[Solved] Spilled water over my keyboard (discuss.tchncs.de)

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I spilled about 200ml of water into my desktop PCs keyboard. Like, it was pouring out when I lifted it off the table 😂😱 I unplugged it and tried to get as much water out by allowing it to pour out and stuck tissues into nooks to soak up the access liquid. I tried opening the case but couldn't make my way inside. So I left it out to dry for now almost 24 hours.

So there isn't much that I can still do with a budget of 0€. No alcohol soak or nothing.

I was just wondering if it was possible for dried residue to short out the keyboard and damage my PC?

UPDATE It works. am typing this on said keyboard right now. weeeeee :D

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[-] anime_ted@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

If it was just plain water the chances are very good it will work just fine if you can dry it completely. Pure water is non-conductive.

If it had additives like flavoring or sweetener there might be some trouble because those could leave a conductive residue. Even in that case the chances are slim that a malfunctioning keyboard would damage your PC. The most likely outcome is that it sends extraneous characters or some keys don't respond.

[-] KokusnussRitter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 month ago

That's great to hear :)

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