Help!!!

[Paul]

Number one son spilt coffee on work PC + the first letter of the *lph*bet no longer works. C*ps lock is *lso now dodgy. Once the piss-t*king is underw*y, I could re*lly, re*lly use some tips on how to sort it before I get to work tomorrow + struggle to use my whitebo*rd or get into shit for ruining work's property. Let the l*ughter (+ *dvise) commence.

[Mr.SB]

1. Highlight alphabet 'a' in this post.

2. ctrl c

3. ctrl v wherever appropriate

 

sorry had to take the piss

[Paul]

actually, that's a temporary solution. However, is there a way of easily sorting this myself? I'm already getting pissed off by that lower-case letter at the start of this post. Fuck me, this is absolutely agonising.

[Karl_b]

Edit.

[Spy Bee]

Have you tried rebooting?

[Spy Bee]

Is it a laptop Paul?

[Karl_b]

That was my question Adam. Then I edited as I assumed it was as Paul can take it to/from work.

[theghost]

Try taking the battery out. Not a piss take - my brother did the same thing and all you really have to do is take the battery out. Worked for him

[Paul]

Is it a laptop Paul?

 

Yes.

[wiiksie]

Paulo, most modern laptops have a detachable keyboard for cleaning in just this situation.

 

Get the manual to find out where the clips are, or download the manual from manufacturers site. There is probably some coffee between the keyboard keys and the sensor pads underneath, not a problem, done it loads of times.

 

Just needs a good wipe, thats all.

[Paul]

Right - 'Caps Lock' is now working, but the 'a' key is still fucked (after taking the battery out). I've checked the manual and there's nothing there about unclipping the keyboard. Short of any other suggestions, I'm going to turn it upside down and leave it in the airing cupboard overnight to make the remaining coffee evaporate.

[Owen]

Try using a hairdryer - gently.

 

Only problem if you just dry it out rather than cleaning it is that the keys could end up sticking a bit.

[DJLJ]

Also, normally the keys themselves can be detached from the keyboard, so if you're only havig problems with 1 or 2 keys, this is probably the best bet.

Then get a plastic stick cotton swab and use 100% ethanol to clean the keys and their seatings. Then use the hairdryer as suggested above.

[Ian Sea]

Can you not just take it into work tomorrow and tell them what happened? It was an accident, you might get a new laptop out of it.

[bri]

is number 1 son now number 2 son?

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use a hammer on it, might free it up a bit

[Strontium]

Can you not just take it into work tomorrow and tell them what happened? It was an accident, you might get a new laptop out of it.

 

Delete the porn off it first if you do this.

[redrosetints]

Right - 'Caps Lock' is now working, but the 'a' key is still fucked (after taking the battery out). I've checked the manual and there's nothing there about unclipping the keyboard. Short of any other suggestions, I'm going to turn it upside down and leave it in the airing cupboard overnight to make the remaining coffee evaporate.

 

A small screwdriver and some patience will lever the key out. Then just wipe it down with a baby wipe or something like that. Its probably just a case of Coffee sitting on the contacts and stopping the a coming out.

[Stu Monty]

You can take the whole keyboard out of a laptop but that's probably not a lot of help in this case. Just take out the actual key, unclipping it gently (as suggested above), and clean around a bit.

 

My laptop had a new keyboard fitted (under warranty) and it cost about £90 for the replacement keyboard. That'll be the artificially inflated price too, so I don't think work will be too upset at this incident even if the unclipping of the keys doesn't work.

 

 

* (Unclipping keys on a keyboard is a great prank, and probably got mentioned in the last "great prank" thread. Exchanging a couple of keys on they keyboard of a colleague who has to look at the keyboard to type can be great fun, e.g. swapping "H" and "G" or "V" and "B".)

 

M & N is always a winner.

[Nunavut Patrick]

My kids aren't allowed near the computer with drinks.

 

Lead by example, Paul. You have no one to blame but yourself and now you must face the consequences of your actions. It's a life lesson but we all learn that way. Now back to your desk and finish your work.

[Paul]

My kids aren't allowed near the computer with drinks.

 

Lead by example, Paul. You have no one to blame but yourself and now you must face the consequences of your actions. It's a life lesson but we all learn that way. Now back to your desk and finish your work.

 

The coffee was mine, mate. They're hyper enough as it is without adding caffeine.

 

Any how, it all turned our fine. I put it upside down on the boiler over night and now it's ace.

[bri]

so when you rebooted it was a ok

[Hermes]

Number one son spilt coffee on work PC + the first letter of the *lph*bet no longer works. C*ps lock is *lso now dodgy. Once the piss-t*king is underw*y, I could re*lly, re*lly use some tips on how to sort it before I get to work tomorrow + struggle to use my whitebo*rd or get into shit for ruining work's property. Let the l*ughter (+ *dvise) commence.

 

 

Eh? or should that be *

[Paul]

Number one son spilt coffee on work PC + the first letter of the *lph*bet no longer works. C*ps lock is *lso now dodgy. Once the piss-t*king is underw*y, I could re*lly, re*lly use some tips on how to sort it before I get to work tomorrow + struggle to use my whitebo*rd or get into shit for ruining work's property. Let the l*ughter (+ *dvise) commence.

 

Look how badly it messed with my head: I used the verb, instead of the noun. Disaster.