don't tip water onto a keyboard :)

Tipped water onto my MX keys keyboard, now some keys are on auto-repeat. Hopefully it will dry out, turned it off and stuck it by the window. There was a fair bit of water dripping out of it and no screws to get into it.

At the moment, using an old logitech G110, I can't believe I used to use this. Not only is it large as it has the G keys as well as the numeric pad, it is awful to type on. The other problem is, no mac symbols.
If the MX keyboard has gone, I may get a mechanical one again, like I used to, but the Logitech MX mechanical

Not that many years ago, it was possible to strip a keyboard down and clean it out, now some of them are so complex.

Water should be ok. Just let it dry out sufficiently.

We used to regularly wash IBM keyboards by totally immersing them, particularly after a beverage spillage. Give them plenty of time to dry out and they are as good as new.

You can’t beat a model M.

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You can’t beat a model M.

They were certainly robust, if a little noisy in offices where people were trying to "Think".

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Water should be ok. Just let it dry out sufficiently.

It is a cordless keyboard with a battery in, so hopefully it has not shorted anything out, I hate this keyboard, I can't believe I used to this.

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We used to regularly wash IBM keyboards by totally immersing them, particularly after a beverage spillage. Give them plenty of time to dry out and they are as good as new.

You can’t beat a model M.

I used one once and i have also used a remake of one, a mate has one on his PC.

I did that to my mx master 3........ 4 months old and and knocked cider over it ..................

Its been wonky ever since including a later incident of a smoking mouse!!!!!!!!!!!

*hangs head in shame*

The battery now lasts a day!!!!!!

Oh no.
i am not sure if it was just water to be honest, what came out certainly looked a different colour to water.

Turned it on this morning and the light still flashing, so I stuck it back in the window with the window opened to move some air over it.

Doesn’t the flashing light mean it needs recharging?

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Doesn’t the flashing light mean it needs recharging?

I thought that, i have managed to take it apart, there is a nice bit of black on the main board, such a shame.

so I have ordered a Logitech MX mechanical mini, The MX keys was okay, but always seemed as if I was typing on a table. did not really want to spend out.
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I knocked Soda over mine a few years ago, I unplugged it soooo fast and took it apart and rushed it into the shower and tipped a bit of shampoo on the keyboard switches and washed them out.

I then laid the keyboard with the keys facing down on top of a towel and left it for a few days.

I also now wash my keyboard once or twice a year.

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Paul

Keyboards were simple things years ago, a lot of them were rubber dome, were able to be cleaned easily. These days, a lot of them have a fair bit of electrics in.
The one I tipped whatever it was on had a rechargeable battery in and LEDs.

I got the new one now, just got to get used to it, very noisy compared to the other one.

Mmm, not sure about this keyboard, I thought almost like the old one, but with proper keys it would be better. It is nicer to type on, not that I am a great typer But I keep going up to the Function keys for the numbers. Also, the end and page up keys being close to the enter key is a pain. I suppose I will get used to it, I will have to get used to it, it cost a fair bit.

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Keyboards were simple things years ago, a lot of them were rubber dome, were able to be cleaned easily. These days, a lot of them have a fair bit of electrics in.
The one I tipped whatever it was on had a rechargeable battery in and LEDs.

I got the new one now, just got to get used to it, very noisy compared to the other one.

Oh mine is a Logitech G512 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with GX Brown Tactile Key Switches.

Mine is also loud and clunky.

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Paul

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Oh mine is a Logitech G512 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard with GX Brown Tactile Key Switches.

Mine is also loud and clunky.

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Paul

This one is the Logitech MSX mechanical mini, I had the Keys version before, so a flat keyboard more or less.
I did have a Corsair mechanical one at some point, it was a nice keyboard, until the firmware failed to install, and it ended up as a door stop.

This keyboard, like the Keys version have both Mac and normal Windows legends on and can be used on 3 different machines just by a couple of key clicks.

The one I used while waiting for this one was a Logitech G110