Broke Down, and back uo

[Buckrub]

It is POSSIBLE that someone spilled a TINY bit of coke on my laptop keyboard. I mean a TINY bit. But it must have hit something sparkly! Cause my keyboard fried. Computer works, mouse works, keyboard not. Well it works............but goes crazy. Backspace one time equals twenty nine "]" characters. The letter "K" equals "K398av4".

So I figured I'd take it to the shop tomorrow morning.

BUT..........thought I'd try something. Went to Walmart and bought a cheapo USB keyboard.

Voila, I'm back among the living.

Ta Da.

[Captain]

Mt. Dew would have made it work better.

Your keyboard could be all jacked up on Mt. Dew!

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[Arty]

eBay will have one...if you have a small screwdriver you can replace it.
They are EASY (like 4 screws) and CHEAP (I replaced the one I'm typing on for like $16)

[Buckrub]

What? WHAT?

I can buy a laptop keyboard? And put it on myself?

Screwdriver?

Oh my...............oh my.

[Captain]

Arty, are you drinking man! ;)

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[Buckrub]

I don't even see any screws.

I'll take it to the shop............WHEN I get tired of this workaround that works fine.

But I ain't taking a screwdriver to a $800 laptop, dude.

[Captain]

You have to pop the case open first Buckrub.

Look on you-tube it will show you how. Some you remove the battery and the screws to take the case off are under there.

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[Buckrub]

No screws on mine. Tabs instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsAz95yaGMk

[Captain]

Guy from North Carolina fixing a keyboard with a coke spilled on it....
That's freaky.

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[Arty]

It seriously couldn't be easier.
Y'all making fun of me?!?

[Big Muddy]

Heck, I been thinking about getting one of these large letter cheapos, but they don't make a wireless model.

Only $26 bucks, and it sure would be easier on the fingers and eyes.


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[Buckrub]

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001NDFMJM

[Big Muddy]

Thanks, Buckney....that's the first wireless model I've seen.

[Niner]

Ed, my old high school typing teacher would thwack your fingers with a ruler if she caught you looking at the keyboard.

[Buckrub]

HA! So would mine. And that was on the old manual typewriters (ribbons, carriage returns, etc). We did have 3 electric ones, and every 10 minutes we all "shifted left" and then came back to that same seat the next day, so we'd all get equal turns on the electrics. By the time I was in the Army Reserve, I was hitting 120 wpm.

[Big Muddy]

What????, ya'll use both hands and don't look at the keyboard???....geez, I only need two fingers, but gotta use both eyeballs. ;)

[quercus alba]

That the oregon duck model?


I guess it could be worse, could be colored like the Terrapins unis

[Big Muddy]

QA, they do make a glow-in-the-dark green. ;)

[quercus alba]

Good Goolety Moolety. Why?

[Big Muddy]

QA, I have no idea, but here it is....maybe some folks like type in the dark. ;)

And, Bucky oughta like it...."""spill-resistant""" ;)



Product description:

The keys have a glow-in-the-dark feature for easier typing at night. The Klear Keys XL Keyboard does not require any setup and is compatible with both PC's and Mac's. The Klear Keys XL Keyboard is connected easily by just plugging it into the USB port.
Klear Keys XL Glow-in-the-Dark and Spill-Resistant Keyboard



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