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Poured water on my keyboard

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By FlugleWaffle
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Hey, so I was sitting and accidentally poured water on the left hand side of my mechanical keyboard. I immediately took off all the keycaps on the affected side and started drying it out manually, I then turned it upside down and let it sit for a while before plugging it back in. After about two hours, I plugged it back in to see if it worked. Every key was fine except for C which when pressed types "cv//" or some variation of those symbols. Is it salvageable or should I put it out of its misery? The keyboard is the Razer Blackwidow 2013 ultimate I believe.

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You should let it dry for days, not hours. And there is a big difference between pouring and spilling water :D

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Any chance that you can crack it open and look for water on its PCB?

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Any chance that you can crack it open and look for water on its PCB?

Unfortunately, no screws are visible on the keyboard.

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