from the bathroom to try and clean it up a bit but when I got back it had endlessly been opening up Chrome browsers with Inspect Element turned on and it screwed with a lot of software settings for some reason too. The keyboard was entirely unresponsive and the LED's turned off except for the media keys and Windows Lock, LED brightness buttons. I made sure to unplug it of course and then sit it down on a soft surface facing down.

I proceeded to try and look for people with the similar issue and one person had the same thing happen but with cider or something instead. Apparently soaking it in distilled water for a day or two then letting it dry for a few days completely fixed it (though, it was a K95 no K70, didn't matter though I thought).

I've since then waited a day and then tried it. The LED's work now, and everything but the middle letter keys, caps lock, and Enter work. But it still sometimes copy pastes a bunch of random things if I hit multiple keys at once.

Sorry if that was a lot... Should I just leave it to dry for like a week or something? I really don't like this membrane keyboard atm, and I miss using my K70, nor do I want to drop another $120-$200 on a new keyboard (since apparently water damage voids warranty).

Thanks.

ImBleu · December 17, 2014

If you've already done the soaking in distilled water thing, I'd recommend leaving it unplugged and in a bag of rice - it'll pull all the moisture out asap. You can learn about the technique here:

While it is a keyboard, not a laptop - the basics still apply here.