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A few nights ago, during a routine browse through the forum, I spilled some of my precious dark ale all over the keyboard, and after a lengthy clean-up most of the letters worked no more.

Going shopping tomorrow for a new beer resistant keyboard, for I am sure this accident is bound to happen again, as it always seems fitting to be enjoying a cold one, while reading about another one...

Trizza.

Lucky you weren't using a laptop....

Now see I had the opposite, I spilt beer on my keyboard last year and after cleaning worked no worries, a month later spilt a little bit of water and zap - no more keyboard.

Oh well, now I use a notebook so my beer stays further away as it will be a few more $$ to part with....

I've heard of people putting their keyboards in the dishwasher after similar accidents. Apparently if you let it dry out so that it's completely dry inside it usually comes out fine...

I have the coaster placed so that the glass doesn't pass over the laptop on it's trip.

Cheers,
Greg

ps: I've moved this from Making Beer to General Discussion.

wambesi wrote:Oh well, now I use a notebook so my beer stays further away as it will be a few more $$ to part with....

And now I find myself fibbing...I have my latest ginger beer right next to the laptop between my mouse and the machine, oh well. 3 weeks ago it did smash from a bench, gotta love those extended warranties...!

You can buy a waterproof keyboard - the entire thing is coated in silicon, and can roll up for easy transport. The design has the average LAN participant in mind more than the clumsy brewer, but I'm sure it still works just fine

There are also somewhat more expensive waterproof ones, solid but priced for industry.

i had a keyboard go to spillages although not at once it rusted out for Christmas i got a Microsoft keyboard which is spill resistant although it's not covered in silicon from what i can tell

My dog took out my keyboard. There was a clap of thunder, the dog shot under my desk, snagged the keybord cable on the way. The keyboard didn't work after that.

So, Moby, lemme get this straight, you couldn't do your homework ... because the dog ate the keyboard?

Cheers,
Greg

It gets more hilarious. It was about 3.30pm on a Friday. I was watching the ASX trying to time a purchase of some shares. The ASX closes at 4pm. I had to run down to Officeworks (just 3 blocks) in the rain, and get back in time to install keyboard and complete transaction. I failed because it was run,run, run oooohhhh shiny new keyboard, which one to buy? Microsoft? Logitech? cordless? white or black? so many choices......S*IT !!!!! MS Black cordless, run back home. Plug it in. SH*T have to install software.................OH SH*T out of time

should have got a basic usb keyboard no software to install

rahne wrote:should have got a basic usb keyboard no software to install

Plus for $10 who cares if the dog is a yellow poof and beers like to jump around the house after a few

you're not *required* to install those drivers, they're for the multimedia buttons etc

A mate of mine spilt ink on his keyboard at work years ago. Instead of just owning up to a stuff-up, as these things can happen, he took it into the kitchen, stuck it in the sink... etc etc. I wouldn't put it past him to use detergent. he's not the sharpest tool in the shed.

It's not the dead keyboards that worry me, it's the blatant disregard for the lost beer!