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Certain Keys on Keboard Not Working

#1 User is offline   Paul997 

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Posted 10 August 2009 - 09:24 PM

After mistakenly spilling coffee on my keyboard, I noticed that certain keys on my keyboard are not working at all (q, w, y, 1, 2, & 3). Also, my laptop doesn't recognize the dvd player. Any suggestions?

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 10:20 AM

Turn it upside down on top of a towel overnight
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why won't my laptop work?

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 01:26 PM

This expands a little on what qarmanma said: http://www.ehow.com/video_113592_clean-keyboard-spills.html

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 06:01 PM

thanks i'll try that with the keys, but what about the dvd drive?

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Posted 11 August 2009 - 06:14 PM

Try here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314060

Sorry I didn't post earlier. :huh:

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