5741 acer aspire. water spilled on keyboard. Keyboard was cleaned but doesn't work.

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remove the plastic just above the keyboard ( you may need to remove screws oon the bottom marked with a K

remove the screws holding the keyboard in place.

remove the connector form the motherboard.

reverse the process to install.

Find drivers and manuals here:

http://us.acer.com/ac/en/US/content/drivers

By selecting:
1.Notebook
2.Aspire
3.5741
4.Your windows.

The files need to be unziped when down loaded.

Hope this was helpfull.

well acer has a few weaknesses, the keyboard and the battery... my friend bought an acer laptop too and had to change the battery with the new one after 5 month used

Below is the link to the service and repair guide. Change out the keyboard...they do not do well with spills. They are really just one big circuit board. Buy one cheap on Ebay and change it out following the guide below.

http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire%20one.pdf

Here is the factory service guide that explains complete servicing of the laptop. Make sure to save a copy for yourself, the file is free to use.

http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire%205735%205735z%205335.pdf

Sounds to be you just got a faulty keyboard from HongKong, if your old keyboard works except the the Z and the new keyboard works only with function keys, then it sounds to be that the new keyboard is not ment for your laptop. if anything you should of had the same problems as your old keyboard. try using a USB keyboard.

ok here u go u havent given me model of ur notebook but it is almost the same procedure normally all casings are same to open

see this link for details

http://www.cyfinity.com/2008/07/acer-aspire-5315-keyboard-removal/

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try unscrew the key board from below carefully then clean ...

Hello,

Simply stated, yes.

If you plan to do that, in the meantime you could also run the keyboard under a warm shower for a new minutes and then hang it out to dry in the sun. I'm not kidding. It will probably, that is probably, work just fine after that so long as all the water has dried and drained out and its not an IBM mechanical keyboard.

Regards,
Worldvet

Laptop keyboard are semi-sealed circuit boards. This means that liquid can get into the contacts and can not be cleaned. Depending on how much liquid was spilled on the keyboard chances are that the liquid has seeped around the edges of the keyboard and down onto the mainboard of the laptop. My first suggestion would be to keep the laptop turned off until you can remove the keyboard and check for liquid damage to the mainboard. If there is no damage to the mainboard I would suggest buying a new keyboard before turning the computer back on as any shorts caused by the liquid damage on the keyboard can cause damage to the keyboard controller circuit on the mainboard.