[DM-MUG] Smelly Keyboard

[Bailey Ford]

Have you tried removing the keys to see what might be stuck down there?=20=

If you are careful, you can pry off the plastic key tops and they just=20=

click back on. Take a look under there - you might just need a Q-Tip=20
and 20 min of careful effort to be stank free. Try to go on and off=20
with one key first to make sure you are comfortable doing it - some of=20=

the laptop keys have to be lined up properly before they will click=20
back on easily - not a big deal, but worth looking at before you pry 10=20=

or 20 keys off.

good luck.

-bailey



On Dec 31, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Nicholas Rempe wrote:

> People,
>
>  =A0 I hope all of you had a fantastic holidayand are prepared for =
2005=20
> later this evening.=A0 Being a college student, I am definately =
enjoying=20
> the four weeks off that the wonderful people at Central College give=20=

> us.=A0 Anyway, here is the issue.=A0 I have a smelly keyboard on my =
iBook=20
> G3/900Mhz/12 in. computer.=A0 It smells terrible, almost body odor=20
> like.=A0 Has anyone had these problems also?=A0 I was searching for=20
> similar problems online and there was a handful but they didn't really=20=

> go anywhere for a solution.=A0 The obvious one would be to get a new=20=

> keyboard but my battery died at the end of the semester and that was a=20=

> $120 replacement.=A0 I leave for New York City in two days and I can =
get=20
> used to the smell, but if I am going to the incredible Mac Store they=20=

> have in SOHO,=A0 I was wondering if I could get one that they have on =
a=20
> dead system or any of the spares they might have laying around.=A0 =
Just=20
> a thought, let me know what you guys know about this issue.
>
>  Thanks,
>  Nick Rempe