[DM-MUG] Smelly Keyboard

[jim lagnese]

Complain to Steve. May be they will have a recall.


On 12/31/04 2:20 PM, "Bailey Ford" <bailey@mac.com> wrote:

> eeeeew. oops.
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> On Dec 31, 2004, at 1:23 PM, jim lagnese wrote:
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>> No bailey, some of the iBook keyboards, Particularly pre-G4, just
>> stink. We
>> have a theory it may have to do with the reaction with the oil in an
>> individual's skin that makes it vary, but I doubt that it's anything
>> lodged
>> in there. We've seen too many of them smell the same stinky way, just
>> varying in intensity.
>> Jim
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>> On 12/31/04 1:12 PM, "Bailey Ford" <bailey@mac.com> wrote:
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>>> Have you tried removing the keys to see what might be stuck down
>>> there?
>>> If you are careful, you can pry off the plastic key tops and they just
>>> click back on. Take a look under there - you might just need a Q-Tip
>>> and 20 min of careful effort to be stank free. Try to go on and off
>>> with one key first to make sure you are comfortable doing it - some of
>>> the laptop keys have to be lined up properly before they will click
>>> back on easily - not a big deal, but worth looking at before you pry
>>> 10
>>> or 20 keys off.
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>>> good luck.
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>>> -bailey
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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
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