Re: Repairing LK401 and LK201 Keyboards

On 21/8/07 18:03, in article mVEyi.36122$1G1.2673@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"Robert Jarratt" <nospam@xxxxxxx> wrote:

I came across this last night (from http://www.classiccmp.org/oldfaq.txt):

Keyboards: I find a cycle through the dishwasher does a really nice
job on keyboards. Just be sure they're completely dry before you
put any power to them. If there is reason not to use a dishwasher
(some key labels can come off) it is usually possible to remove each
keycap and clean conventionally.

Has anyone tried this successfully? Any suggestions for a temperature
setting? Could this fix my keyboard problem?

Just make sure that your dishwasher doesn't perform a "drying cycle" - this
will melt any keyboard you place inside! Salt isn't a good idea, either.
Other than that it works superbly. Does a nice job on SGI skins, too.

-Austin.

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