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    Dropped water on laptop.

    Now when I press some of the keys I get two keys instead (i.e: when I press "a" i get "as" instead and have to delete all over the place), someone save me.
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    Let it dry, don't use it (obv).
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    I did (for a day), it was way worse than it is now. But my qwaszx12 keys are still all fucked.
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    It might not be completely dry yet, I've had the same thing with keyboards which I then discarded and bought new ones.
    But months later they'd work just fine, so unless you have to use it, just let it dry for several days.

    You could always try opening it up and cleaning it, but that might make things worse.
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    You could possibly remove the keyboard from the chassis and let it dry vertically, or to see if there was seepage into the mainboard. Look on the bottom of the laptop for any screws marked "k" and remove those. Also, it's about $15-30 for a replacement kb for most laptops, unless you have a Mac.


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    Just let it dry. That happened to my phone before. I just stuffed it into some uncooked rice for a day and it went back on.
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    Uncooked rice is the best idea for a quick result. If you don't have that much rice and feel a little risky, you can put it in an oven for some time at sensible temperatures.

    Is the laptop under warranty? Neither of these methods leave traces of water behind. (same goes for air-drying... if left for long enough..)

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    It has warranty but i`ll have to mail it to the usa for that
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    I had a keyboard that i spillt on before and got the same problem. It was a cheap one. When i opened it up there was a kind of keyboard circuit board consisting of two plastic sheets put together with exposed flattened wiring in between that registered the key pushes. Water had gotten between the two plastic sheets which connected keys making it send the signal for more keys being pushed. It had gotten stuck because the plastic sheets sealed the water in so it wouldn't dry. i managed to pry open them enough for it to dry of and it still worked. A year later same thing happened but this time it didn't fix the problem. Looks like when i pried it open it i might have damaged it to much or something. You might at least wanna open it up and look if you can see the same kind of circuit as i had.

    Might add this was over 10 years ago. Much might have happened and the circuit might not even be the same.Looked something like this.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TwisT View Post
    I had a keyboard that i spillt on before and got the same problem... A year later same thing happened but this time it didn't fix the problem.
    I suppose rain can be a problem when living in a shopping cart, yeah. In fact you've been pretty lucky to encounter the problem only once a year.

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