Having to use the on-screen KEYBOARD , so I'll be brief. I've been having issues with my keyboard, so its been washed a number of times now...with water. Bad move, I know. This most recent time, i did it with isopropyl, as that seems to be the recommended manner of cleaning a keyboard. Well, now the laptop its used doesn't seem to POST properly with it plugged in, and it'll freeze at the LOADING screen. With the board not installed, the PC posts and boots fine. I'm thinking the board needs to be replaced, but worried that with those other issues, that the laptop itself was damaged;I unplugged and plugged the board while the machine was running so I could test it. Thoughts?When a keyboard is 'washed', it needs to be fully dissembled and all moisture has to be fully removed be either forced air or centrifugal force. Or even both. All residue has to be recovered. Absolutely.

But can you not in in an external keyboard to you laptop?



Just a quick question, why are you washing your keyboard so much? I rarely wash MINE, only when I have spilt something over it, and then I do use water, but sparingly, and I immediately dry everything out.

As for your dead keyboard are we talking about a high priced gaming one or just the run of the mill keyboard, if it is a cheap one I would just chuck it out and pick up a new one, all the time you will spend finding the problem and then ordering a new board, or whatever, for it, if you can even get one would outweigh the cost of running down to your local store and picking up a new one.

Without looking it is impossible to let you know what the issue it, but by the sound I would say it is a corrosion issue with one of the components.

wish you luck with it