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Hi, My Logitech K270 wireless keyboard had a liquid spill a few days ago. I removed the batteries and immediately rinsed it with water. I took it apart and rinsed the inside as well. During the process the actual board/controller was soaked as well. After everything dried I closed it and it refuses to work/switch on. If there's anyone that could give some advice, I would sincerely appreciate it. There doesn't seem to be damage on the film strip or the ribbon connector. I am however suspicious that it might have something to do with the film and ribbon I've also noticed the on-off switch is loose. I can't physically see how and why the switch is loose or how it even turns on or off, since there is no mechanism on it, except the plastic button. Am I able to bypass the on/off switch to stay on? Is there anything I could do to salvage and fix it? Thank you.

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  • Larry Ng
    Larry Ng May 13, 2021

    that is huge post, and I like it,
    most post here are useless short,

    my guess the dismantly made this worse

    put it in the attic, and in a hot attic
    it will dry out fast and safely'

    120F is best, hot attics.
    ovens can not go that low so.... cant.

    the best fix for floods are
    to use IPA, flush it with IPA out doors
    then when drip dried put it up in the attic or a hot tool shed or like my wood shed, runs hot.

    let nature dry it out.

    these keyboards are membrane switches.
    and do not like water.

    me, I'd chuck it out.
    if no hot attic, it is doomed.

    I see one on eabay for $5 used.
    or at walmart get new one.

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As you now know, water/liquid and electricity do not bode together well.
Purchase a new keyboard, that one is scrap.

Posted on May 13, 2021

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SOURCE: spilled water on my toshiba satellite notebook

try : start-control panel -mouse and keyboard, if nothing weird appear,try to reinstall the driver for the keyboard,you'll find it here:http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/modelContent.jsp?ct=DL&os=&category=&moid=1311513&rpn=PSMA0U&modelFilter=M105-S3002&selCategory=3&selFamily=1073768663&selModel=1311513%7CPSMA0U
If it doesn't work you will have to change the keyboard and hopfully, there is nothing wrong with the motherboard

Posted on Jan 01, 2009

Anonymous

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SOURCE: Logitech wireless keyboard not working

After changing the batteries and cleaning the corrosion out of the battery case, I pressed the connect button on the Logitech receiver, then the red restart button on the underside of the keyboard and it was fixed!

Posted on Mar 26, 2009

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SOURCE: touchpad on dell vostro wont work

Sounds like a short to me...you probably missed some liquid as it does not take much...go thru the process again. I know thats not what you wanted to hear...but liquid on those things is a nightmare and you just never know where some of it went. A complete drying is in order...if it was a sticky liquid like soda....even when "dry" it can still short it out. If it was water...double check you got all the water...then let it sit out for a day.

Posted on Apr 24, 2009

leecom72

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SOURCE: Residue inside LCD screen.

Hi there.
Here is an in depth guide on how to separate the layers from the screen, it's imperative that you take extra special care while you do this repair because if you damage the screen it can be costly!!!!


http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/02/03/repair-notebook-lcd-screen/


Good luck

Posted on Jun 10, 2009

okcfirewall

okcfirewall

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OK please don't underrate me for telling you the truth your controller is dead.. there is no magic word or driver or can of cleaner you can use to bring it back. that white residue around the main CPU is most likely caused from corrosion in other words water has shorted it out. but not all is lost because I lost mine the same way you did and I refused to give up on it. to be honest I was just too cheap to go buy another so I turned to ebay. I purchased a used one there for a total of $10.00 that had missing buttons and a busted handle I purchased it immediately and when I got it in I took my handle and buttons and placed them on the controller from ebay. It worked perfectly and I could not have been more happy. if this sounds like something you can do you can fix it for next to nothing.... I hope this has been of some help

Posted on Jul 24, 2009

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