Re: Repairing LK401 and LK201 Keyboards

"Elliott Roper" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:210820071812560529%nospam@xxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <C2F0DA2C.1C8C7%austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Austin Pass
<austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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.

Go on Rob. Go for it! I'll keep another LK401 aside for you in case it
melts.
PS. I can no longer remember the magic for booting Jensens.

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Well I did it and so far so good. My dishwasher will always do a drying
cycle, unless I wash at a very low temperature. I just made sure that I
listened out for when I thought it had finished washing and had started
drying, near scalding myself with the hot water that came out of the
keyboard. The biggest risk to the keyboard was when I dropped it due to the
scalding water! Surprisingly the lettering on the keys was fine. I now have
to leave it to dry thoroughly before trying it out, but it does look really
clean.


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