On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 4:12 PM, V G wrote: > Hi all, > > I have an apple wired keyboard and spilled cold milk all over it this > morning. I dried it off with a paper towel but the milk got inside the > keyboard and made the keys sticky. So I took it to the sink and washed > it with cold water under the tap. The water got rid of the milk and > cleaned out the keys. I then dried it off as much as I could, and > stuck the keyboard beside a space heater for half an hour to dry it > off. I then plugged it back into the USB port. The keyboard didn't > work. Pressing the keys did not result in anything happening. So I > went to the Windows device manager and saw that the keyboard was > recognized. > > Did I make the mistake of plugging the keyboard in too early? Not > giving it enough time to dry? > > Could the damage be permanent? > > I know I should have used distilled/deionized water to clean it off, > but I didn't have any. I didn't want the sugars in the milk > precipitating underneath the keys. I'm glad I washed it out when I > did. > > It's a really nice keyboard. Update: The build in HUB works, but none of the keys work. The caps lock key LED doesn't even turn on when the caps lock key is pressed. --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .