Did I kill my keyboard?

[Guest Console Peasant]

After cleaning my keys on my keyboard I think I killed my keyboard, because the rag I was using was a tiny little bit damp, but it confuses me because there was less than a half mL of water on there and it still disconnected, I placed the keyboard upside down and am going to leave it overnight, lord help me, what have I done?

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

After cleaning my keys on my keyboard I think I killed my keyboard, because the rag I was using was a tiny little bit damp, but it confuses me because there was less than a half mL of water on there and it still disconnected, I placed the keyboard upside down and am going to leave it overnight, lord help me, what have I done?

chances are your keyboard is fine, and if you haven't connected it since then, then you definitely haven't damaged anything.

with a keyboard disconnected you can straight up wash it in a sink(totally not recommended). as long as it dries before you apply power, it will be just fine.

[Neil]

What keyboard is it?

 

It's probably fine. Just let it dry out.

[Guest Console Peasant]

What keyboard is it?

 

It's probably fine. Just let it dry out.

some compaqq piece of shit, but i love it

[Guest Console Peasant]

chances are your keyboard is fine, and if you haven't connected it since then, then you definitely haven't damaged anything.

with a keyboard disconnected you can straight up wash it in a sink(totally not recommended). as long as it dries before you apply power, it will be just fine.

how long I was planning to play tonight?

[mvitkun]

how long I was planning to play tonight?

Well then I'm sorry to say but I'd say leave it overnight.

[Guest Console Peasant]

Well then I'm sorry to say but I'd say leave it overnight.

:[ am I okay to put the keys back in place?

[Guest Console Peasant]

chances are your keyboard is fine, and if you haven't connected it since then, then you definitely haven't damaged anything.

with a keyboard disconnected you can straight up wash it in a sink(totally not recommended). as long as it dries before you apply power, it will be just fine.

I think I reconnected it once after it disconnected, ?

[mvitkun]

:[ am I okay to put the keys back in place?

I'd leave them off, but I doubt it'd make the situation much worse if you put the back on.

[Atmos]

chances are your keyboard is fine, and if you haven't connected it since then, then you definitely haven't damaged anything.

with a keyboard disconnected you can straight up wash it in a sink(totally not recommended). as long as it dries before you apply power, it will be just fine.

 

I totally once washed a membrane keyboard with windex, a yard hose w/ a high pressure nozzle, and a bristled brush. Those things are damn near indestructable. 

 

A mechanical keyboard, slightly less so, but you should be totally fine

[Guest Console Peasant]

I totally once washed a membrane keyboard with windex, a yard hose w/ a high pressure nozzle, and a bristled brush. Those things are damn near indestructable. 

 

A mechanical keyboard, slightly less so, but you should be totally fine

how long did you dry it for?

[tsm]

i think it's fine

[Atmos]

how long did you dry it for?

 

I used a blow dryer and had it completely disassembled in the sun for about 8 hours while i was at work.

[Tom is a Door]

After cleaning my keys on my keyboard I think I killed my keyboard, because the rag I was using was a tiny little bit damp, but it confuses me because there was less than a half mL of water on there and it still disconnected, I placed the keyboard upside down and am going to leave it overnight, lord help me, what have I done?

I have membrane keyboard and I basically make it take a shower, I literally dip it in a bucket of water, it types fine(typing on it right now) its a really old hp ruber dome keyboard

[Guest Console Peasant]

I have membrane keyboard and I basically make it take a shower, I literally dip it in a bucket of water, it types fine(typing on it right now) its a really old hp ruber dome keyboard

Well i've waited until my last post, do we think it's safe to connect? I have memories with this piece of shit

[Guest Console Peasant]

UPDATE I plugged her in and she lives Long live my non-mechanical keyboard 

[Tom is a Door]

UPDATE I plugged her in and she lives Long live my non-mechanical keyboard 

Glad to hear it mate even though if  I were you, It would be a great excuse for me to upgrade to a mechanical, still waiting for my piece of shit to die

[Charger]

Glad to hear it mate even though if  I were you, It would be a great excuse for me to upgrade to a mechanical, still waiting for my piece of shit to die

As long as the keyboard is not complete trash you will be waiting forever for any keyboard to die

[Atirion]

I don't know if it have died or not... 

But where I worked before. We usually just unplugged the keyboards. Washed them as if they were a plate (not in the dishwasher. Just to get that clear. Only under running water with soap). Left them for a week. And they worked fine. Although, those keyboards were the HP Keyboards you find everywhere. 

 

I would not suggest doing this with mechanical keyboards though