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Blake Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:36pm

broken mechanical keyboard

recently i spilt apple juice on my keyboard and now some keys arnt working is there a fix

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Omega Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:36pm

Nope.

Blake Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:42pm

♥♥♥♥ what do i do then

Omega Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:42pm

Get a new one. That is all you can do.

Blake Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:52pm

♥♥♥♥ it would be under warenty thogh

Narcoleptic Marshmallow Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:56pm

I don't think liquid damage is covered by any warrant for any electronic device.

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:59pm

Just call the brands support and explain the issues regarding what doesn't work.
They generally will issue a warranty replacement for Keyboard or Mouse without you shipping out the product to them first.

Blake Apr 5, 2017 @ 5:59pm

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2017 @ 6:00pm

Be more careful next time

Air Apr 5, 2017 @ 6:02pm

Wait for it to dry out for a day or two, then try again. If it's still not working properly then, yeah, there's no fixing that.

Bad 💀 Motha Apr 5, 2017 @ 6:04pm

It wont just dry out in a day or two if it was "juice"
Take it apart and dry it. Generally because areas that mesh together (like the parts inside for keys) will stay wet for sometime if it got in there.

Juice will get sticky too, so yea dry it out. If needed, use a damp rag in those areas where the juice is, then dry out that area after a rag damp with water was used.

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Shrubber Apr 5, 2017 @ 6:48pm

If its kinda still working, you might be able to save it by cleaning it out properly, but you cant just leave it to dry and hope for the best. Liquids will corode the circuit boards.

If you got it recently, Id clean it up, package it back up and get an exchange, just say it stopped working and ask for a replacment. Not sure about the rest of the world, but in the UK it's as easy as that. No questions.

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Kietan Apr 5, 2017 @ 6:51pm

Originally posted by xX_PUG_Xx:
recently i spilt apple juice on my keyboard and now some keys arnt working is there a fix

This is a guide if you've spilled something horrible all over your keyboard. http://imgur.com/a/9sHx7

This is another one that details methods of cleaning and sticky keys. http://imgur.com/a/AqhIZ

There's a guy on a mechanical keyboard forum who's girlfriend spilt salad oil all over her brand new keyboard.. he literally gave it a bath, dried it out and it worked again.

Both guides met approval from Corsair over on their forums.

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