Accident (or clumsiness) stroke a few days ago. I was cleaning my desk and removed a few half-empty Coke-bottles when suddenly I dropped one and bam - the brown, sugared liquid was inside my poor Macbook (late 2008). Its hard to tell exactly how much went in, I saw only a few drops on the keyboard. At the time I didnt think much about it, but just calmly went for paper and wiped it.
A few hours later I the keys began to stick from the sugar, and using a helpful movie on Youtube, I removed the keys to clean up with considerable success, I might add.
However yet hours later, as the night fell, I realized that something was wrong with the backlit keyboard. I dont know how to best explain it.
Some of the keys are much more illuminated than others. Basically the keys 5, 6, 7, 8, T, Y, G, H, B, (almost a perfect upside-down triangle in the center of the keyboard) have the normal luminosity while all the other keys are really dimmed. Above is an image that, despite difficulties with photographing it in a representative manner.
What I do not understand is why the other keys light up at all? Is there anyone who knows how the light sources are arranged on the Macbook. And, if so, could it be Coke that is dimming the diods? Could the light that Im seeing be only spill from the working diods?
I realize that my mistake might well cost me money when replacing whatever it is that is broken, obviously out-of-warranty. But I still wanted to hear if there was someone here who have a DIY solution.
Long time listener - first time caller,
/ Jonathan
A few hours later I the keys began to stick from the sugar, and using a helpful movie on Youtube, I removed the keys to clean up with considerable success, I might add.
However yet hours later, as the night fell, I realized that something was wrong with the backlit keyboard. I dont know how to best explain it.
Some of the keys are much more illuminated than others. Basically the keys 5, 6, 7, 8, T, Y, G, H, B, (almost a perfect upside-down triangle in the center of the keyboard) have the normal luminosity while all the other keys are really dimmed. Above is an image that, despite difficulties with photographing it in a representative manner.
What I do not understand is why the other keys light up at all? Is there anyone who knows how the light sources are arranged on the Macbook. And, if so, could it be Coke that is dimming the diods? Could the light that Im seeing be only spill from the working diods?
I realize that my mistake might well cost me money when replacing whatever it is that is broken, obviously out-of-warranty. But I still wanted to hear if there was someone here who have a DIY solution.
Long time listener - first time caller,
/ Jonathan
