Stupid Me

[St. G]

I seem to have killed the keyboard on my MBA. Not entirely sure how. Didn't spill anything on it, exactly. Touched it with sticky fingers while cooking (was using it for a recipe). Afterward, several keys -- including ones that I hadn't touched -- were unresponsive. I grabbed an alcohol wipe and some compressed air, thinking the problem was purely mechanical -- stick fingers, leading to stuck keys -- and gave everything a good blow and wipe. But no change at all. I even pulled a couple of the problem keys off and underneath, they are pristine. I'm starting to wonder if something got shorted.

Have an appt. with the "Geniuses" today. That's always fun.

 

[Psilocybin]

Take the keys off that are sticky and clean it with a q tip

 

[Annerz]

use iKlear

 

[Funkymonk]

Damn.

How messy and sticky were your fingers exactly? What was on it?

 

[St. G]

Read closer: Have already cleaned under the keys. There's nothing under there. What's more, my hands were nowhere near many of the affected keys. The only things I touched were the down arrow key and the trackpad.

Take the keys off that are sticky and clean it with a q tip

 

[St. G]

Enough that as I was doing it, I thought to myself "Yeah, I'm gonna have to give that a wipe down when I'm done." but not so much that I ever thought I'd be ruining the keyboard.

Damn.

How messy and sticky were your fingers exactly? What was on it?

 

[Psychj0e]

Read closer: Have already cleaned under the keys. There's nothing under there. What's more, my hands were nowhere near many of the affected keys. The only things I touched were the down arrow key and the trackpad.

Then perhaps use the time instead to develop your social skills further.

PJ