Don't Do What I Did
Apr 28 '01
The Bottom Line Always follow the directions from the manufacture. Use a plastic cover to protect it when not in use. Only use canned air to blow out dust.
Today for the third or forth time I cleaned my keyboard.. I am about to give you some astounding tips on how to do this thoroughly.
I have a Natural Pro Microsoft Keyboard.
I have cleaned it two or three times in the 6 months I have had it. This is the way I cleaned it those times. I took a soft cloth and cleaned off the dust on top of the keyboard. I then took canned air and blew all the dust out from between the keys. I then just proceeded to have my husband plug it back in and use It. What’s that, you didn’t think I unplugged it? Of course I did, I am afraid of what electricity does. Well all this worked very well until the last couple of days and the keys have been sticking . My writing was beginning to look like thhhhhis.
Today I woke up and felt pretty good, that should have clued me in that this was going to be one of my mania days. Yes, I should have known my mind was on a rampage when I decided to give it a through cleaning.
What not to do to clean your keyboard.
When I started typing today the daggum thing kept stickiiiing like this, every other word looooked like this. Enough is enough I thought to myself DH has gone for 4 days on a trip, so he can’t do it, I thought, I guess I will just have to do it myself.
I got on my knees with the flashlight and looked to see where the keyboard was plugged in. when I finally located the plugs I almost knocked my head off on the desk as the cat came up behind me to see what I was doing on the floor. I got up grabbed the keyboard and the cat and went to the kitchen table.
I turned it over to see how many screws were holding it together. If you are interested in this little bit of information there are nine screws. All of them are little bitty screws. Now I had to enter my husbands domain to try and find a screwdriver little enough. I located the Phillips screw driver after looking through numerous drawers(my DH is an organized man ) nothing just laying around where you can find it.
At the table with the screwdriver in hand I loosened all the screws. I then got my cleaning materials.
Clorox wipe ups and a thin drill bit the size of a big needle. Last but not least, I found a fluffy paint brush. I figured that would be better then the make up brush I was going to use. Once all the materials were gathered all I had to do was empty the screws out where I could find them again.
The screws were all out and I could see all the dirt and cat hairs by peeping inside. I pulled and tugged but the top would not come off. All the screws were out why wouldn’t the drated thing come apart. I looked it over and over for about ten minutes and finally decided something must be stuck. Now any one with any sense would realize that the manufacturer probably did not want you in there to start with. I don’t always listen to my good sense so I gave it a final jerk and apart it came. What was that popping noise? Well if it was anything important I’ll soon find out.
Wow so this is where the birds feather went that he lost the other day. The inside of the key board looks very mechanical. I took the keys off one by one and cleaned then with my trusty Clorox wipe up. Took the little needle thing and the cloth and cleaned all the dirt, crackers, coffee and animal fur from out of it. Oh so that was what that popping noise was, I had broke something that held it together besides the screws. Oh well maybe it will still work.
I now had the place underneath the keys cleaned and wiped all the keys down and then started putting it together again. Now I knew how the keys went back on I thought. They stick down in a little blue thingamagig. Hey! Where did this blasted spring come from, and I am missing two of the keys . How did that happen.?
I am frantically searching for the keys when two of my daughters came in took one look and started laughing. “Well this is a Kodak moment,” one of them said. Oh hush and help me look for the blasted keys. “ Chief(a Cockatoo ) is eating one,” said my daughter. “The cat has the other,” said my other daughter. Grab them I said. “I am not getting bit,” said one of the girls. “I have to do everything myself,” I said. I grabbed the key from the cat then the bird and put them back on the board.
Now it is all nice and clean I said. I’ll plug it back in and I will be good to go. “You used Clorox?” Asked ,my daughter? “That was the only thing that was damp and not wet,” I said, In a defensive voice. They continued laughing while I was hooking it up.
Now for the peace de resistance. I said. Pulling up notebook and preparing to type. Nothing happens the keys all seem to be broke. Darn, I think to myself. Now I have to ask one of them to buy a new keyboard.
I gave them the credit card and managed to tell them through their laughter that I wanted the same kind of keyboard. When they got back it was with a cheap board that was 10.00 dollars from Walmart. That is the only one Walmart had she said.
Moral of this story. Leave the D*** keyboard alone. It has taken me three hours to type out this little review because this keyboard is no good. I will have to go to Staples or somewhere tomorrow to buy a good keyboard and this time I will buy a plastic cover for it when I am not typing.
Conclusion
Follow the directions for cleaning your key board.
Don’t mess with the screws.
Use only canned air to clean it.
Forget the Clorox.
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