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Topic: I spilled whisky on my keyboard, fora.

Meta !PARAdoxiHw started this discussion 13 years ago #28,463

Now the t, y, u, and backspace keys no longer work. It's a Lenovo Ideapad laptop (vintage 2011) if that's any help, and the whisky spilled on it was about two ounces of George Dickel Cascade Hollow Tennessee Whisky.

Wat do?

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Poll option Votes Percentage Graph
Keep using a USB keyboard. 5 38%
Buy a tablet instead. 1 8%
An hero. 3 23%
Sprite™. 4 31%

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 10 minutes later[^] [v] #420,833

nothing wrong with dat USB

Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 20 minutes later, 31 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #420,836

Your keyboard probably just needs a good chaser.

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Meta !PARAdoxiHw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 35 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #420,837

@previous (C)
Chasers are for sorority girls; men drink whisky straight.

Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 4 minutes later, 39 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #420,838

@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
I don't know... Lenovo Ideapads are notorious lightweights.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 35 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #420,842

did you try drying it out yet?

the keys might start working again

Meta !PARAdoxiHw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #420,843

@previous (D)
It's been 48 hours now, I think the keys died of alcohol poisoning :/

Anon C was right: Ideapads are lightweights.

Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #420,844

@Meta
Are you toying with buying a tablet? If so, what did you have in mind?

Meta !PARAdoxiHw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 15 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #420,845

@previous (C)
Barnes and Noble Nook HD+. Price has been cut to $149, and it has Android 4.0 and Google Play. Also it has a nice display. I don't need anything super srsbsns, just for web browsing, YouTube, and music.

As far as I can tell, the Nook HD+ is on par with the Kindle Fire HD or iPad 2, specs-wise (but with a much better display than the iPad 2). It seems to be the best value at the moment under $200.

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Anonymous C replied with this 13 years ago, 59 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #420,847

@previous (Meta !PARAdoxiHw)
I just got a Nabi XD! If you're looking for a nice piece of hardware (NVIDIA® Tegra® 3 Mobile Processor with Quad-Core CPU) that can be banged around a bit, they can be rooted (and have Google Play) and adjusted to do *whatever* pretty easily. The price is nice for the hardware without all the crazy lockdown that comes with some of the other stuff.

Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 5 hours later, 7 hours after the original post[^] [v] #420,879

Give it some water and an aspirin. It's probably still has a hangover.

Meta !PARAdoxiHw (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 1 day later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #421,248

@420,847 (C)
Just bought the Nook HD+ today. The display is gorgeous compared to 15" 1366x768.

henn the lord of cocks joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 13 minutes later, 1 day after the original post[^] [v] #421,249

I've destroyed laptops due to alcoholism as well friend!

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 2 hours later, 2 days after the original post[^] [v] #421,257

Been there...

beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao double-posted this 13 years ago, 3 months later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #448,537

Bump. Have you spilled whiskey on your tablet yet? You need to do a comparison.

Metæ (OP) replied with this 13 years ago, 56 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #448,545

@previous (beckyderp !8ElfFaoFao)
No, but I did spill wine on it! I wiped the wine off the screen and kept on going. The laptop is now on my desk, hooked up to a 23" monitor, and USB keyboard and trackball, so it's now a pseudo-desktop.

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Killer Lettuce !!iNo3FkiZx joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 4 hours later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #448,559

Eat the keyboard. You shouldn't let good whisky go to waste.

Anonymous I joined in and replied with this 13 years ago, 40 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #448,575

lenovo laptops are supposed to have a gutter system in the keyboard
a replacement keyboard won't cost much
you should order one with a penguin logo on the windows key bud
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