Cleaning
SmoodCroozn
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<div class="IPBDescription">Keyboards!</div> Well, my keyboard is almost 2 years old and has lots of dust and pieces of food in it so it's probably time for a cleanage. I'm wondering how to go about this: Do I want to shake it up, or do I want to go manually in and wipe everything clean? Are there parts of the keyboard that shoul not be touched? <!--emo&???--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/confused-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='confused-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
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Please just buy a new one... have you any idea the crap that lurks under the keys? and the bacteria from your hands... eww.... plz just get a new one! My old keyboard I cleaned once after a year of use... and then i retired it as a backup keyboard and picked up a new one.
Edit: You really can't "break" a keyboard by cleaning it if you don't submerge it. Pop the keys off and take a look at what I'm talking about... its safe you can pop the keys back on when you're done.
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I've heard this too. Just run it through the dishwasher with no soap and it will be clean.
Make sure to let it dry completely before using it.
i dare you to lick it.
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Edit: omg diaplay COC*
it has rat feces in it!!!
winner!!! \o/
I clean it every 3 months by hand, when I'm reformatting, which I also do every 3 months... popping off every key and scrubbing it all till' it's good and clean.
2. Turn board order.
3. Shake.
4. Eat debris.
This is a definate do, over the years all those dorito crumbs and splashes of mountain dew have formed a tangy and energy filled paste lurking just under the surface of your keys.
But yeah, some keyboards are easier to clean than others, just pop a couple of keys off and see how easy they are to get back on if it takes more effort than you're willing to put into your keyboard than go buy a new one <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
It's my favorite keyboard in the entire world. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Having a spare keyboard helps if you're lazy and want to let the keys soak\dry by themselves but still want to use your computer in the meantime (believe me, character map is <i>not</i> up to the task).
Some of the dirt I actually recognise, sitting just under the right control key for example there's a bit of gold foil that came off a bottle of Beer when I was playing NS on Haloween back in 2002 <!--emo&:p--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/tounge.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tounge.gif' /><!--endemo-->.
Never had anything that might be considered a paste, so I've never had to go as far as disassembling my keyboard. (: