[DM-MUG] Smelly Keyboard

jim lagnese dmmug@dmmug.org
Fri, 31 Dec 2004 13:37:24 -0600


Not all iBook keyboards are the same.


On 12/31/04 1:28 PM, "Kevin Gogerty" <kgogerty@mac.com> wrote:

> If you need one, and can't get one in NY email me. I have one from a
> 500mhz that died on me.  Still rather new and does not smell.
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> Kevin
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> On Dec 31, 2004, at 12:37 PM, Nicholas Rempe wrote:
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>> People,
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>>  =A0 I hope all of you had a fantastic holidayand are prepared for 2005
>> later this evening.=A0 Being a college student, I am definately enjoying
>> the four weeks off that the wonderful people at Central College give
>> us.=A0 Anyway, here is the issue.=A0 I have a smelly keyboard on my iBook
>> G3/900Mhz/12 in. computer.=A0 It smells terrible, almost body odor
>> like.=A0 Has anyone had these problems also?=A0 I was searching for
>> similar problems online and there was a handful but they didn't really
>> go anywhere for a solution.=A0 The obvious one would be to get a new
>> keyboard but my battery died at the end of the semester and that was a
>> $120 replacement.=A0 I leave for New York City in two days and I can get
>> used to the smell, but if I am going to the incredible Mac Store they
>> have in SOHO,=A0 I was wondering if I could get one that they have on a
>> dead system or any of the spares they might have laying around.=A0 Just
>> a thought, let me know what you guys know about this issue.
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>>  Thanks,
>>  Nick Rempe