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Spilt Lucozade on Razer Deathstalker Gaming Keyboard

  • May 1, 2020
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Hi folks, I know, I know - it's the ye old trope of spilling drinks on keyboards. I spilt Lucozade on the centre section of my keyboard and some of the upper areas. I did originally panic and think that the keyboard was gone but remarkably everything appears to be intact bar sticky keys where it has been spilt. My questions are 1) If my keyboard was going to die/gone, I would know by now or I should wait a few days to see what the damage is? 2) How can I safely remove the keys to clean the inside without using an air spray cleaner? Much obliged for any help or assistance that you can provide guys.
    pancholr
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    FiszPL
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    • FiszPL
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    • May 1, 2020
    • If it dies, you loose you warranty, so you can easilly dissassemble it completely, and clean the PCB board with Isopropyl alcohol - I've already resurrected few flooded devices with it.
    • The keys should pop out if you pull it straight out, be sure to make it slowly, because it's easy to broke it. If you have some puller tool for mechanical keys it would do the job.
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    Hey, FiszPL, thank you! Some observations 1) I notice there is a plastic film that covers the board beneath the keys. I presume this is some sort of protection layer to stop liquids hitting the PCB board? In any case, the areas I thought were 'flooded' are actually pretty dry bar the space bar. I went in for a clean and managed to get a lot of muck/clear up those keys, but then in for a second and deeper clean and all appears to be ok. 2) Everything works as it should. I'm panicking that because I spilt a quarter of the bottle, maybe less, that my keyboard should be dead or dying. But everything as I said seems pretty dry/ok. Am I waiting for something to go wrong or would it have gone wrong by now?
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    FiszPL
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    • FiszPL
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    • May 4, 2020
    The plastic film is a membrane, that is making an electrical contact with PCB (when pressing a key). If the water was only on the membrane, and you have wiped it - no worries - everything is OK. Great to hear that your keyboard is working fine :)
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