Any cure for a washed out keyboard

[Guylhem Aznar]

I haven't had a soaked olpc (yet), but most of the other devices that
hand these kind of problems where much simply cured by :
 - being taken apart
 - carefull cleaning with a cloath, especially for the tip of flat
cable going to a FPC connector which some dirt (oxidation? short
circuit? isolant?) usually accumulate. Saved a wirless phone (display
FPC problem), and a smartphone (keyboard FPC problem) that way.

If that doesn't work, yes you should certainly try washing the
keyboard board and plastic membrane.

On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:40 AM,  <linaccess at yokoy.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> the best thing you could do is to put the device (keyboard) into a bathtub with distilled water. No joke! after one or two days the electrolyte ingredients will be washed out. After that drip of the water and be patient one or two days. The device has to be very dry before you should activate the device.
> Maybe the display do not like it.
> I am always treating sunken electronic devices that way, including still cameras. A good alternative is ethanol (but not denatured alcohol!).
>
> Best regards,
> yokoy
>
> On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 12:44:08 +0545
> Bryan Berry <bryan at olenepal.org> wrote:
>
>> The first XO casualty at Nepal's pilot schools a few days ago. A second
>> grader washed his XO because it had gotten too dirty.
>>
>> Thankfully, the display, cpu and motherboard seem to be working fine.
>> The keyboard is non-functional and the mouse is nominally functional.
>>
>> Anyone know a fix for a "washed out keyboard" besides complete
>> replacement?
>>
>>
>>
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>> Bryan W. Berry
>> Systems Engineer
>> OLE Nepal, http://www.olenepal.org
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