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Maury

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So I spilled coffee on the keyboard. Not the first time won't be the last.

Comma key no longer works. Everything else is fine.

Almost. Now here it is. I cannot type capital letter eye with the left shift. The one you see at the start of the last sentence used right-shift.

But every other key works fine with left shift. Like O and U.

Can anyone think of ANY reason for this behaviour?!?!
 
Yeah, probably should just worry about finding a replacement than why it's acting weird like you describe. liquids and electronics don't play well together and funny things happen when they do.

Too bad about the spilled coffee too. 🙁 😛
 
OMG!😱

That's horrible!😱

You wasted a perfectly good cup of coffee!😱

The horror!😱



Sorry about the spill. I hope it doesn't turn into an expensive boo-boo.🙂
 
My keyboard has the left-shift not working problem too. Makes me angry. 😡 Pressing it hard a few times seems to get it to work for a bit though.
 
I miss the good ol days when you could put a keyboard in the dishwasher, then let it dry for a day, then - New Keyboard!!

Good thing they're really cheap now.
 
You could always get one of these terrible things 😀

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Sorry about the spill, at least it was just a keyboard and not a motherboard 🙂
 
Yeah, probably should just worry about finding a replacement than why it's acting weird like you describe. liquids and electronics don't play well together and funny things happen when they do.

Too bad about the spilled coffee too. 🙁 😛

Yes, liquids and electronics tend not to work well together.

OMG!😱

That's horrible!😱

You wasted a perfectly good cup of coffee!😱

The horror!😱



Sorry about the spill. I hope it doesn't turn into an expensive boo-boo.🙂

Trust Shrink to grieve over a lost cup of coffee; now if that was Liquid Amber from Sweet Maria's coffee emporium there would be a period of deep (and perhaps, public) mourning, I suspect.

I think the moral of the story is try to have your coffee next, nigh, or near your keyboard…..


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I miss the good ol days when you could put a keyboard in the dishwasher, then let it dry for a day, then - New Keyboard!!

Good thing they're really cheap now.

Yes, things were made to last back then…..rugged and robust……resistant to sustained attempts at destruction…….

Heck, I miss the days when the caps weren't easy to destroy when pulling them off!

Yes, I can see why you might miss this……..all those incredibly sturdy metal typewriters clearly served as the model for such rugged design….
 
Yes, I can see why you might miss this……..all those incredibly sturdy metal typewriters clearly served as the model for such rugged design….

Now that's a keyboard that will withstand a spill! 😛
 

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